Day 55: Painting White Bedliner on Camper Van Exterior

Projects

Painting White Bedliner on Van

Project Status

Nearly completed. Touch up is needed

Time Spent

10AM to 1AM – 15 Hours

Steps Taken

1. Tape off borders of all areas not to be painted
2. Apply plastic sheets over all areas not to be painted
3. Sand areas to be painted with orbital sander and 60 grit sandpaper
4. Dust off all sanded areas with compressor and air attachment
5. Degrease and clean all sanded areas
6. Mix clear bedliner with white tint
7. Spray van with white bedliner
8. Wait for bedliner to dry
9. Remove tape and plastic sheeting

Tools and Materials Used

• U-POL Products UP0726 Spray Gun
• Bostitch BTFP02012 6 Gallon Pancake Compressor
• JASTIND Industrial Air Blow Gun with Brass Adjustable Air Flow Nozzle and 2 Steel Extension Pneumatic Air Compressor Accessory Tool Dust Cleaning and Blower Gun
• Scotch Painter’s Tape Rough Surface Extra Strength Painter’s Tape – Green – Tape Protects Surfaces and Removes Easily Rough Surface Painting Tape for Indoor and Outdoor Use
• MyLifeUNIT Tape and Drape 6 Pack Masking Paper for Automotive Painting Covering
• DEWALT 20V MAX Orbital Sander 12000 OPM Brushless Motor for Extra Long Run Time Bare Tool Only DCW210B
• Diablo DCD050060H50G 5 in 60-Grit Universal Hole Random Orbital Sanding Disc 50-Pack
• Simple Green 73434010 14010 Industrial Cleaner and Degreaser
• Rust-Oleum 340452 Automotive Truck Bed Coating 1 Quarts Clear
  • 5 Quarts Used
• Behr Ultra Pure White Satin Enamel Exterior Paint
  • 1 Quart Used

Notes

• Taping off and putting on the plastic sheets took a very long time, around 8 hours. Making the tape exact on all the lines is time consuming, and it’s a large van.
• The lines didn’t come out perfect after finishing painting and removing the tape. I have to do some touch up.
• I used the Rust-Oleum Bedliner for this, and I wasn’t very happy with it. The Raptor bedliner is thicker and doesn’t pool up on the van when I spray it. The Rust-Oleum bedliner pools up in places, and then drips, leaving a bad finish. It also tends to quilt when sprayed in areas. The Raptor bedliner is more consistent when sprayed and finishes more consistent. Raptor is also two or three times the price.
• Part of the touch up I have to do is where the Rust-Oleum pooled up, clumped up, and dripped and I tried to fix it with a paint brush, which just made it worse and removed the bedliner from the glossy OEM paint surface I was covering. I’m going to touch it up with a foam roller, which comes closer to what the sprayed on bedliner looks like.
• In the future I won’t use the Rust-Oleum, only the Herculiner and Raptor bedliner products.

Pictures

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Plans For Tomorrow

Install Roof Rack