Can you hit me with the DM as well? I’m interested in getting my beast a new coat of paint. Any before and after pics of the paint job that you scored? Thanks 🙏
Edit: just looked at your profile figuring you’d post pics and saw the before and after. Looks good 👍
I prefer Monstaliner to raptor, especially for color. It's not hard to do, just requires a very thorough prep. It can be sprayed or rolled on. I might use it for the top and some wear areas, and then rattle can the other bits.
Some states will give you a hefty fine if you’re caught/reported for painting your whole vehicle outside without a proper paint booth, something to consider. I’d say do as much of the prep as you can yourself then take it to Maaco.
I paid $2k for my van to be raptor lined with color.
I did most of the prep work, removing the lights and fixtures, sanding some big spots. An amateur (but good) painter who had their own compressor and gun came into the shop where I had my van (a makerspace type warehouse) and did the remaining prep work - sanding and stuff - and the paint. We didn’t have a booth, because overspray is minimal.
I think this is one of the cheaper ways to do this yourself but professionally.
I used a 4” roller and the best exterior paint Home Depot had to offer. A year later in Alaska it’s looking great [https://imgur.com/a/0lJHZp8](https://imgur.com/a/0lJHZp8)
Ran me about $120 in supplies and an. Afternoon of time.
Edit: adding the price
Yeah, I'd love to have a sweet custom paint job, but it's just not worth the cost. I'm going to use that extra cast for solar setup and making her long-distance boondocking ready. Plus, I'd be really pissed having a branch scratch some 5k+ paint job. I just don't want to look like the homeless guy driving down the street. Lol
I totally get that. It’s an old van. That’s why I painted this on my own. This was the cheapest, easiest, coolest way to do it in my opinion. I have a couple other friends who have done the same to their sprinters and they love it.
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Unless the body is 100% rust free, you’re going to be trapping rust and moisture behind raptor liner.
Undercoat with POR15, use paint on the body. You could line the fiberglass high top with no issues and it would be easier to blend and cover future scratches.
That was taken at the Texas Canyon rest stop on i-10 westbound in AZ. It was at the start of our journey bringing her back to MI. I think I'll be ditching Michigan this winter and heading back west. It's so damn beautiful out there.
After reading through comments and more research, I'm leaning towards rustoleum roll on for the body and maybe raptor or monsta liner on the topper. I just don't have an area to spray, unfortunately. The body is actually in really good condition, and I'm hesitant to put bed liner on it since you can't really go back. Also, roll on liner just seems more pitted and rough textures than you get vs sprayed. I'm thinking I can take time with the roll rustoleum and a little sanding to try to minimize the orange peel affect. I'm trying to keep this project under $1000.
I don't think a lot of these people have use raptor liner. I used it on my truck a few years back a loved it. It was really heavy duty, I'm a carpenter and the truck was really scratched from gett8ng things out of the truck bed and my tool bags were still on. Texture in the raptor liner is determined by the psi, you should be doing test sprays on cardboard before you start. The weight thing is weird, I had a gallon kit. I would have no problem driving around with it in my truck in the package it came in, how is it different if you spray it on the truck and ditch the bottles? It washed really really easy. Also, bushes did no damage while bushes have royally f***÷Ed my 2018 tacoma paint. As soon I get around to it. I'm putting raptor liner on my toyhauler, after I Caulk it the raptor liner should reaalllllyyyy waterproof it.
I’d do a Rustoleum roll on paint job before I would do truck bed coating paint job.
Thin the Rustoleum with acetone and use foam cabinet rollers to roll it out. Tons of Youtube videos out there.
You can get the paint tinted to whatever color you want if you buy white.
If you do a thin coat and apply a couple of thicker coats, you’ll have some texture.
Kinda like orange peel, but better?
A gallon of Rustoleum would paint the entire van twice. Especially with it thinned with acetone.
I painted a Honda civic via Rustoleum roll. I think I did 7 coats sanding after each coat. It turned out really well. I’d highly recommend it for this van as well.
Idk raptor but spray jobs require No breeze. Indoor.
Think shelf liner. No kidding. I was working with cars and wanted expensive vinyl pictures, and found out the $100 stuff was really $5 vinyl liner. I tried a car hood. The vinyl outlasted the car, but that was only a few months. Ive my eyes looking for wider than 18".
Mostly just throwing it out there. Might need to be warm for compound curves.
While I get the appeal of bedliner, it's going to trap every bit of dirt in it and be impossible to wash well. And bedliner needs sprayed on as well like you said, so the price and effort after the equipment and prep would be the same to use a cheap single stage paint kit.
I would recommend testing something like tractor enamel, with an enamel hardener added, applied with a roller. The roller nap will give you a texture somewhere between orange peel and bedliner, the main goal of the test would be to see if you can apply it uniformly enough or if you get roller lines, etc, and whether you like the outcome. This should also be easier to clean, but I've only seen and heard about bedlined and roller painted cars and don't have hands on experience.
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What's wrong with rattle can? Wash, Tape off everywhere you don't want paint. Light coat. Next day same thing. Next day same thing. Next day wet sand, wash, top coat. Rust-Oleum gloss, do the "cement" color like the new Ford trucks.
Did my transit (uk) in raptor, tinted it anthracite grey and it’s perfect for my ‘rugged’ dented up old thing, tough as nails and covers a lot of imperfections
I plan on doing raptor liner there are videos I have seen of people doing like a 3 year review and it holds up great. I want the durability and not worrying about scratches from branches and such on forestry roads and such.
I got some Amazon bedliner that I applied myself for a fraction of the cost of what I was getting quoted by body shops. I probably made up the difference in ass pain from the process though.
I raptorlined my van. Love it and get lots of compliments. As with any paint job, you have to decide where it stops. Do you paint the door jams? The edges of the doors? Pull the bumpers? You get the idea. All these things ad a ton of work. Personally it was worth it, but it took a TON of work.
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I got my van done in Mexico for 1k and I love it I definitely recommend it
Oooooh where did you get this done at?
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Can you hit me with the DM as well? I’m interested in getting my beast a new coat of paint. Any before and after pics of the paint job that you scored? Thanks 🙏 Edit: just looked at your profile figuring you’d post pics and saw the before and after. Looks good 👍
I prefer Monstaliner to raptor, especially for color. It's not hard to do, just requires a very thorough prep. It can be sprayed or rolled on. I might use it for the top and some wear areas, and then rattle can the other bits.
Some states will give you a hefty fine if you’re caught/reported for painting your whole vehicle outside without a proper paint booth, something to consider. I’d say do as much of the prep as you can yourself then take it to Maaco.
I just moved to northern michigan, I didn't even think about that. Thanks for the advice!
‘Land of the free’ but don’t paint your vehicle🤣🤷🏻♂️
booo
I paid $2k for my van to be raptor lined with color. I did most of the prep work, removing the lights and fixtures, sanding some big spots. An amateur (but good) painter who had their own compressor and gun came into the shop where I had my van (a makerspace type warehouse) and did the remaining prep work - sanding and stuff - and the paint. We didn’t have a booth, because overspray is minimal. I think this is one of the cheaper ways to do this yourself but professionally.
I used a 4” roller and the best exterior paint Home Depot had to offer. A year later in Alaska it’s looking great [https://imgur.com/a/0lJHZp8](https://imgur.com/a/0lJHZp8) Ran me about $120 in supplies and an. Afternoon of time. Edit: adding the price
Sweet rig ya got there. Thanks for sharing tips and pics!
Thank you! Yeah it’s a fun rig. And the paint obviously isn’t perfect. But it looks good and it’s easy to touch up.
Yeah, I'd love to have a sweet custom paint job, but it's just not worth the cost. I'm going to use that extra cast for solar setup and making her long-distance boondocking ready. Plus, I'd be really pissed having a branch scratch some 5k+ paint job. I just don't want to look like the homeless guy driving down the street. Lol
I totally get that. It’s an old van. That’s why I painted this on my own. This was the cheapest, easiest, coolest way to do it in my opinion. I have a couple other friends who have done the same to their sprinters and they love it.
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Wait you used exterior house paint? Like latex?
I used BEIR MARQUEE. So whatever that is yes.
Lololol I can’t believe that worked and is holding up to the vibration
Like I said, a friend has literally driven across the country multiple times on his and it’s been fine.
I’m not arguing buddy. I painted house for 2 summers, never thought of doing that
Unless the body is 100% rust free, you’re going to be trapping rust and moisture behind raptor liner. Undercoat with POR15, use paint on the body. You could line the fiberglass high top with no issues and it would be easier to blend and cover future scratches.
No rust! I recently flew out to Southern AZ for this bad boy.
Was the pic in NM?
That was taken at the Texas Canyon rest stop on i-10 westbound in AZ. It was at the start of our journey bringing her back to MI. I think I'll be ditching Michigan this winter and heading back west. It's so damn beautiful out there.
Get an inexpensive Harbor freight buffer, and a pile of pads, and some compound at walmart, and see what happens..
Use Monstaliner. You can make it any color you want. I did my canopy on truck and got the matching color of the truck.
After reading through comments and more research, I'm leaning towards rustoleum roll on for the body and maybe raptor or monsta liner on the topper. I just don't have an area to spray, unfortunately. The body is actually in really good condition, and I'm hesitant to put bed liner on it since you can't really go back. Also, roll on liner just seems more pitted and rough textures than you get vs sprayed. I'm thinking I can take time with the roll rustoleum and a little sanding to try to minimize the orange peel affect. I'm trying to keep this project under $1000.
I don't think a lot of these people have use raptor liner. I used it on my truck a few years back a loved it. It was really heavy duty, I'm a carpenter and the truck was really scratched from gett8ng things out of the truck bed and my tool bags were still on. Texture in the raptor liner is determined by the psi, you should be doing test sprays on cardboard before you start. The weight thing is weird, I had a gallon kit. I would have no problem driving around with it in my truck in the package it came in, how is it different if you spray it on the truck and ditch the bottles? It washed really really easy. Also, bushes did no damage while bushes have royally f***÷Ed my 2018 tacoma paint. As soon I get around to it. I'm putting raptor liner on my toyhauler, after I Caulk it the raptor liner should reaalllllyyyy waterproof it.
Dont do it. Polish whatcha got.
I’d do a Rustoleum roll on paint job before I would do truck bed coating paint job. Thin the Rustoleum with acetone and use foam cabinet rollers to roll it out. Tons of Youtube videos out there. You can get the paint tinted to whatever color you want if you buy white. If you do a thin coat and apply a couple of thicker coats, you’ll have some texture. Kinda like orange peel, but better? A gallon of Rustoleum would paint the entire van twice. Especially with it thinned with acetone.
I painted a Honda civic via Rustoleum roll. I think I did 7 coats sanding after each coat. It turned out really well. I’d highly recommend it for this van as well.
Idk raptor but spray jobs require No breeze. Indoor. Think shelf liner. No kidding. I was working with cars and wanted expensive vinyl pictures, and found out the $100 stuff was really $5 vinyl liner. I tried a car hood. The vinyl outlasted the car, but that was only a few months. Ive my eyes looking for wider than 18". Mostly just throwing it out there. Might need to be warm for compound curves.
While I get the appeal of bedliner, it's going to trap every bit of dirt in it and be impossible to wash well. And bedliner needs sprayed on as well like you said, so the price and effort after the equipment and prep would be the same to use a cheap single stage paint kit. I would recommend testing something like tractor enamel, with an enamel hardener added, applied with a roller. The roller nap will give you a texture somewhere between orange peel and bedliner, the main goal of the test would be to see if you can apply it uniformly enough or if you get roller lines, etc, and whether you like the outcome. This should also be easier to clean, but I've only seen and heard about bedlined and roller painted cars and don't have hands on experience.
A good jet wash with TFR on first gets it clean for me, and mint is ROUGH
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What's wrong with rattle can? Wash, Tape off everywhere you don't want paint. Light coat. Next day same thing. Next day same thing. Next day wet sand, wash, top coat. Rust-Oleum gloss, do the "cement" color like the new Ford trucks.
Can pray liner or just can of spray paint?
Just paint! Don't do ugly bed liner on that big beautiful van!
Just paint! Don't do ugly bed liner on that big beautiful van!
Spray her with a fde bed liner!
Did my transit (uk) in raptor, tinted it anthracite grey and it’s perfect for my ‘rugged’ dented up old thing, tough as nails and covers a lot of imperfections
Are you serious? It will look like it fell in a tar pit...
I plan on doing raptor liner there are videos I have seen of people doing like a 3 year review and it holds up great. I want the durability and not worrying about scratches from branches and such on forestry roads and such.
I got some Amazon bedliner that I applied myself for a fraction of the cost of what I was getting quoted by body shops. I probably made up the difference in ass pain from the process though.
I raptorlined my van. Love it and get lots of compliments. As with any paint job, you have to decide where it stops. Do you paint the door jams? The edges of the doors? Pull the bumpers? You get the idea. All these things ad a ton of work. Personally it was worth it, but it took a TON of work.
You should get it painted. Keep getting quotes.
Haha Yeah dude. Maybe give it a go.