Painting AFT

[elbee]

Paint on my AFT still too soft to flat back at the moment I reckon another 3 or 4 days yet, then flat back and one more coat, I will post pictures when all sorted.

[meek.tv]

Take a snap before flatting aswel to show us the difference pleaaase

[elbee]

Will do when weather next allows

[elbee]

After 1 st coat of paint. nice gloss finish but with some orange peel. sorry for black dot on camera lens



Then after flatting back with 1500 wet and dry paper



second coat applied today via roller and will post pictures of final results once final polish applied as soon as weather permites.

[elbee]

Finally got around to finishing the AFT , pretty impressed by the final results, don't get me wrong it's not as good as a proper spray job but it's pretty close I didn't have a polishing machine so still a little orange peel effect in some places. I took the opportunity (while I had the stepladder out) to fit the chequered roof decal. Just need to fit the side decals (on order).

Total cost was about £100 but £60 of that will be the decals.

[philpdr]

Nice result,that's another thing on my to do list now.

[elbee]

Nice result,that's another thing on my to do list now.

Yes lots of work but it paid off in the end, the only real problem is that it takes a few weeks because you have to leave the paint a week to harden fully before rubbing down and applying next coat. Cheap fix though and you only need 1 litre of rustoleum.

[philpdr]

Did one litre do both coats?

[elbee]

Yup, I mixed it at 80% paint to 20% white spirit, it goes a long way! As with all body work it's 95% preparation so make sure the AFT is sanded down and clean before you start, I used 400 grit wet and dry and panel wipe before I started. Then mask off the areas you don't want to paint and use a mini foam gloss roller to apply.

[mikeonb4c]

Looks really good to me

[Michael1308]

Looks great well done. I've already ordered some paint and going to get on with it when i get some time.

[elbee]

The paint I used is rustoleum combi color and I got mine from Rawlings paints but there are a few other suppliers. The colour I used was RAL7001 silver grey but it's a bit lighter than the original I think RAL7000 squirrel grey may be a better match for the original AFT colour

[BuddyBongo]

Old thread but hoping people still checking...
I've got a grey AFT but I want to paint it green (like the majority of the rest of my van) is there a Rustoleum colour that is close enough to 'Bongo green'?

Si

[wonkanoby]

https://www.rawlinspaints.com/home/pain ... color.html

[Puma931]

I painted my whole van in Rustoleum 7001 earlier this year, and plant to do it again in white next year as i am not that keen on the whole van being grey with some green highlights! Lots of work but cheap and you can get a good finish for a roller.

http://s47.photobucket.com/user/puma931 ... o.jpg.html