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Painting RV exterior on a budget // RV Reno Ep. 11

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Painting the exterior of our aluminum travel trailer. The entire project took a little more than a week, not including the time we spent removing the old decals. This is definitely an amateur paint job BUT has held up fine so far!
Paint used: Sherwin Williams SuperPaint Exterior Acrylic Latex
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@ccatdaddy64 Год назад

First off, I got a lot if respect for you. I take it you have a partner/spouce but you were the one that did most of the work. If you were my neighbor, I would ask to hire you to help me as I m about to do mine. As a professional painter who as not done and RV bu5 have done exterior of homes: stucco, aluminum siding, and wood, here's always what needs to ne done first. Sand with 220. Lightly, enough to rid any gloss. Brush off sanded paint before cleaning with water. Wash with a ph balanced degresser/detergent. Some soaps leave a residue and some are to acidic or alkaline based which can interfere with paint. Try not to let soap dry so tackle in manageable areas, not a whole side. Make sure all sanded paint and dirt is removed. Make sure there is no left over residue. Use a exterior bonding primer and have the folks at the supple store tint it to about the color you are using for paint. Follow the directions on the can. Two coat of paint. Go up and down 1st. Your bending technique is very good. 2nd coat go horizontal. Note that your sprayer probably directs that the nozzle should be set one way for vertical and another for horizontal. Finally. I can't tell you what paint iss best for this job because I don't paint RVs professionally. What I can tell you is just about everyone on RU-vid is using products for house painting. I would suggest going to a RV shop or look online for a product made for RVs. I am personally thinking about going to a marine shop near me and buying a oil based paint that is formulated for boats that is formulated for aluminum. Last. If you're paint job seems to be holding up, I would get an exterior clear coat and check with the manufacturer (the number will be on the can for technical information and cal or email them. Even though I am a professional, I still send out emails asking specific questions and they do get back sometimes in 1 to 3 buisness days. I highly respect yoir efforts! Anyone criticizes you tell them to post a video.

@debrahanks1964 4 месяца назад

Well, 4 yrs ago I painted my travel trailer and done it pretty much like she did, I washed my travel trailer, then a while later painted, a few hrs later the 2nd coat. I did light grey and dark grey stripe. 3 yrs later it looks like new

@stonecoldcougar 2 года назад

Your painting transformed your trailer into such a sporty little rig! Nice job!

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

Thank you! I think it gives it a retro vibe

@big-mikegun-n-ammo7268 2 месяца назад

Good job for a first-time painting. Kudos. For a gloss or semi-gloss, Wet sand 400 grit side to side. Wash, rinse, wash, rinse; the sprayer you use was not designed to spray undiluted paint. You can see the spray and pulsing in the video. Dilute to make a clean, smooth spray. Any units come with a funnel to time the flow. For sure, spray side to side, and make sure to add a slight up tilt to get under the metal roll. Another suggestion for people is to take the windows out. Paint under the windows and reseal with the proper RV frame putty, not plumber putty. What paint to use is a difficult question. For many brands, boat paint is great but costly at 100.00 a gallon. Im going to repaint mine very soon. It is huge; I really should reskin it. It's likely faster, too. Im tempted to go with rustolium oil base. That stuff sticks to everything. like you, i am going to do a flat color to hide the many dents from the hail storms we have. Light desert tan to match my truck. The squats were a great idea for keeping people watching. 10!

@timaz1066 2 года назад

I would guess it would be easier have and better results if you went side to side with your spraying because of the siding on the trailer. Just my thoughts.

@dougbedra1172 3 месяца назад

I used Rustoleum Door Paint. I think its been changed to Cabinet/Trim/Door paint. Dries fast and worked perfect. 4 years later and it still looks great and very scrubbable. Far surpassed any other paint I have tried. Just my 2 cents. Nice job!

@joecoolcitizen1493 2 месяца назад

You should always use prime paint

@durango8882 Год назад

Well you did a great job but your way of spray painting was really funny 😆 Squat City!! I’m thinking 🤔 I’ve never seen that method 👍🏻😁

@jasonblancett3002 7 месяцев назад

U-haul approves this paint scheme.

@TheRoadLessPaved 2 года назад

Thanks, hubby wants to paint the trailers we renovated over the last year. It's fiberglass with a lot of faded decal work to remove. Looks like there is hope though.

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

Sounds a lot like our project! Ours is aluminum though. I did quite a bit of research to find a paint that sounded like it would hold, but wouldn’t cost $1,000+. We wanted to go with automotive paint but it was just too expensive

@vegansinthewildover5023 Год назад

This is so helpful, thank you. I was going to try to squeeze in painting on Saturday before rain on Monday. Now I'm thinking I should wait until Tuesday.

@WorkinfortheWild Год назад

I'd recommend waiting for as many dry days as you can get in a row! I know climate has a lot to do with dry time so it's so hard to know for sure how long you need until you're doing it

@Freddy37022 2 года назад

No judgment, but painting is usually done left to right, and overlapping, great exercise…. But, whatever works….

@emilykoester7321 2 года назад

How has the paint stood up since you've been travelling so much? Looks Phenomenal!!

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

I'd give it a solid B+ on durability so far! I've thought about doing a "how are things holding up" video which would touch on the paint job and other materials we put into the camper.

@hermanclarke283 11 месяцев назад

If you use awesome cleaner from general dollar stores it will clean even the black streaks off

@jeffreymurray8803 2 года назад

looks awesome, currently reno a ole camper. great ideas. Ty

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@widereb2886 2 года назад

Good job!

@jeanninebooth6415 Год назад

Thank you. Loved this share

@WorkinfortheWild Год назад

Thank you for watching!

@hollybritton7255 Год назад

Absolutely love it, great job

@inthesun3884 2 года назад

I think you have a good eye for design. I hope you do very well with your channel.

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

thank you! That's so kind. I truly loved the entire remodel process!

@mbux2 Год назад

Great job!

@karenmyers3793 2 года назад

It looks amazing!

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

Thank you!

@bdavisk 2 года назад

terracotta warrior

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

Turnt up terracotta

@JoeandEmmaLee 2 года назад

This is great! I know we are going to have to do this as well. Currently renovating an 86 Toyota odyssey on our channel. Thanks for sharing your journey, definitely saving us time and effort with research. Cheers!

@WorkinfortheWild 2 года назад

Awesome!! I’ll check it out. It’s such a process, thank goodness for RU-vid videos for helping guide us haha

@JoeandEmmaLee 2 года назад

Yes seriously! RU-vid university haha