Model 05 Silver Eagle

[mightybus]

Godspeed. And a prayer you have a safe journey.

[Chadluc]

everyone with your oem yellow paintjobs have it easy whebn u paint your bus!! My whole bus had never been painted..as it had new caps front and rear..and new steel over windows etc. I had to sand that thing for a week.. then apply self etch primer. .. that means dragging the air compressor out from under the bus, setting up the paint gun..etc.... then paint self etch primer on the bare surfaces and rivets, tapi9ng **** off windows and stuff ..then completly sand all the self etch down... then I must have taken the bus to the car wash about 5 times now... so there's that to... oh and I just starteed applying 2k primer today. Got half the bus done! I am sore.

oh and i need to move the bus every 2 days so i dont get towed!

[Chadluc]

the bus is now complete with 2k high build primer. i need to sand the whole bus down,wash, then I can start applying the paint this week. I was approached by the fir departments haz mat team. They took photos of everything but i was not issued and tickets. they did say that if i was wet sanding and the run off water and paint particules were flowing into the storm drain i would be arrested on a felony. I was not issued any tickets but told that they will submit the photo's as part of the investigation and if they decide to prosecute me, i could be getting a letter in the ail to go to court. But they didnt say by painting i was violating any laws.I mean come on...people spray houses, interiors, i know u should paint a vehicle in a paint booth, but thats only if u don't want any debris in your finish. I think they were trying to scare me. I shouldn't have done it in front of the fir department, as there training center is located accross the street

[chev49]

I live next to the volunteer fire dept, and they even cut up cars, set off fireworks, and have loud parties in the parking lot.. which isnt on their property...
Last week it was raining hard, so they didn't have their regular monday night meeting...
You could easily paint your bus next to their property.. i have painted excavavators and cats and backhoes right next to their building....

[Chadluc]

Originally Posted by chev49

I live next to the volunteer fire dept, and they even cut up cars, set off fireworks, and have loud parties in the parking lot.. which isnt on their property...
Last week it was raining hard, so they didn't have their regular monday night meeting...
You could easily paint your bus next to their property.. i have painted excavavators and cats and backhoes right next to their building....

well this was a training facility, but they were having a class on haz mat safety, and they i'm sure were just training some new recruits on the scene protocol

[lornaschinske]

They were giving a lesson on how to deal with some nutcase painting a bus in the street!

[Chadluc]

Originally Posted by lornaschinske

They were giving a lesson on how to deal with some nutcase painting a bus in the street!

well i always say, someone lives somewhere, and there's always someone who will have a problem with my protocol to get **** done. I have a bus that needs to be painted, and until someone shows me a law saying u can not spray paint a vehicle on the road, I need to keep shooting.

[lornaschinske]

Originally Posted by Chadluc

... until someone shows me a law saying u can not spray paint a vehicle on the road...

Folks paint on the road all the time. They apparently tend to only use white paint or yellow paint. Sometimes they will use black... I think they need to use more colours!

[pipopak]

Originally Posted by Chadluc

well i always say, someone lives somewhere, and there's always someone who will have a problem with my protocol to get **** done. I have a bus that needs to be painted, and until someone shows me a law saying u can not spray paint a vehicle on the road, I need to keep shooting.

It is the flying paint you have to be aware of. If it lands on somebody else's property or car you will be in trouble real fast!. And is illegal to dump ANYTHING but rainwater in the drain storms countrywide.

[lornaschinske]

If he waited to paint until he got to Roswell, the paint wouldn't make it to the bus! Too much wind!

[Chadluc]

Originally Posted by lornaschinske

If he waited to paint until he got to Roswell, the paint wouldn't make it to the bus! Too much wind!

I see very windy over 22mph wind

[RavensOracle]

If 22mph is windy then you don't want to come to KS. That's a nice breeze here.

[mightybus]

Chadluk, I admire your tenacity and 'git 'er done' mentality. You can paint on my road anytime and I don't give a rats patootie if overspray gets on my stuff or if you have to pour a gallon of leftover in the gutter. P.S. I have a 55 gallon barrel of Johnson wax if you need some.

[Chadluc]

I;m putting the hammer down for Roswell 5am

[Chadluc]

Originally Posted by Chadluc

I;m putting the hammer down for Roswell 5am

ohhh i cant wqait to hit them rest stop coffee machines

[Bullwhacker007]

Basically it has to do with the EPA regulations and what ever is there. Most automotive paints now days are water based due to this and the "volatiles" that they hated.
The point could have been made with these idiot is what about all the pollutants from vehicles and what ever that run off the road bed into the storm drains?
What they were doing was trying to scared you off. If you were not rinsing off the bus and it was going into the drian they can take their fire hose and do an un natural thing with it.. They are not a Law Enforcement agency and can't "arrest" you.

This is the main reason why I left the Land of Fruit s and nuts..

[Chadluc]

Originally Posted by RavensOracle

If 22mph is windy then you don't want to come to KS. That's a nice breeze here.

welln mon and tuseday 30mph winds are on the weather forcast. i was there 2 years ago with a 70mph wind. but it will be a change getting use to the wind agian. and oh yea all the freakin dirt , and where i'm going to be there will be lots of dirt storms. but i sealed all the windows shut and installed the fan tastic fanse/vents for ventilation.

[Chadluc]

Originally Posted by Bullwhacker007

Basically it has to do with the EPA regulations and what ever is there. Most automotive paints now days are water based due to this and the "volatiles" that they hated.
The point could have been made with these idiot is what about all the pollutants from vehicles and what ever that run off the road bed into the storm drains?
What they were doing was trying to scared you off. If you were not rinsing off the bus and it was going into the drian they can take their fire hose and do an un natural thing with it.. They are not a Law Enforcement agency and can't "arrest" you.

This is the main reason why I left the Land of Fruit s and nuts..

yes well they told me how it contributes to holes in the ozone...etc. but didn't say I violated any laws..they just said how it shouldn't be done. but i don't know how a paint booth would be different.those filter are to remove debris in the air and fumes.. but it can't stop the volatiles you describe. infact after you paint the paint can't be waxed for 30 days because it continues to " breath" and release fumes. so i dont see how painting in a booth is going to be healthy for the enviroment

[dirtygoat]

Have a safe trip...

[lornaschinske]

Originally Posted by Chadluc

I;m putting the hammer down for Roswell 5am

Be careful. It's supposed to warm up after this cold front passed thru. The high roads (I40 Gallup west to state line) are iced already. And the front isn't supposed to clear out until Thursday AM.

BTW, BBQ joint across from Sam's is hiring. WM is hiring PT. Saw the signage yesterday.