Dupli-color to paint Scamp

[jeroen]

The 1977 Scamp that I'm fixing up needs to be painted, as the gel coat is bad. I think it would look great in the same color as my truck; Toyota magnetic gray.

Has anyone ever tried using Duplicolor BTY1619 Perfect Match Touch-Up Paint Magnetic Gray to spray a fiberglass camper? The instruction video shows it being used to paint plastic bumpers and such.

One can contains 8 oz. I found online that a Scamp 13 takes about a gallon, so that would be 16 cans. A can is 7.32 (https://www.jbtoolsales.com/duplicol...magnetic-gray/), so that would be a total of 117 dollars to get the paint done. Pretty cheap if it looks decent.

[Raz]

I've never been happy with rattle can finishes on large areas. I always get misting. Here's a method I would consider if I wanted to paint my trailer. Worth a look.
http://www.fiberglassrv.com/forums/f...ing-57412.html

[Lee Senn]

Raz I am in the process of painting our Hunter l, lower half, with a rattle can blue. I was not able to get anything close to a smooth finish. The finished product is o.k. but will definitely not win first in show ( or even 2nd ,3rd etc ) anywhere. Could be , and probably is, that I am not very good at painting as I have no experience in that realm. Lee

[Kai in Seattle]

Paul painted our 1973 amerigo over dark brown; he was meticulous and diligent with the prep work (vital) and had the windows out (and the interior was gutted, so any splashed paint was irrelevant).


He used marine enamel and a foam "got dog" (closed end) roller--and rolled for all he was worth. He tried roll & tip but for him the "tip" wasn't working well. The paint did self-level eventually; he sanded before all coats and wiped with tack cloth and washed with acetone after fiberglassing holes...


There are videos online and numerous threads here on FGRV that detail the procedures. Brightside Marine Enamel and some other high-end brands get high marks here...


WE used Rustoleum MARINE enamel primer and topside top coat paint both in premixed white...we were very pleased with our results.


YMMV--many people have used somewhat different techniques and products and many have been very pleased with their results.


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Kai

[Lee Senn]

Kai Great looking job on your trailer and kudos to your husband !! I wish I had gone that route but alas I am now done with the Hunter l. although not what I had hoped for but the trailer certainly looks better than before. Lee

[Gattopuin64]

Call Maaco, not cheap but a much better job than rattle can with a lot less work. Ask yourself what would I do if my car needed a paint job.

[Kai in Seattle]

Hi, Lee Senn..


Thanks! Sorry, didn't realize it was a completely done deal. I agree that a rattle can doesn't do a totally even job...but I bet it DOES look a lot better than before, and you can always sand lightly and roll a bit on some other year if you feel it's important.


You could also consider the "lace" technique from the 70's--you get a bit of lace yardage, tape it over the blue paint, and spray over that with white enamel. Then you pull the lace away and move it to a new section--voila, lace over blue!


Don't know if that's quite your thing...but it would hide the slight irregularities of the blue. We used to see it on muscle cars for a while back when the pterodactyls darkened the skies.

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Kai

[Kai in Seattle]

As long as I'm here causing trouble, any pics of your work? Always interested!


Kai

[jeroen]

I think I'll try the door first and see how it comes out. If it looks crappy then I'll try roll and tip instead. I just thought making it match the color of the truck would look pretty awesome, and the red decals from Scamp would looks great on the magnetic gray.

[Lee Senn]

Kai The lace over idea is interesting. I may try it sometime in the future ( may go with something else like snowflakes etc. lace might damage my fragile male ego ). Lee

[TomK]

Kai, your trailer looks great. I would have never guessed you could get results like that with a roller! When we were married and moving into our very first apartment in '71, our new next door neighbors were hippies. They decided to paint their VW micro bus. Prep work wasn't even a consideration. They dumped a gallon of Rustoleum primer in a tray and went to town using high-nap rollers. There were about 5 of them rolling paint and joints at the same time. The only windows that escaped paint, were the ones they rolled down. When they finished; it looked like stucco. They were pleased as punch. Still laugh when ever I think about it.

TomK

[J Ron]

I agree with Kai. I've painted boats with Interlude Brightside with very good results. No brush tipping, use small white foam rollers, change them out before they start to fall apart. Roll it until it is sticky and it will not run. Prime with the interlude primer recommended. I tried Rust Oleom marine paint, not good. Fair any nicks and scratches with Marine text or something similar then sand. This paint is very forgiving. After an hour you will be amazed at how well it is leveling out. A coat of Teflon rises to the top as it cures, this makes it easy to clean. Do not wax it, wax removes the Teflon. I learned the hard way.

[J Ron]

PS. Colors cannot be added to brightside but different colors of the paint can be mixed. I mixed white with a color to lighten it.

[Kai in Seattle]

Thanks, all. Good luck to you painting your trailers. At least the paint will dry this time of year!


LOL about the "stucco" look. There were definitely decades when we'd have gone that route...and cars and camping rigs we'd have felt it was improving...


I agree about the decals...never underestimate the power of a properly placed decal~!

"Peanut" -- one shell with two nuts in it.

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Kai

[SouthwestOregon201]

Before I finished my Scamp 16 rebuild I decided to have the truck painted with my old Toyota color. White trucks kind a makes me think of city trucks. Both the truck and the Scamp are painted by professional auto people, because I couldn't begin to get a decent job with a rattle can or the tip method. This is just a picture to show you how they match.

Dave Heffner
Roseburg, OR

[Kai in Seattle]

Dave ... VERY nice; lovely jobs! And what a match! Almost look like you planned it that way!

We just rolled our trailer in the general color of our "new" van...
we figure it's good enough for the likes of us:

I'd have loved to do a different color on the bottom half...but I know myself too well. After six months, I'd want a different color, and a new interior color scheme to match. So I kept it KISS and am possessing my soul with patience.

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Kai

[Jan Dyke]

the problem with most Dupli Color rattle cans is they are lacquer based, they dry fast but have no shine, they are meant to be clear coated. I think PO used a fluffy roller to paint my boler. Paint is rock hard so I am going to try wet sand a small area and power buff it to see if it helps
Jan