🖌️ HOW TO PAINT your VINTAGE CAMPER with HOUSE PAINT 😲
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
- This week I'm prepping, priming and painting my 1961 Aljo Vintage Camper Photo Booth with oil based enamel house paint. I've done this before so I have lots of tips for getting a good finish without automotive paint.
Thanks for watching!
00:00
01:24 Intro
03:20 Surface Prep
07:01 Self etching primer
09:59 Rustoleum Primer
13:02 White Paint
13:55 J rail & Some Advice
15:45 Spraying tips
18:36 Green Paint
20:17 Reveal
Previous painting video: • BEFORE & AFTER PAINTIN... - Авто та транспорт
Paint looks great. Thanks for the advice of sanding, wiping and painting. As you said, preparation is everything.
Thanks, Denise! It's kind of amazing how quick it actually is to lay down a coat of paint with a sprayer, but then you gotta think about all the time that goes into prep and cleanup afterwards, lol!
Looks good. I used Rustoleum Door paint on the exterior. Used a foam roller. Self leveled. Come out looking perfect.
I still think the best results are with a sprayer, but I've seen some pretty dang good roller jobs too!
Love the color! Well done.
Thanks, we're really happy with how it turned out too!
Great Job !! Good content, fun to watch
Thanks for watching!
Good to see you back 🙂
Excited to get started again!
You're a very creative individual !!! Enjoyed the video.
Thanks for that, and thanks for watching!
Hi Conan, enjoyed your video! On my vintage Pathfinder camper I just washed ,lightly sanded and had a friend spray it with a latex primer, then I rolled on three different colors of high-quality semi-gloss latex house paint. I was very happy with the results and has held up well for 4 summer seasons so far. It's easy to touch up if needed. It can be seeing on our UA-cam channel classic camper Basecamp that we just started February of 2023. Just a word of caution. I didn't always protect my lungs like I should have and I have been dealing with lung cancer for 7 years and I never smoked.I highly recommend wearing a respirator when spraying painting. I wish you the best from Doug in Wisconsin
Sorry to hear about your lung troubles Doug, you are 100% correct about the respirator. I actually have one, but it has disappeared. I should've just ordered a replacement online, but I kept thinking I would grab one at the hardware store, and every time I'd get there they'd be sold out except for the crazy expensive full face masks or something! So yeah, I was in a rush and poorly prepared, but I absolutely agree with you.
Latex paints have really gotten very good in the last 20 years or so, and some lay down pretty smooth with a roller. You can't beat the convenience for sure!
Coming right along, turning out nice! - Rocky Dorrier
Thanks, Rocky!
So glad I found your channel 😃👍
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Great job! Go Vols!
Yeah!!
That self etching primer works pretty well. I use it myself on small projects. But like you did it must be sanded before topcoating or the topcoat will flake right off! I usually scrub it with scotchbrite then prime it again with sandable primer or epoxy. Looks awesome Conan!
Thanks! I'm really happy with how this one turned out, but I think the next camper I put together will be painted with a single stage automotive paint, so I'm reading up on how to get the best results out of all that. It's a bit more complicated, but it's pretty understandable, and I think it should be a bit harder wearing ultimately.
Great Job Conan! I’m very proud of u and ur build is inspiring!!! “Thanks Shorty” 😂
Thanks, Jessica!
Great video. I painted my last one with rust oleum. It was an ok job. I’m about to paint a 60 Shasta and will try a single stage automotive paint.
Good luck, let me know how it turns out!
Sherwin Williams makes a direct to metal (DTM) paint. Wonder if that’s a viable solution here.
Looks good though. Congratulations on “finishing” it.
Thanks!
I'm not really sure what the best answer is regarding DTM paint, and I'm just going off of stuff that I've read online. The purpose of the self etching primer is to eat through the aluminum oxide coating that forms rapidly on exposed aluminum (which actually provides its natural corrosion resistance) and to provide a surface that paint can easily adhere to. DTM paints supposedly offer a high degree of corrosion residence, so when applied over steel you don't have to worry about rust forming underneath as much (assuming proper preparation). While I know DTM paints are supposed to work on aluminum, I don't know that they are as good as a self etching primer at surface adhesion.
I sort of feel that DTM is often a marketing feature like paint and primer in one. People think, "Oh hey, now I don't need to buy a gallon of primer and a gallon of paint, I can just buy two gallons of paint." Of course the paint is more expensive than the primer, so... But I do know there's more to paint+primer than that, so there's probably more going on with DTM paints than I really understand, too.
@@TrailerTrashtoTreasure FWIW, I know almost nothing, I'm just familiar with DTM paints because I wanted to paint my container a few years ago. What you said makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the reply, much appreciated!
You're welcome, I really am not an expert in these types of paints, but I feel like I've learned a lot recently but with a lot more to go, lol!
I LIKE THE DARK GREEN
Thanks!
Conan, I was going to ask about thinning, so thanks for including it. On the price of painting automotive, just the cost of products to do a car 10 years ago was $1,000.00, it’s gone crazy since the pandemic
Hey Jerry! The cost is a real issue, and I'm not hugely convinced that it's worth it on a camper, but I am eager to try it myself to see how it compares.
On thinning, I realized I misspoke in the video, it's more like 3:1 with mineral spirits for both the paint and the primer.
Shorty doubling down on the tarp disrespect 😂
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that he's done more than just double down on it. The camera's not rolling all the time after all.
Conan, what about the Rustoleum white paint? Why not use that, was the color shade wrong?
I wasn't positive the color would be close enough of a match, and I didn't have time to waste testing it. But I like Rust-Oleum; it's actually very adaptable and one of the few brands that isn't afraid to mention thinning right on the label.
I'd probably go with boat topside paint for durability. Can be rolled, brushed or sprayed.
You know durability hasn't really been an issue, but it does lose some luster over time, and it doesn't take a buff out like an automotive finish would. Regardless, I'm still overall really happy with the result!
I’ve been watching your video since I bought my trailer in 2019, I’m finally starting to make some progress on mine. Where did you buy your J rail? I found some online but I want to make sure I get the kind I can bend since mine is a canned ham
Hey Amber! Thanks for watching and following along. I was actually able to buy my J-rail locally; although, the last time I was there I bought all they had, and they didn't think they'd order any more. Virtually all extruded aluminum trim is bendable so long as you're careful about it, so if it's J-rail you need, pretty much anything you find will work, just make sure it's the same size and profile as what you took off.
You can get it from several suppliers, just a few I can think of right away: Vintage Trailer Supply, Hemet Valley RV, Mac's Aluminum, but there's many more. You might check your local RV supply places first, because shipping can be a bit expensive on such long pieces. Good luck!
COULD YOU WIPE DOWN WITH ALOCHOL? BENJAMIN MOORE HAS ULTRA SPEC #HP MAINTENANCE COATING D.T.M. ACRYLIC FOR PAINTING ALUMINUM. DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS KIND OF PAINT?
You could use alcohol as well, but sometimes it'll evaporate before it's really had a chance to break down any oily residue.
I still think oil based paints are hard to beat for durability. Direct to metal paints come in a wide variety, but my understanding is that a self etching primer is still the recommended base coat for bare aluminum.
I don't like disasters. I have had too many of those to think it would be cool.
Ha ha! Yeah it's not so fun when it's happening to you.
Your shop inspector disagrees with your choice.
Clearly, but he also sniffs butts, so I'm not too broken up about it. I do need to get the hose out though.