Repainting the Winnie.

[Wbago]

Looks brand New .... very nice job, i hope mine comes this good but i doubt it lol ... personally, i'd want the W back lol

[LJ-TJ]

   
• The problem is you now have a blank canvas that looks beautiful. Now the questions that begs to be asked is what are you going to do to make it pop Hm? . You'll only going to get one kick at the cat . You could screw up all that hard work D:oH! .>GRIN< No pressure.

[Lefty]

My suggestion?
First, look up a guy named Mike Lavalee on Google. He owns a place called Killer Paint. He's famous for doing ultra-realistic flame jobs. There is your 'Inspiration"...lol

Paint the Winne Your favorite color (Black,Blue,Burgundy,etc...) Paint the flames a contrasting color, then go over them with a coat of the main color to "ghost" them into the paint job.
Wait 24hrs after final base coat.
Wet sand with 1,000 grit to remove the orange peel,trash, and flaws.
Follow with 5-6 coats of clear.
Wait 24hrs to 48hrs for clear to harden.
Wet sand that with 1,500 grit to remove the orange peel, progressing up to 2,000 grit, then 4,000 grit... be careful to not cut thru the clear to the base coat. (If you do, you will have to respray the clear and start over)

Finally, cut,buff and polish with a foam pad and buffer at low speed with 3M polishes and swirl mark removers until finish is like a mirror.

Wait 30 days for paint to fully cure, then apply 2-3 coats of Mother's Pure Carnauba wax.

Congratulations! You now have the coolest RV in the campground!

[eXodus]

i love the simple plain white color. i wouldnt add too much it looks just great as it is. maybe a stripe in the middle,

[chip2lane]

Finished putting some stripes on last night about 11pm.
Will be putting all the pieces back on and getting some pictures on here in the next day or two.

[pvoth1111]

Blackout the windows more and just leave er white

[chip2lane]

Finally all done!

[chip2lane]

All of the rest of the pictures are in my gallery.

[pvoth1111]

I'm in love

[M & J]

Man that is sharp.

[TerryH]

Wow. I am jealous.
Pull up to any RV Site in that, I would defy them to tell you "it's too old".
They're never too old, but when they look like yours................
Excellent work.

[Elandan2]

One sharp paint job!!  Enjoy.  In fact, I would purposely pull up to one of those places that insists that rigs can't be older than 10 years and see what they say!!  Rick

[eXodus]

Love it, just the one stripe I imagined !


Man is the stripe on the side going down from the front to the back or I'm already too drunk today ?
I think I got a winter project: painting the Itasca

[LJ-TJ]

WOW! That turned out to be one CLASSY looking rig. No doubt all your attention to  detail payed off. Geeessss nice job. I can't help but think you have just inspired an awful lot of guys here who weren't sure if it was possible for them to take on a job of that size. Yep! if you can do it they can do it. Well Done!

[Lefty]

Exodus,
I looked at the pics too and agree. The side stripe seems to be on a downward slant as it goes from front to rear. I don't know if that is actually the case, or if it's because of an optical illusion. But the stripe starts ABOVE the headlights in the front, and ends BELOW the tail lights at the rear.
I find that odd, and I would have made the stripe level.. either above the lights front and back, or below them, or split the difference and have it centered between. But it is the owners rig and their tastes that matter.

I still think they did an overall outstanding job.... especially when considering that this was his first time ever using a spray gun (still find that hard to believe from the results), and the fact that he did all the work outside. The rig looks ten or more years newer... and I'd be thrilled if mine looked half as good.

[chip2lane]

The stripes do slope downward from front to back just wanted to be a little different.
The pictures don't do the colors in the stripes justice.
The colors really pop out there, they are house of candy colors.
Thank for all the kind words on the coach.
We were able to get the coach for a good price and do all the work ourselves.
With the purchase price and all parts, and materials we are still under the 5k total investment.

[Lefty]

"With the purchase price and all parts, and materials we are still under the 5k total investment."

You could come close to doubling your money... I think your doing great!

[Froggy1936]

Really nice work. I like the stripe (hated the W stripes and the 1970 colors) The slight angle is a break from the boxy look of the original stripes I think you have exellent taste , And a fantastic looking rig ! Frank

[Odss91b]

Man that is awesome! I would love to do that to my 31' 89 chieftain.