So, on these beautiful coaches, are the graphic and paint jobs the usual automotive paints or are they special "RV" paint? Is it more expensive to paint a TH compared to a car?
If you are going to paint your rv use Imron or Awlgrip. Both are used on boats and aircraft. The first five years all that will be needed is rinsing and an occasional wash. Wax the front good and bugs will come right off. I had a van painted with Imron that had pine sap on it that dried. I used brake cleaner to get it off with no damage to paint and no wax required as no spots could be seen. My boat was last painted in 96 with Imron and is just now needing wax 2 times a year. My good luck is with Imron but I have heard that Awlgrip has recently made some major advances. The extra cost of these paints is well worth it.
Base coat clear coat is the way I would go. If you scrape a corner then you can repair and paint just that area. They have blenders to mix with the clear coat so it blends in without leaving the rough edge from overspray. With Epoxy or Acrylic single stage paints you must paint the whole panel no matter how big it is. Some will tell you they can blend single stage paint. I owned a body shop and can do their tricks too but, you can see where the blend was made and would not be happy.
08-450dually wrote: So, on these beautiful coaches, are the graphic and paint jobs the usual automotive paints or are they special "RV" paint? Is it more expensive to paint a TH compared to a car?
In general yes it is more expensive. The paint material may be the same but with some RV's there are more coats of paint specifically clear coat, on many MH's there are 3 coats of Clear, whereas I doubt that most cars have 3 coats of clear applied. Not to mention the RV's are considerably larger and often are wet sanded between coats whereas cars are all sprayed with all coats at the same time, i.e. the procedures are different.
Arnie
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