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04-26-2005, 08:59 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Carroll, IA
Posts: 72
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Re: The bus is Painted
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Originally Posted by dammitAndy
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Originally Posted by glock17
Its finally painted, tonight we will be painting on the graphics and lettering, I'll have more pictures when I'm done with that.
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Lookin pretty good. Can you share with us more on how you painted your ride... did you have professional equip, or a pro there to help... what type of paint/primer did you use, did you have a small portable air compressor? Things like that. I am about to paint mine and I have been back and forth on either spreying it, or rolling it...
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My friend and I sanded it then we pulled it into a concrete paving equipment manufacturer that my dad works at. They have huge industrial screw type air compressors there and a paint booth large enough to paint concrete pavers. Diamond Vogel donated thier best industrial paint for our project; the only stipulation was that we had to hire a professional painter to paint it as the paint is highly toxic and had to be painted with a fresh air hood being worn by the painter. The paint we used was Diamond Vogel Pinnacle which is a 2 component polyurethane enamel. Primer and color are both 2 part paints. I told them I wanted a standard blue color off the shelf but Vogel insisted that we provide them with a paint chip so they could custom mix me the exact color I wanted. I have no idea how much the paint costed as it was donated but it was probably around $500 for all the paint if you were to buy it. I would definatly not roll it on. Our bus has an almost automotive like finish now. If you are looking for a super quality industrial coating that will last a long time I would check out this company. http://www.diamondvogel.com/index.html
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04-26-2005, 09:03 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Carroll, IA
Posts: 72
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more pictures
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04-26-2005, 09:34 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Carroll, IA
Posts: 72
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dammitAndy-
The original plan was for me to paint the bus myself, if I had done that I was going to buy tractor enamel from the local hardware store and shoot it with a siphon type gun. Now that I have seen it done I would probably buy some paint and shoot it with a pressure tank type gun that can be found at NAPA for like $80. That is what the painter painted my bus with, it looks just fine. I think you can get similar paint to what i got for a decent price. It does not take much. We had 3 gallons of primer and 3 gallons of color and we have some left over, I think we have a whole gallon of primer left over. Primer is important as it fills in the scratches that you missed while sanding. I'd say you need a pretty decent air-compressor, most home use compressors will probably overheat when used for that long of a time. 3 hours of continuous running will ruin a small air compressor. Maybe you could paint it in sections and give your compressor a break.
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04-26-2005, 10:15 AM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 138
Year: 1989
Coachwork: Wayne
Chassis: Ford
Engine: 370
Rated Cap: 44
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Well I'm sold! Thanks for the input Glock!
Here's my plan, going to spray with BPS Tractor Implement and going to roll the roof w/ the same stuff. I will arange to paint in our old metal fab facility, cause its empty and used for storage now. It has a nice sized shop compressor that will work great. My buddy just got a gun too that we can use. I will buy the BPS suggested primer too. Exciting stuff, I can't wait.
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Plotting the next project now. Looking for a clean diesel pusher with low rust/miles. Identical plans with plumming and biodiesel added :)
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04-26-2005, 12:20 PM
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Skoolie
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Elk River, MN
Posts: 113
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: Chevy C-60
Engine: 8.2L Turbo Detroit Diesel
Rated Cap: 77
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I like how you traced your graphics onto the bus. That gave me a brainstorm on how to do graphics on my bus but without having a computer projector. Another option is to use an art projector/tracer or an overhead projector. Still an investment to buy one for one use but I read is that places like Office Max and Office Depot rent them.
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04-26-2005, 12:50 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: near flint michigan
Posts: 2,657
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glock17
dammitAndy-
I'd say you need a pretty decent air-compressor, most home use compressors will probably overheat when used for that long of a time. 3 hours of continuous running will ruin a small air compressor. Maybe you could paint it in sections and give your compressor a break.
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funny you should mention that! While painting my bus the second time, my trusty old compressor died. It is a 5hp 220 volt, with a good size tank..about 30 gallons i think. Rather than replacing it with another cheap alluminum made in china compressor, I decided to try something a little more heavy duty. The local scrap yard sold me a compressor for a big truck air brake system for ten bucks. It requires coolant, and full pressure lube. To solve this puzzle, i installed an old power steering pump i had laying around to pump oil through the coolant and lubrication passages. I've had it for a while now, and it works wonderfully! I also put a bigger pulley on the motor to allow the compressor to spin faster. I was suprised at how much heat is generated by an air compressor.
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04-29-2005, 10:31 AM
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#27
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Almost There
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Carroll, IA
Posts: 72
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next step is to tint the windows
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05-09-2005, 09:59 AM
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#28
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Almost There
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Carroll, IA
Posts: 72
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The rear heater somehow got a hole punched in it, anitfreeze was squirting all over the place last time I drove it, couch got all wet. Guess I have to take the rear heat out now, the hole is not fixable.
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05-09-2005, 11:19 PM
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Almost There
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Fir Island, Washington
Posts: 83
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Heater Core
Hi Glock 17 , Suggestion only. Take the heater core to the radiator shop and get a new one. They are pretty cheap and the heater does come in very handy. It might surprise you how easily they can match the core.
J.B.
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05-10-2005, 07:54 AM
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Almost There
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Carroll, IA
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ok, there is a shop not too far from me, I do like the rear heat in the winter time.
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