Hi everybody!
I'm looking for advice on how to paint the outside of my Scamp. It has some of thin wrap on it - at first, we attempted to remove that layer with gasoline, but we have since resigned ourselves to just painting over it. Over several threads that I've read, light sandpapering + Rustoleum was recommended as a method.
Has anyone tried that? Or has anyone found another effective way to give the exterior a fresh coat without spending thousands?
Hello! I've been removing the rivets from mine, patching the fiberglass and spot painting with flat white primer. It's patchy if you look closely but I'm OK with it at this point. It would definitely take a lot of rattle cans to do the whole thing... If you have a compressor you can get a paint sprayer pretty cheap + a gallon or two of paint. Much faster/even coating
Maybe try aircraft stripper to remove the wrap? That link is to one that is fine to use on fiberglass, I've used the stronger one to remove paint off a vehicle and is melts vinyl away like butter. Very quick too.
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What do you mean by "thin wrap"? I doubt you can simply "paint over" it. Paint prep is critical to a good paint job. I used acetone (+ sandpaper).
It is possible to use "rattle cans" (like Rustoleum), but you won't get a professional-looking job. I did this one time when certain areas had worn thin; it looked fairly good from a distance. But when I actually "restored" our '74 SCAMP in 2013-14, since I had no experience spray-painting I had a local auto shop use an auto-grade paint and spray it.
If one doesn't have a professional auto paint setup, and experience it probably won't come out too well. The only DIY Scamp painting I've seen successful results achieved is using high grade Marine paint and rollers. Otherwise, I'd do as Wayne suggests in the above post and find a paint shop experienced in shooting fiberglass. With any method, surface prep will greatly determine results.
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Do you know about how much paint it takes to cover a 13' Scamp? Would one gallon be OK or best to get two just in case?
Professionally applied, one gallon did mine. A little less than a quart was left in the can; but it was useless, as a hardener had been mixed into the paint.