In the paint booth
 

Well Grande Rojo is finally sanded. Tomorrow begins the miles of masking. Probably shoot the paint next week. I can't wait. I have done the functional things first, so its about time my truck finally looks good.

I'll post pics when its done.

That's a huge job. You keeping it rojo?

oddly enough the name of the paint is "Salsa Red".

how appropriate huh

Well, its all taped up and the trim colors are done. The rear door is gray and the bumper and steps are glossy black. We have to let that cure before we can put tape on the new paint and paint the rest. Actually it has to have red primer before the red paint. This is turning out to be a lot of work. All I wanted was for it to be one color of red. yeeesh!

check out how orange it is after sanding

painted .... waiting on it to do some curing.

Grande Rojo in Salsa Red

The white down the side is a reflection not flaws

Wow, thats a lot of shinny red paint, should not have to worry about people not seeing you comming..lol. Very nice job, congratulations.

Dave

Thanks Dragonslayer. I am pleased with it. although, so much for going un-noticed :)

looks great! thanks for sharing the pictures!
-blizz

It looks so good I had to polish the wheels today. painting was supposed to be the finish. guess it never ends. :)

Looks GREAT!

looks nice - the upside is that no one will think its a coach !

Actually, with the matching basement doors, I think it looks a little more RV than it use to

its got a certain "stealthy-ness" to it - very unsuspecting and there for <potentially> less interesting to prying eyes ! I wonder how this maybe recv'd by RV parks.

I haven't had any problems before.... and it was ugly. It was faded red with white rv and basement doors.

Its funny to me how most bus conversions are not white, while most truck conversions are white. I wonder why.

well i say WHITE will never go out of style and it ages LESS than some tarted up graphics or "last years" color

just in case my posts read brash, I have nothing against white. I was just curious why the two similar vehicles are treated different. actually if my truck had started out white, I probably wouldn't have had to paint it.

no offense taken or meant here !

text, emails, and forums have a tendency to read different than they were said (typed). Just being cautious. This has always been a friendly forum and I sure don't want to be the one to ruin that.

doc i meant nothing about the color of your truck - just that its more truck "looking"...
who knows why some of these camp grounds do what they do <in saying no conversion or class8 pullers>.

well in my opinion, most conversions are better looking than many of the mainstream RVs. I don't care. there are plenty of RV parks that need money and don't care what you drive. :)

I used to own and drive entertainer coaches, and now drive trucks. Mainstream Class A RVs may camp well, but they drive horrible. I had to borrow one to go to the katrina disaster area. Holy Cow! I white knuckled that thing for 1000 miles.

Nice looking paint job Doc. That thing sure is shiny! Your comment about the store bought RVs (aka Sticks-N-Staples) driving poorly is interesting. I've never driven a big camper but I have driven Dad's coach conversions (MCI 8 and Provost) asa well as my FLD120 toter and they all drive great. No nervous moments since the suspension is all heavy duty.

thanks Andy.

Look behind you next time you pass a generic RV with that truck. they will be doing everything they can to keep it on the road from the wind you made.

Hi Doc,
Truck looks great. What brand and type of paint did you use? Would you use the same paint again? I'm only asking because I hope to paint my FL70 within the next two months.

I got a whole dissertation on truck paint vs auto paint. Best I can come up with is how many time you have to coat it. ie: three coats of auto paint or two heavy coats of truck paint. Anyhow, it was BASF Limco single stage urethane (auto paint) and yes I would use it again. It took 4 gallons to paint my fl60 and 24' box, but the steps, bumper and back door are black and gray. I would look at 5 gallons if you want to do the whole thing one color. I was told that "truck paint" could do it in three. Of course, I was told a lot of things :)

Doc, that "thang" looks amazing! Makes me want to run out and paint mine today even though it is not even close to being ready for that. I still have not even decided on a color yet! Can't wait to see that salsa red monster going down the road.

Thanks Dodger. I must say it feels good to finally get it to look good

Doc your truck looks great.
When are you going to build your air deflector for windshield noise?

I still have a new grille and bug deflector to install.

It looks amazing!

holy crap! that looks fantastic! Nice work... want to pant mine?