camel trophy paint

Been doing tons of work on my rover I started painting her today

Sneak preview

screw the disco whats up with the pimp van?

Ahh dads storage lol

Chevey 3/4 ton conversion van 305 v8 trying to get him to clean it out to use it , ran and drove when parked there but been there over 5 years hence the filthy paint

We got a few vehicles sitting around to say the least lol

One yellow rover, btw did this since I am waiting on a seal from the UK for my trans sitiing there

i would turn that van into an expedition camper. lift it throw some 29's on it and turn the back into a camper!!!

Yeah well we got heavy fog last nite and all my paint above the door handles is ruined ugh, I do not want to rem ask and respray the vehicle ideas?

That sucks. Alternatives that I can think of are

Vinyl Wrap (http://jonsibal.com/blog/2008/06/do-you-like-wrap/)
Herculiner (http://www.fullsizechevy.com/forum/general-discussion/exterior-tech/319612-painting-truck-bedliner.html)
Plastidip(http://www.kansas.com/2013/06/06/2834557/alternative-to-car-paint-fuels.html).

If it was me I would go with plastidip because you can touch it up. Could also just go with the rat rod look and when people ask just say that it is a commentary on the commercialism of the modern auto business.

Um yeah, by the time I do those I can respray for free

I was wondering if anyone thought it could be buffed up

I see, I didn't understand what you were asking. How bad is the blushing? Polishing will bring it to a shine, but it won't last. If it was me I would add retarder and respray, at least on the doors that you are gonna see every day. Probably not what you want to hear but polishing isn't gonna last.

Yeah if the weather holds I may wet sand tommorow afternoon respray Monday dam this sucks oh well

take a pic of the damage

Doesn't show in pics cause the paint is so yellow

But here is an attempt
Tried some 3 m cleaner wax with no help, moisture took away the smoothness so it's like bad orange pee

love it reminds me of my xd.

you cure the orange peel with wet sanding (soap/water)... very fine grit.

good luck cant see imperfections from my house.  

I just scuffed with a course scotch brute pad and resprayed looks fine, waiting on decal guy now, paint is brute yellow in sun and mustard not in sun, very odd

Btw this paint is caterpillar yellow,  also known as "old caterpillar yellow"

You can buy it by the gallon at tractor supply with reducer and hardiner , also comes rattle cans, under $100 into the paint job think it I majic brand?

Fresh pic, working on trans instal

Finished

NICE! well done. how is it running now?

Runs and drives fine, cannot tell if the leaks are fixed need to wipe off residues and recheck

Trans is fine even with filter service, funny thing its a real head turner passing jeeps rover drivers ignore it, guess this is a snobs brand

TOM R wrote:

... funny thing its a real head turner passing jeeps rover drivers ignore it, guess this is a snobs brand

Ha! Not really. Soccer moms in their mall crawlers don't know what it is and those who have been around just know that any real CT truck couldn't possibly look that good...

i for one like it. came out really nice. where you get decals?

Guy on defender source made them for my, all vynil over vynil, except the bilstein he printed that, I may add a few more later decals cost more then paint job lol

I almost got sucked into a parade Sunday, so had the wife run it in another parade Monday behind my jeep

Dude that thing is awesome, how much was the paint and vynil? My dad's series IIA is in a bad need of a paint job and with the brown church roof rack, it would be a good match.

Paint hardner and reducer was under $100 iirc and I have some paint left, decals about $115 shipped

Got to buy blue mask tape and stuff to sand, also I only spot primed where the aluminum bubbled the paint and I needed to sand real good

http://www.defendersource.com/

Go to for sale, camel tribute decals, last page, there's pics of a 110 done

Now my paint is not sand glow it is old caterpillar yellow, but looks like a good match to pics I saw of real camel trucks

Primer I used was self etch you can get in spray can, rustolium?