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| Anyone attempted to paint or do body work on their coach outside? [message #213385] |
Fri, 05 July 2013 19:35  |
quadracerx1
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Working through the mechanical stuff on my coach... Its a slow process but its coming along...
Once the mechanical stuff is done, I will move on to the removal of all trim, vents, roof AC in preparation for paint. I have a glass guy who will remove and reseal all the windows after paint...
My question is the bottom of my coach is pretty wavy from the trim line down... Is body work on these things best left to a pro? Or can a reasonably mechanically skilled person do it?
I have access to a heated paint booth for final color, but wonder if I could do the prep and priming outside myself?
What are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve
75 26' GMC Glenbrook
Puyallup, Washington
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| Re: [GMCnet] Anyone attempted to paint or do body work on their coach outside? [message #213387 is a reply to message #213385] |
Fri, 05 July 2013 19:48  |
Ronald Pottol
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Look up the recent paint thread. It's a BIG job.
On Jul 5, 2013 5:35 PM, "Steve" <quadracerx@aol.com> wrote:
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> Working through the mechanical stuff on my coach... Its a slow process but
> its coming along...
>
> Once the mechanical stuff is done, I will move on to the removal of all
> trim, vents, roof AC in preparation for paint. I have a glass guy who will
> remove and reseal all the windows after paint...
>
> My question is the bottom of my coach is pretty wavy from the trim line
> down... Is body work on these things best left to a pro? Or can a
> reasonably mechanically skilled person do it?
>
> I have access to a heated paint booth for final color, but wonder if I
> could do the prep and priming outside myself?
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
> --
> 75 26' GMC Glenbrook
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| Re: [GMCnet] Anyone attempted to paint or do body work on their coach outside? [message #213396 is a reply to message #213385] |
Fri, 05 July 2013 20:38 |
jhbridges
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Sure you can. It is time consuming, which means it (prep) I a major cost of painting. Be aware, how well you prep the coach will be reflected in what the paint job looks like.
--johnny
From: Steve <quadracerx@aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, July 5, 2013 8:35 PM
Subject: [GMCnet] Anyone attempted to paint or do body work on their coach outside?
Working through the mechanical stuff on my coach... Its a slow process but its coming along...
Once the mechanical stuff is done, I will move on to the removal of all trim, vents, roof AC in preparation for paint. I have a glass guy who will remove and reseal all the windows after paint...
My question is the bottom of my coach is pretty wavy from the trim line down... Is body work on these things best left to a pro? Or can a reasonably mechanically skilled person do it?
I have access to a heated paint booth for final color, but wonder if I could do the prep and priming outside myself?
What are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve
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| Re: [GMCnet] Anyone attempted to paint or do body work on their coach outside? [message #213414 is a reply to message #213385] |
Fri, 05 July 2013 22:02 |
Ken Henderson
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Steve,
I doubt that you, or anyone else, can correct your lower body waviness,
unless you're prepared to re-skin that area. Almost all coaches exhibit
some of that, some are just worse than others, and even that can vary with
temperature and sun position.
JMHO,
Ken H.
On Jul 5, 2013 5:35 PM, "Steve" <quadracerx@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Working through the mechanical stuff on my coach... Its a slow process but
> its coming along...
>
> Once the mechanical stuff is done, I will move on to the removal of all
> trim, vents, roof AC in preparation for paint. I have a glass guy who will
> remove and reseal all the windows after paint...
>
> My question is the bottom of my coach is pretty wavy from the trim line
> down... Is body work on these things best left to a pro? Or can a
> reasonably mechanically skilled person do it?
>
> I have access to a heated paint booth for final color, but wonder if I
> could do the prep and priming outside myself?
>
> What are your thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
> --
> 75 26' GMC Glenbrook
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| Re: [GMCnet] Anyone attempted to paint or do body work on their coach outside? [message #213422 is a reply to message #213414] |
Fri, 05 July 2013 22:29 |
sgltrac
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What ken said is no joke. The upper aluminum panels will change shape with temperature rather drastically. It might not be terribly noticeable on a coach with oxidized paint but you can really see it under fresh low texture glossy paint. The smc lower panels don't change as much but they are ( were ;) ) bonded and riveted to the alum ribbing so they will move as well. This is another reason to ensure a seam sealer with the proper elasticity is used in the joints with the most movement.
Todd Sullivan
Sully
77 royale
Seattle
On Jul 5, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Ken Henderson <hend4800@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I doubt that you, or anyone else, can correct your lower body waviness,
> unless you're prepared to re-skin that area. Almost all coaches exhibit
> some of that, some are just worse than others, and even that can vary with
> temperature and sun position.
>
> JMHO,
>
> Ken H.
> On Jul 5, 2013 5:35 PM, "Steve" <quadracerx@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Working through the mechanical stuff on my coach... Its a slow process but
>> its coming along...
>>
>> Once the mechanical stuff is done, I will move on to the removal of all
>> trim, vents, roof AC in preparation for paint. I have a glass guy who will
>> remove and reseal all the windows after paint...
>>
>> My question is the bottom of my coach is pretty wavy from the trim line
>> down... Is body work on these things best left to a pro? Or can a
>> reasonably mechanically skilled person do it?
>>
>> I have access to a heated paint booth for final color, but wonder if I
>> could do the prep and priming outside myself?
>>
>> What are your thoughts?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>> --
>> 75 26' GMC Glenbrook
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| Re: Anyone attempted to paint or do body work on their coach outside? [message #213439 is a reply to message #213385] |
Sat, 06 July 2013 03:06 |
George Beckman
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| quadracerx1 wrote on Fri, 05 July 2013 17:35 |
Working through the mechanical stuff on my coach... Its a slow process but its coming along...
Once the mechanical stuff is done, I will move on to the removal of all trim, vents, roof AC in preparation for paint. I have a glass guy who will remove and reseal all the windows after paint...
My question is the bottom of my coach is pretty wavy from the trim line down... Is body work on these things best left to a pro? Or can a reasonably mechanically skilled person do it?
I have access to a heated paint booth for final color, but wonder if I could do the prep and priming outside myself?
What are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve
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We got our second coach right after I had my prostate carved out. I was puny and the neighbor kid said, "Why did George get such an ugly motor home?"
I started to prep for paint. A young man had painted my '37 ford pickup and the paint is like glass. I had no intention of trying to do anything with the wavy fiberglass.
I was feeling puny but worked an hour or two at a time for a couple of weeks. We had a trip planned and Randy and Margie Van Winkle came to join us. Randy took one look at the coach and said, "You can't take it to the painter like that." He worked on it for two weeks. I puttered around "helping". Some other college friends came and helped. Even Margie's '97 year old father straightened out the vent for the Norcold. (101 now) Randy has done some pretty good paint himself, through the years.
The first paint day threatened rain but they got the base coat down. Randy worked some more and the next Saturday it was way hot for the clear coat. Couldn't get it in the booth.
Results? It looks better than before. Waaay better. On the other hand the orange peel in places from heat and not remixing properly drives me crazy. It is a good 10' paint job. If someone complains I ask them to step away from the coach. (*smile*)
Gene Fisher once wrote, "George Beckman and his lovely wife arrived in their beautiful coach." Gene knows which side of the bread the butter goes on.
Back to Randy and Margie. They took their coach to Topeka Graphics.
Here is a link shortly after paint.
http://graestone.org/who-i-am/
'74 Eleganza, SE, Howell + EBL
Best Wishes,
George
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