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Painting RV door exterior with house paint ?

Postby rustytoolss » Mon Jun 19, 2017 8:44 am

Has anyone painted an actual RV door (exterior) with house paint ? I have a door and cargo doors that are white, and would like to paint them . Also there are a couple of white plastic parts that I would like to paint with exterior house paint.
Next question...Just how bad would my TTT look , if I were to paint the body Tan, and leave the doors and plastic parts white ?
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Re: Painting RV door exterior with house paint ?

Postby les45 » Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:43 am

I painted the entire metal shell, including the door, on my pop-up project with Rustoleum. I always use Zinsser oil based primer with Rustoleum and always get good results. I also used this combination on the plywood skins on my previous weekender project.
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Re: Painting RV door exterior with house paint ?

Postby rustytoolss » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:51 pm

I'm actually building a Foamie. With canvas outter covering for the body. The door and cargo doors are from an old RV.
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Re: Painting RV door exterior with house paint ?

Postby razorback » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:18 pm

If the door is plastic or FRP, I was told by a Sherwin Williams guy to use Krylon spray paint as a base coat. It sticks to FRP or plastic parts the best. My wife did not like the limited colors in Kryon so we were told any good out side paint would stick well to the Krylon. 10 yrs and over 36000 miles it has held up well. I do store it inside though.
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Re: Painting RV door exterior with house paint ?

Postby rustytoolss » Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:32 pm

Thanks, by the way what is FRP type material ? :oops:
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Re: Painting RV door exterior with house paint ?

Postby razorback » Tue Jun 20, 2017 9:41 pm

Here you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre-reinforced_plastic I found at a scrap yard rolls of FRP 6'8" wide. I did the out side of my TD and the inside walls and floor for about 110.00.
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Postby rustytoolss » Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:56 am

Thanks again. :)
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