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I'm new and across the water in UK. Just wanted to add that many of us are rollering VW Vanagons (known as the T25 in UK and T3 in Germany) and we recently created a 45 min DVD to explain how to do the $50 paint job from start to finish.

http://www.sickfly.virtualmidlands.co.uk/ - might be pricey to ship tho maybe not if it was several at a time.

The original article that spawned the DVD is at:

http://wiki.club8090.co.uk/index.php/Bodywork_and_Glass_Roller_painting

And theres a long-running thread at:

http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=18751

Be interesting to see whether the paint is identical, What you call Mineral Spirits, we call White Spirit. Otherwise its Rustoleum Combicolor

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I have simple question
Help please~

What brand of rustoleum paints are we using?
I went to homedepot and I see "regular rustoleum (white can)" and I see "professional high performance " paints.

I asked what brand dries harder? and the person at HD told me
"it should be "professional high performance (grey can)" ( he is not 100% sure).

But! On professional high performance brand you can't thin it with "mineral spirits" but can thin it with acetone.

But, on regular rustoleum you can thin it with mineral spirits(only).


So which one is it???

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Professional and stops-rust are pretty much the same. Both can be thinned with mineral spirits and I doubt one paint is truly superior to the other. The advantage to the stops-rust paint is that it comes in quarts and professional comes in gallons only. I would go with stops-rust myself simply for this fact, because a contaminated quart of paint is much less harmful than a wasted gallon. Just my

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Ok Thanks...
now whats this "Brightside paint" ?
I thought everyone was using rustoleum paints??

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paint after 3rd coat unsanded

Where i have rubbed back to baremetal is seem to show through, is this normal or do i just need to do more coats?

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Hey, the car was originally a gold color,

And i am using bright side fire red marine paint which my dad had lying around, this is just a test piece.

Would a color such as black require less coats, and show results quicker?

I seem to have roller marks as well, do i need to thin the paint more?

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would adding a white base coat make any difference?

Also I read way back in the thread some people were not putting any thinners in the bright side paint, and were getting full coverage after just 2 coats? any negatives to this?

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