Sources for paint supply products??

[rv_safetyman]

First of all, thanks to those that helped me with this question.

I have to say that TCPglobal is a very difficult company to do business with.  Jeremy, I never did find the "add to cart key", but I was not going to let their terrible customer interface get the best of me.  I finally put my cursor in the "quantity" box and hit enter and that created the cart.  I had called them earlier today and did not get much help from the person I talked to.  I did find out that you can't create a login without first placing an order.

Then, they make you have a Google Checkout account.  No way to do a normal checkout.

If Nick had not recommended them, I would not have gone through all of the effort to place the order (almost two hours). 

I also called Southern Polyurethanes and they could not have been nicer.  I did not realize I was calling them well after normal hours and they still acted glad to talk to me.  It turns out that they don't have a distributor in CO, so they gave me an 800 number to order from and they would ship no charge. 

Talk about opposites in customer relations.

Jim

[Dreamscape]

Hi Jim,

I have been following your thread closely.

I have not purchased my supplies yet but the Southern Polyurethanes looks mighty good. I have read lots of great stuff on their forum.

Let us know how everything goes, I am anxious to get started on my project. Going home today and hope to work on installing my fiberglass breastplate tomorrow. Then finish the prep work before prime and paint.

Paul

[buddydawg]

I shot 1/2 gallon of the epoxy primer this past weekend.  Went on nice and easy and it can be sanded in just a few hours.  The president of SPI encourages users to call him personally anytime and from what I have read he backs it up.

[Dreamscape]

Brandon,

Did you take it down to bare metal?

Paul

[buddydawg]

No, I did not take it all the way down to the metal.  I ground out the visual rust and corrosion around the seams and rivets.  The other areas that the paint was still holding on I hit with the DA.  I then shot 2 coats of SPI Epoxy Primer repaired the worst spots with metal glaze.  Then spot shot the repairs with primer and top coated with 2 coats of PPG AUE 100.   I have finished one side.  I would have liked to completely strip it and do the necessary work to get the body work just right but that is not what this conversion is about.  I had to make a decision towards getting it on the road this year or sometime in the next 3-5.  It turned out good and my main objective was reached, which was to stop the corrosion.  I took a pile of photos.  I'll post a few when I get the chance.