I Roller Painted My Van For Under £150! | Van Life DIY 

I definitely watched this video for painting tips. 🔥

@1:56 An entire day "filling in any cracks". Sounds like you had a great time. 😀

Done outdoors..no paint booth..no garage.. most of us will be doing exactly the same.. thanks for posting this 😊

I believe that you have used emulsion rollers, you need gloss foam rollers for combi colour. Nice job, but if you rub down and recoat using the correct roller it will give you a better finish. 😊

Must admit I didn’t expect the van to turn out as well as it did. Looks smart fair play 👌👍

I did this to my 1988 Ford Ranger 4x4 truck a few years ago. I read a story in Hot Rod magazine that said paint your car for under $100.00. The mixing ratio that they said to use was take the cap from the mineral spirits. Pour 4 cap full's into the paint pan. It should be about like semi melted ice cream. Then roll on the paint. For any paint job either this way or using a spray gun prep work is 99% of the job. The more time if you have some the better the job will turn out. And using Rustoleum you have to wait 24 hrs. between coats and sand between each one. Would I do it again.? I don't know for sure.

A lot longer on the prep would have given far better results in the end. I shot blasted the worst bits of mine to make sure all the rust was removed before priming and then filling. Sanding should always be done with a backing pad or block as bare fingers apply uneven pressure. I took my doors off and did the pillars at the same time as the body so there weren't any lines where the two bits met. I also changed my roller frequently, persisting with a cheap, worn out roller drops bits of fluff in the paint and gives the uneven finish you were getting. When I had finished mine I took it to have some decals that matched the 1081boriginals applied and the bloke thought that it had been sprayed not rollered. In your defence, you had a couple of days, I was retired and had all the time in the world to sand, fill,sand, fill, sand, sand and sand again and could also let it dry & harden properly between coats.

Wow you have the prettiest and best hair ever. I think you are onto a new business idea. Roller painting people's cars.

Wow stunning ❤

I use foam rollers for interior paint, so know they make a perfect job of surfaces. But I gotta say that it's never crossed my mind that you could the same to a vehicle! You've both made a great job of your van! I love it! I may start looking to buy a cheap van now you've opened my eyes to this! lol 👍

Tidy. The van looked good too.

Well, i took the plunge over the weekend, dull but dry.... got all the rust scabs sorted, fully coated the van with one good coat, woken this morning to full sun... thought brilliant, this will bake it on brilliantly over the day, by 4pm, full torrential rain, and you guessed it, marked all the new paint.. to say im somewhat deflated is an understatement. I just hope i get a few days to make it look better...😔

hi Lana, you really need to do a final coat of Clear, make it shine also a protection. Excellent content, well done both.

Whole new meaning to rock and roll.

makita jackhammer with sanding flap cracked me tf up 🤣🤣 but good job! decent result

Great tips before I paint my 09 sprinter. Great result and thanks for sharing guys

When you put your hands on the , are leaving body oils on it so when the job is finished you still could have a problem with the paint staying stuck

That looks great Lana I know exactly what you went through, I painted my boat using 2 greys with a boat you roller it on then lay it off with a brush, I tried starting early but by the time I dried it off the sun was already making the steel hot but I was happy with the finish so love your videos you seem very natural

Want to do this on my old Volvo - van looks great to me :)

The van looks champion, I roller painted the lower half of our van covering the shabby silver and I was well happy with the way it turned out after mths of thinking will i won't i but I wish I done it earlier coz it totally changed the look into the swampy look I wanted, well done you guys 🤙

Hey..new subscriber. Firstly, your hair is wicked! Secondly, Im about to paint my jumbo transit conversion. Been putting it off for months but you've given me a much needed kick up the arse! Well done guys. 👏 T

Dear Lana and Tomm, Well done. Story looks so great and I see you had a lot of fun despite the work. Now nothing stands in the way of the next adventure. Thanks for the interesting video! Kind wishes, Gerold

Great results for a budget repaint 👍🏻👍🏻, small storky sticker is all she needs now.

A good practical limited time job, looks good for a roller job 👍

I never even thought about painting a vehicle with a roller brush a brilliant Job shame it rained but at least you could go over it hopefully no rain and she looks amazing 👍

😅i rollerpaint My car this spring too. Its Look very good For on old car, My car is Audi A4 -97. After i paint my car, My ladies daughter wants to paint her Mercedes too. And one Day she came to visit and drove her car to The garage and start to sanding. IT took 7 days and her Mercedes change to color.. and she loves it..

I actually like the mat finish , looks cool now for a few individual touches to make it stand alone and proud 🤟🏽

Did this for a living a while back , yes the key is the prep work but still looks good well done both 👍

Hi lana, great job on the van ,not as easy as it looks,been there,done that, but prep and Patients is what you need,but it looks 100% like a trusted vw camper van now

Storky looks absolutely brilliant well done you two 🚐🚐🚐🚐🚐🚐💯✌️🤟👍🙏

you did very well with the roller, it looks like been sprayed painted,Love that color!

Looks great though. Matt and rolling is the right decision if you are afraid that you will have to weld something again and then paint over parts. A better finish can be achieved with a primer/filler from a spray can, or with a coating such as Raptor. Good luck

Van looks great all painted up, you made it look so easy to do! 😂 It's good you finally got around to doing it though as I know you've mentioned about wanting to a few times in your videos. Looking really good though like I say and looking forward to the next adventure in it now!

Wow what a transformation - the van looks great

Surprisingly very good job!!!

Fantastic job👍👍being a t4 lover this was very handy to know 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Cool, Looks like VW Pure grey without the gloss finish.

Lovely hair

Actually looks OK 👍

Absolutely stunning ! The van as well. By the end of the video I was taking with An accent like yours lol

autoglym Tar & glue remover a lot easier than rubbing the glue from the stickers.

Good job, exelent,,

I liked the 2 tone 😎

I’m stunned … good job 🎉

Well done, it looks great!

I loveed the VW BONNET best

Great job tempered on doing mine like that

I loved this van and now im interested to buy one just wondering and hopefully you can help me with info .. what brand and model is this van not sure if i can find it in California USA Help please

What a transformation love it

It’s battleship grey, looks cool

Nice tips 😊

Great job Lana, I think it turned out great. Did you apply any type of clear coat for protection? I’m assuming you didn’t due to the low cost. Thanks for your hard work, test job for sure. This is Alan, GREETINGS from Riverside in Southern California.

Wow amazing finish great job

It's looks groovy babyyy...

Great job looks fantastic on a different note tell the DVLA re new paint work swap

Awesome

Cool !

Ciao bellissimaaaa....devo rivedere il video perché la tua bellezza mi ha distratto😊

Storky looks great,you both did a great job,I'm very tempted to do mine,love the colour.

Definitely sprayer would of been way forward

Bravo !

How not to prep a van for paint vid but enjoyable vid

Looks good, have you remembered to register the change of colour on the logbook with dvla ?

Looks a really good colour and job

Why didn't you use wet and dry paper? Always thin coats then sand then recoat

good paint job

Great job and video Lana👍❤

And out of nowhere im sitting here debating painting my Toyota Camry 😅

I recommend using a dust mask, hearing protection and eye protection when doing these jobs. Also sunscreen of course. And preferably a hair net. And proper clothing so you don't get all that shit on your skin.

Best looking woman in town you need no make up

Beautiful 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

Heads up! Top job guys, any T4 saved is a big big win for me

It looks amazing well done x

Hi, looks really great. Just one question.. do you now by law have to re-register the van so as to have the correct colour showing on the v5..?

Class like yourself happy travels happy days happy life your a gem top girl 💯🙏✊👍❤️

Can I ask why did you add the white spirits into the paint? Is that what it says to do on the tin or is there another reason as to why? Thanks 😎🙏

Most definitely a hot one 🔥

When you drove home from the car wash you picked up some road grime from the highway

To be fair, that looks good, im looking to do my T4 too..

Nice job, big improvement. How much paint did you use ?

Wow! delicious looking shorts!

Van looks ace! Thinking of doing that on Betty as a spray job is well pricey 🤣🤣 fab video as always x

Van looks great, Lana looks like Paloma Faith!

You are sooooo gorgeous 😍

The van looks good. Nice job

Why not use a paint sprayer? A reasonably good one can be had for £50-60. Still looks good though.

Speaking of filling in cracks 😙👅🦴

Not sure why I watched this my van is fine

Thanks for the video just brought an ex ambulance what colour name is yours please what do you think of gloss finish over the Matt finish thanks Ryan

Curious, why a roller instead of a rattle spraypaint can?

Another great video 👍 looks like a brand new van! You look like somebody famous and I can’t think who! Got that classic bombshell look 😍🔥

looks amazing 👌👌

Ooo I do like a good chassis 👌🏻

you should keep your hands of it your hand have grease on them so that does not help when trying to paint a van also one person paint it

I wudnt of done the wheel arches lile that 🤔but it does look well fairplay

I like it…. So much better than blowing 1000s on it

WOW what body work ?

Nice job both of you 🙂

Lookin good!

Great work, looks much better