How to paint an Aluminum Travel Trailer
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โDec-29-2014 09:35 PM
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โDec-30-2014 03:26 PM
seaeagle2 wrote:There may have been just a small number of TT's with anodized sheets (ISTR seeing a real vintage trailer with a blue anodized finish).`It's not too practical for a trailer since any scratch or ding on the finish is going to be through the anodized layer. there really isn't any good , cheap repair process for anodized finish.
Just to throw out something isn't the original finish actually an anodized finish?
Judging from the few older rigs I've owned, they used an oil or urethane finish paint with an accompanying primer. I figured a good latex finish was going to last for awhile and is easy to touch up. A previous owner of the C/Hilton had painted over the existing accent panels and trim with a real nasty color and layout. If I had to, I would have thrown paint on the walls to cover it up, lol.
Good luck to the OP with the paint! FWIW, it took me more time to mask off then spray but the majority was done in a pretty easy day. The step-to-step is buried in the Hilton link in my signature line.
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Here was the drill: Clean aluminum siding with a strong cleaner (IIRC, I used a siding cleaner). Scuff surface with 3M plastic pads using Jasco Phosphate substitute prepaint cleaner (important to use an anti=oxidant cleaner). Clean surface with the Jasco and rinse. Tape and mask everything you don't want painted. I sprayed a complete primer coat on the siding since I had a few bare spots and I wanted good adhesion. If the siding still has paint, you don't need an etching primer. I used Sherwin Williams Industrial DTM primer. Finish coat was then sprayed using a latex enamel. The accent stripes were painted with rattles cans (Rustoleum, some type of metallic bronze). The paint still looks good going into year three.
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โDec-30-2014 05:39 AM
WyoTraveler wrote:
Paint on aluminum won't last without it.
You're assuming bare aluminum. Most likely he just has a faded surface that's already painted. Cleaned up, and using any standard automotive primer will work fine.
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