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KBOnTheRoad
Dec 11, 2016Explorer
Bill.Satellite wrote:
Frank,
I feel your pain as I was just working to get my 1988 Prevost painted. RV shops are $10,000+ (closer to 15 or 20) but that's not what I want. I just want a good single color or 1 color plus a strip or 2 but no one will offer a reasonable price claiming that the paint costs $800/gallon. I think I may have to take the RV to Mexico. I just want Earl Scheib to do the work not Michelangelo!
There is a video on line about a guy who painted a Mustang with canned paint but it was a lot of work and multiple layers with sanding and buffing to get a smooth gloss finish. You might want to try to Google that. I have painted portions of my RV with a rattle can and the results have been excellent but I don't know how you could do the RV sections at a time and get a good result. Please keep us informed if you try something as I really, really need my home painted!
You might try this and to the OP: what you suggest just wont work. If you have a fiberglass outer skin on your RV take it to a shipyard that paints yachts. The paint and process they use will make it look like a million dollars. It wont be cheap but it wont be anything like an RV place. Second it might last a lot longer.
One thing that makes this process so expensive is that the paints are hazardous materials and must be applied with breathing apparatus and containment systems in place.
Get some quotes from a place that paints yachts that may help. They usually price by the foot.
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