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I painted my bus outside. We were in wildfire season, smoke and ash present. The days I sprayed the epoxy primer and top coats were...

We did exterior oil-based paint. We rolled it on. No clear coat. Never had an issue in over 7 years. Probably should have done a non-oil...

Thanks! Tweezers is a good idea. I’m going to go with a single stage topcoat so no clear just 2 coats of paint. I’ll do a semi gloss to...

Hot sun drys the flash point sooner than advertised. You want to do your clear coat after the flash time but before full cure. Closer...

If you work in direct sunlight then it's easy for the substrate to exceed the coating's temp window while ambient temp is well within...

I painted outside…did not have an issue with the sun - it was a sunny day, but no problems with adhesion or drying… Follow the...

I’ve been looking into Products now. I’ll prime with sherwinwilliams macropoxy 646. Then topcoat with one of their urethane products...

O ya I’ve left some stuck pliers in vinegar before and they came out [almost] like new. The vinegar in this case is to etch the...

I have some ospho left over from the floor pretty. Google said that scotch brite and vinegar works well but that sounds like a lot of...

I used rustoleum self-etching primer for my roof raised sheets before the paint job, and it worked out very well on galvanealed sheets...

I used PPG ALK200 alkyd enamel…added ALK201 catalyst and primed the whole bus with PPG epoxy primer first…was relatively inexpensive...

I'm usually a "do whatever the coating manufacturer tells you to do" kind of guy, but unless the primer in question is an etching primer...

Ok now I’m remembering some more details. I am really only planning to prime the galvanized sheets I’m adding from the roof raise and...

Ok well thanks everybody I do have a big compressor I do have the (outdoor) space and the knowledge of how to prep and spray. So i will...

Any opinions about rolling on exterior house paint for the paint job? So I’m going to be priming with Eastwood epoxy primer on the...