Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Well today Doug came down to check on progress of trailer Steve E is building. Just so happened it was at stage where splatter painting was on the agenda for the inside walls.....So after Doug and Steve doing some practice samples they suited up for the "Job"....Doug had the technique down so he was very gracious and took the lead while Steve followed with a hair blower to set up any way ward drips that may arise....It came out FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!! So "Hodder is the Man" with the "Splatter Hand"..
Way to go Doug!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again....Exactly what we had hoped for!
Steve E & Patty

Steve E wrote:Well today Doug came down to check on progress of trailer Steve E is building. Just so happened it was at stage where splatter painting was on the agenda for the inside walls.....So after Doug and Steve doing some practice samples they suited up for the "Job"....Doug had the technique down so he was very gracious and took the lead while Steve followed with a hair blower to set up any way ward drips that may arise....It came out FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!! So "Hodder is the Man" with the "Splatter Hand"..
Way to go Doug!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again....Exactly what we had hoped for!
Steve E & Patty

Good Job, Doug.
Patty, where's the pics?

Where's those pics when we need them Doug????

I thought you had the pics Patty....Well here are some....the goal was to recreate the original colors and appearance used on the interior of the Scotty, without the price and gun rental to shoot Zolatone. Patty also didn't want that heavy splatter look that a coat of Zolatone would have done. The real challenge was making it uniform with no runs, as we did the walls vertical. Several beers died in the process of this paint work. Doug

...nice job...very retro...yep...you da man ..............................

p.s. what size/kind of brush/technique did you use.................MJ

madjack wrote:...nice job...very retro...yep...you da man ..............................

p.s. what size/kind of brush/technique did you use.................MJ

+1

Very nice!

Steve had a nylon bristled whisk broom, about 4" long on the bristles and pretty rigid. He thinned the paint down (latex) a bit so that you don't get big blobs that will string together and once it hits, lays flat. I dipped about 1/4" of the bristles in the paint and then ran the brush in my hand with my finger tips curled just a bit and slowly pulled my hand across the brush lengthwise.

The first pass will throw larger spots, then the next couple of passes put out smaller ones. Stand back, like 3', don't do it up close, If you get too much paint on the broom, just dump the first load back in the pan by pulling your fingers across the brush. Different throwing angles will produce elongated spots. Someone following up with a blow dryer on low helps skin over the larger blobs that may sag.

This is very close to the original appearance of what was done in 1965, and not as busy as the Zolatone. I'm sure there are other methods that will work, this one worked for him. Doug

Thanks Doug for jumping in there with a picture and an explanation....
We are so pleased with it....Many thanks! Patty & Steve

doug hodder wrote:Several beers died in the process of this paint work.

All for a good cause!

Nice job!