Painting a CAMPERVAN on the CHEAP with a ROLLER! - DIY Budget Campervan Conversion
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2020
- In this video we're finally painting our campervan Helsing with Rustoleum CombiColor using a roller.
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We knew when we bought the van that what with the state of the paintjob we would be painting it on the cheap with a roller.
Flakey paint? Dents? Rust? No problem!
With the terrible old paint job peeling away and having had numerous bodge paint touch ups in it's previous life it was time we went about putting things right. It was an old cheap van and we didn't want to spend money getting it professionally re-sprayed so what was the alternative?
PAINT IT WITH A ROLLER USING CHEAP PAINT OF COURSE!!!
So WHO are WE? We’re Scarlett, Craig and Merlin and along with Helsing, form the PILGRIM PODS!
If you enjoy this video why not check out some of our other content? Delve even deeper into our channel; we thought we’d create a series of vlogs chronicling the conversion of our old panel van HELSING (did you see what we did there?) into a weekend warrioring campervan for ADVENTURING and EXPLORING in the UK.
Each vlog will cover a stage or smaller element of our campervan build, showing our ideas put into action and highlighting our SUCCESSES and FAILURES along the way. With no previous experience this may make for an interesting journey! Our plan is to convert a cheap van on a small budget without cutting corners and at the end, have a campervan to be proud of. We’re hoping you’d like to join us for this journey and that you find our uploads ENTERTAINING and even, INFORMATIVE!
So, in this vlog we're painting our campervan on the cheap using a roller and Rustoleum CombiColor gloss paint. With no previous experience and only some limited knowledge gleaned from the internet were we making a huge mistake?
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What a transformation! Well worth the effort. Boiled linseed oil works really well on the exterior plastic and brings them up like new and it’s cheap and lasts ages.
Cheers! 👍😊 We thought about going that route but on this particular aged van the bumpers and trim are grey; I think they were changed to black 2014 onwards. The grey looks a bit wishy washy against the colour so were thinking of painting them black. 🤔🙂
Pilgrim Pods mine are grey too on my 57 plate, trust me, the linseed oil transforms them, makes them look brand new.
@@yeah_right_ok_no1190 you're twisting our arms here. A few folk have said the grey looks good against the new paint.
didnt know that
@@PilgrimPods no mate get a bottle of cherry blossom black shoe polish tip it in a tub and use a paint brush to paint the trim.Do 2 or 3 coats .it goes black.and stays black.Trust me I've done mine
I've watched so many videos and I have to say yours is by far the most helpful and best I've watched and has given me the confidence to paint my van this summer thanks 👍😁
Thanks, glad you have found it useful. Mission accomplished. 🙂
Looks amazing!!! Thank you for sharing your method. This is THE best DIY van paint job video out there! 👏🏽🙏🏽
Hey Jeremy, thanks for checking the video out and for the praise! I can't take much of the credit though as all I've done is taken the information I've researched, applied it to painting my own van, recorded the process and just offered up a few tips I've personally found along the way. We're just glad folk are finding it useful. I've had a nose at your own channel and it looks really interesting. I certainly need to start taking better care of myself as since I've turned 40 it seems all of a sudden I've started discovering aches and pains! 😆 I'll definitely take a closer look at some of your videos. All the best mate. 🙂👍
Omg you’ve given me the confidence to paint our 1996 mini pick up truck!!! So excited to do this now!! Thank you!
What a fabulous job guys! You must be delighted! Helsing looks brand new! What a transformation! I’m sold, I’m going to do mine!
Thanks so much!
What a transformation. It looks amazing. Took a lot of time and patience too and well worth it.
Thanks so much! 😊 Will hopefully look even better after a couple more coats and a good polish. Thanks for taking the time to check us out. ✌💙❤
PROPER JOB FELLA! Looks brilliant , great info , easy listening, keep up the good work .
Thanks Brian, appreciate you checking it out!
Truly incredible result! Thank you for taking the time to share and in so much detail. Definitely going to do this on my white sprinter conversion. It’s looking a bit tatty and needs an upgrade on exterior. Fantastic job 👌👌
Thanks, helped me out showing the detail, warts and all! Looks great, given me the confidence to save our LT35 😊
Glad you found the video to be of use. We are rather fond of LT35s! Best of luck with your own paint job. 😁🍻
I've just finished doing my fiat ducato using many of your tips and techniques, it's come out amazingly. I used the same paint, rollers and even foam brushes. So thank you 👍
and how does it look like a year later?
Great video. I've got 2 Luton vans for work. 10 plate and 13. Once a year I sand the sils, arches, and paint the doors, wings and bonnet with a gloss roller. Always use metal white gloss sieved and 10% white spirits. Gets a slight orange peel effect but looks great and is a more solid finish then expensive spray. Key is not to use too much paint on the roller and don't apply too much pressure to stop lines appearing
Good on you mate. Your paint job has inspired me to do my own camper van paint job. Thanks
That came out WAY better than I expected - nice work!
Feeling slightly more confident about doing the same to my T5...
Same and same! Hope it goes/ went well
Great video. Thanks for taking the time to make it. Just about to order my paint and rollers
Thanks Harry. 🍻 Good luck with your own. 🙂
It never occured to me that you could handpaint a van and I certainly didn't think it could look this great! Amazing job!
Thanks Natalie! Prep is key and with that you can get an awesome finish for very little financial outlay.
Transformed totally, living the colour! Love the finish, your hard work payed dividends!
Thanks so much! 😊
It looks really great! Well done guys! 👏👏👏
Cheers Lumpy! 🙂🍻
I've used these rollers to paint boats and they give a decent finish - great video.
Looks great, I have the same issue on an older relay van which I want to tidy up on a budget so I think I'll definitely give it a go now. It can't look worse than it does!
Good luck! 🤞 We thought ours couldn't look any worse and it turned out alright in the end so we're sure yours will too. 😊🙌
This was so helpful and the results are amazing. I’m going to attempt to do my van 🚐👍🏻
Well worth the effort. Well done, love the colour!
Thanks Sue! 😊 We appreciate you taking the time to check out our video. 👍💙❤
Looks a great way of transforming the paint work! Nice job 👍
Thanks Ashley. Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. 🙂👍
Looks great! I’m going to paint my caravan soon. Let’s hope that it will look good... thanks for sharing the video!
Thanks for checking it out! 😊🙌 And best of luck painting your caravan. We're sure it'll turn out great. 👍
You achieved your aim...I round it really helpful and inspiring
About to paint my rusty 1998 Merc Sprinter...happy days... 🤪👍
Hey Colin, thanks for checking the video out and glad you found it helpful. Best of luck painting your Sprinter mate! 🙂🍻
Class. I wish I could “sign post” as well as you when giving instructions. Great video!
Thanks Bruce! We're learning as we go. Every day is a school day! 😊👍
Wow! Looks like it's a brand new one! Well done mate ! 👌
It's made quite a difference hasn't it. Not bad for less than £50! Thanks for checking it out. 🙌
I'm just getting my van priced up for vinyl wrap.........you've just changed my mind to paint! 🙌☺️
That is awesome!
Well done Craig, it looks great!
Thanks mate! 😊 Hopefully will have the windows in before I return to work, providing this weather sorts itself out... 🌧🙄
Cheers fir this . We’ve been funking up the motor home on the inside and plan to do this on the outer .. great help, thank you .
Good luck guys! If we can get a decent finish we're sure you'll nail it! 😁🙌
Well done👍I just experimented on a 06 vauxhall combo van with red hammerite came up really well.Going to get a bigger soon will definitely use your video as help
I absolutely love the colour, great job!!!
Thanks Beril. 🙂
That's a brilliant look. Very inspiring indeed.
Just beautiful man thanks for the video.
I love the roller concept so much more
Amazing thanks. Didn't know I could do this and hate the colour of my van. Very impressed
I am an avid vanlife follower soon to join the community. I am well impressed with what you have achieved using a roller, I never thought that was possible WOW the Van looks fab, well done, from Paddy here in Dublin.
Thanks Paddy! We've been following folks journeys in their campervans across social media for years too. We've wanted a campervan for the last 13 years (T25 originally) and are finally at a place in our lives where we can start converting one. 😊 Best of luck in your own journey VERY soon! 😁🙌💙❤
I plan on painting my van today,so thank you for taking your time to make this video
Good luck! Interested to know what colour you've gone with. 🙂👍
This was very relaxing to watch actually
Great video. Thanks. My 34 year old VW is changing from red to forest green!
Love this, looks amazing. I'm going to have a go on my next van
We know we keep on saying it, but if we can do it anyone can. 😊 Thanks for swinging by our little channel and best of luck with the paint job when you eventually get your next van! 😁💙❤👍
WELL DONE THE VAN LOOKS FANTASTIC :)
Thanks! It couldn't look any worse than it did before we started but we think it turned out well. 😊👍
Amazing job and a great instructional video gives me the confidence to do my own
If you want to do it just crack on! If we can do it anyone can and all it costs is a bit of time a tin of paint, thinners and rollers! Thanks for the support. 😊✌💙❤
Amazing SHARING thank you so much for the whole team.
Thanks for checking the videos out Atma! 😊👍
@@PilgrimPods: I really learned a lot from your videos and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS.
Did not realised it's so simple to paint your van, thank you for the video, really useful
I was surprised too when I was doing my own research. Can't go wrong with this method on a tired looking older van though I have to say if ever there's a next time I'd like to have a go at using a cheap spray gun to see what results I can get.
@@PilgrimPods That would be my options next year, painting or spraying, unless I will get acceptable and stealthy colour which is unlikely
Looks mint. Well done!👏👏
It's more aquamarine I'd say, but thanks! 🤔😜🙌
Wow ! What a huge transformation. It looks fantastic, way better than I expected a rollered van to look. We’ll done 👍 I paint furniture as a job and use Two Fussy Blokes. Will have a look if I can find the ProDec ones.
Thanks! Fussy Blokes rollers are highly recommended for painting vans but I thought I'd opt for something cheaper. Still managed to achieve a great finish so I can highly recommend the rollers I opted for. 😊
A very good job mate I like the colour choice youv,e done well 😊
been thinking of doing this to my Vito once i get rid of the rust. You have done an amazing job well done!
Thanks. I have to say almost two years later it still looks great. I plan to throw up some photos later today on our Instagram page if you care to see the proof of the pudding!
Great advice and so helpful. Your van looks great. I hope mine will too!
Cheers Reuben! 😊🍻 If we can make this knackered old van look decent (and doing so on the cheap) anyone can! Best of luck with your own mate. 😁🤞 If you're on Instagram give us a nod so we can check your van out!
Man. Love it. I was thinking on taking raptor paint for my future budget van. Well, we'll see
Heard really good things about raptor paint. 🙂
I’ve just repainted my van and those prodec rollers are a gamechanger! One roller covered my whole van. I used gloss foam rollers last time and it was an unpleasant experience as they deteriorated leaving bits of foam on your paintwork and constantly changing them.
Thanks, glad they helped. It's nice to know the video is helping folk and saving them a bit of money in the process! 🙂👍
Oh man, What an inspiration. Thanks so much!
Ahhhh dude bless you!!! This was perfect info. Killed it 👊
Cheers mate! 😊🍻
Amazing job! 👏 We are about to paint our van too, thank you for the info. ✌️
Best of luck with your own painting! 😊 If we can do it and get a half decent finish, honestly anyone can. 👍 If you're on Insta be sure to throw some pics our way! 🙂💙❤
Perfect color choice, nice job!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice job well worth all the hard work looking good now
Thanks David, I appreciate it. 🙂
Wow, Great video! Thank you very much for sharing this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just discovered your channel through this video! What an amazing paint job! It really does look like a new van! I’m in the process of hunting for a van to convert now and I’ll defo be doing this when I get one! Happy travels :)
Thanks Jack! 😊 Best of luck in your hunt for a van. 🤞
Thanks! Good luck with the conversion- looking forwards to seeing it!
Brilliant job on a budget,hats off man
Thanks mate! 🙂🍻
Very helpful and looking fab. About to do my camper van asap
Thanks! 😊 Best of luck with your own camper! 👍💙❤
Very very good job. Looks shiny like a real van colour
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow! You did a fabulous job.
Hey Karen, thanks for the positive vibes! All the best to you and yours. 🙂👍
Great job mate, looks bloody fantastic. You’ve given me the courage to give my wifes car a fresh lick of paint 😬
Thanks mate, best of luck!
excellent video, ive just bought an iveco daily converted camper, all panels are scabby with rust so definitely going to try your roller paintjob, many thanks 😃👍
Good luck mate!
About to paint my transit, thanks for the tips
Good luck painting the transit mate. 🙂👍
Excellent job, well done.
Great job, mate! Nice color. 🤙🏻
Cheers Pete! Thanks for swinging by and checking it out mate! 🙂🍻
Great job, thank you for the video very informative and given me the confidence to have a go myself, thank you 😊
Thanks Marieann, all the best with your own project! 😊👍
Thank you for making this video. really well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This video has inspired me to give it ago on outs thanks , helsing looks great
Well done, looks really good.
Thanks for the comment Gerry. 🙂👍
im well impressed with that mate , youve done a really good job
Thanks a lot! Surprisingly easy to do too and of course cheap. 🙂👍
Phenomenal job! I am getting ready to do my van which has lots of chipped areas and some rust on the roof.
Good luck Richard, we're sure you'll do a banging job mate. 🙂👍
Nicely done Pilgrim !
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Thanks a lot! We definitely appreciate the support. Hopefully you'll enjoy the build as it starts to take shape. I think just the solar panel to go and then we'll crack on with the interior. 😊👍🙌
Had no idea diy roller paint could look so good. So much nicer coverage with a roller than the mottled spray can look. I want to buy a used ambulance for camping, and dont want it to look like an ambulance, so now I have a solution, roller it!😀❤
Looks absolutely awesome. Wanting to do this to my astra van.
Get on it mate! 🙂
Looks great makes me think about painting my oldschool with this method
You should!
Thank you! Really useful, I’m going to try this on my old VW T4 campervan 😊
Thanks Jan! Good luck painting your T4. I'm sure it'll look great. If you have a second to reply, let me know what colour you're going with! 🙂👍
@@PilgrimPods well to make it easy I’m going for close to the original off white. I’m a bit worried about the fiddly bits around the door edges and where they close
Wow! What a difference! Great choice of color on this van! The closeup shots helped a lot with gauging texture of the paint. I love the gloss. I was going to use a truck bedliner paint like Raptor or Durabak but this is a lot easier to roll on and work with. Apparently this is an Alkyd Polyurethane so more durable than oil enamel paint. I tried to find this in the US but only made in UK. Have contacted Rustoleum.
You may want to paint the plastic bumpers with Durabak bedliner paint. For fine roller brushing, use a mohair brush. The version with low texture is lovely for a bumper. No gloss but a satin finish. Sticks well to all surfaces, and has more flexibility than UPOL Raptor liner made in UK. Monstaliner is also good. You will need a Xylene solvent and brush cleaner, not Mineral Spirits. There is a great video on TH-cam on a Durabak paint job on an RV - yellow color - beautiful!
Hey there and thanks for checking the video out. I'll make a mental note of your advice for the bumpers should I have to tackle any again in the future. All the best painting your own! 🙂👍
Hey Lass-in Angeles, what did you learn about the paint in the U.S.? Going through the same thing...
Really great resault !
Well done
Thanks. 🙂
What a great job. Good for you.
Thanks!
I no what I’m doing this summer
Thanks pal 👍🏻
Good luck mate!
Quite surprised by what you've achieved. Very well done!
Really nicely done with a very satisfying result. I should have done the bumpers too.
Thanks 👍
Beautiful job, it looks great.
Thank you! Cheers!
Looks amazing! well done
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video, I’m just about to start mine, thanks for the advice 🚌👍
Cheers mate! Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. 🙂👍
This is great! I’m gonna paint my van too, in a couple of months
Thanks Ingrid and best of luck painting your own van! 🙂👍
Looks great. Very informative video 👍
Thanks Alan, glad you liked it. 🙂👍
Thanks for the video, inspired me to roller my van as its the typical vauxhall flame red/pink
Thanks and best of luck painting your own! 🙂👍
That really looks good. Can’t wait to do my car 🚙 Thanks
Lovely job, will save this for later
Thank you for his video... now i already an idea to hand paint my car before christmas day
It’s looks very good!
Leave the fly's and rub them out when it's dry. Genius, you just saved me so much hastle.👍
Makes life easier and it works!
That's the best hand paint job I have seen.
Cheers Johnny! It's not perfect but looks loads better than the original paint. Another two coats and a final flat and polish next year and I'll be happy. Priority is the campervan conversion so we can get out in it. 🙂
Looks ace well done.
Thank Kaz! 😊💙❤
really sweet job. well done.
Cheers Andy, we're still really pleased with the results. 😊👍
Really beautiful job.
Really kind of you to say Denis, thanks! 🙂👍
What a great job our kid 😎👍
Cheers bud! 😁🍻