<VV> painting at home (GMC Motorhome) little Corvair

[NicolCS at aol.com]

Here we are, six weeks later and the paint project on my  front-wheel drive 
GMC motorhome is finally done; it's ready to pull the  Corvair somewhere!  I 
did the roof first, then the lower body two-tone,  then the upper body.  The 
body came out very well - I used hardener and  reducer designed for higher 
temperatures to retard drying and allow the paint to  really level out.  The only 
real disaster was the roof.  It came out  very well at first but later overspray 
settled on it and killed the gloss.   I got a bum steer from a painter-friend 
who indicated that all I needed to do  was mask up 18";  I should've bagged 
the entire roof. Yesterday, I had  to bag the entire motorhome from the roof 
rail down and clearcoat the  roof.  This fixed the overspray problem but the 
clear didn't level well -  I'm glad it's a motorhome and no one can see the roof! 
 
 
I'm really impressed with PPG's low-cost Omni acrylic urethane.  I  don't 
have the exact cost comparison but my impression is that it's about half  the 
cost of the PPG Deltron system.  This saves probably $200 (about 1/2?)  in 
materials. The only thing that was disappointing was the clearcoat, but  PPG sells a 
retarder that would promote leveling and they also sell a slower  drying 
clear that can be even further retarded.  The slow drying (and self  leveling) 
MC161 would be my choice for a future project. Onto carpeting and  replacing the 
cracked exhaust manifold (only $250 in parts...).  The EO  Corsa convertible 
is next in line, awaiting the installation of the Binion EFI  motor!
Craig (SO tired of body and paint work) Nicol