Nightmare Paint Job | Finally Painting Our Bus | Skoolie Conversion Ep. 13 | Adam & Steph

We FINALLY finished painting our bus guys!!! We are so happy to be done with this project because it took us waaaaay too long to finish and the universe threw way too many curve balls our way. Just about every little and major thing could have gone wrong but we rolled up our sleeves and persevered. What do you guys think of the colour?! Comment down below!
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[@evilbunnee6508]

Not only does it look amazing, but showing all the trials and tribulations you two went through to get to such a beautiful looking bus is just more encouragement, and more education that you are sharing with the schoolie community. I always thought the paint stage would be the hardest for myself as well, but watching your video and seeing what ya'll went through makes me feel better about some day attempting a paint job myself. Great video you two!

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thank you so much for your ongoing support! It means so much to us. We want to be as honest and transparent as possible, so we are happy to show the reality of everything in our build and hopefully people will learn from us!

[@president2]

Love it you guys the colors are fabulous. I'm almost 70 and it gets better as you get experienced. Love your dedication to artistic value we need it more than ever such an inspiration!!

[@johnwagoner2279]

Circumstances were on your side. Two coats of paint will add durability and depth to paint job. Looking great. It is fun to see you working so well together.

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thank you so much! And you’re totally right, we try to look at the bright sides. Even the imperfections we have we are so proud of because it’s just proof that we did it all ourselves as amateurs!

[@ZeroEntropy.]

Your attention to detail, level of skill, and abilities are actually astonishing to me! I keep watching video after video and keep being so impressed with how you're not taking any shortcuts on anyway, at all, anyplace! You're certainly building the way I know to do something but don't have the patience for! Take care of each other and enjoy the adventure!

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thank you so much! That means a lot to us! Definitely makes it worth our efforts 😃

[@stephaniesews8168]

OOOOOOOOOH a blue school bus! I love it so much

[@фредерикмиз]

I see a hell of a great paint job👍 Great job guys😉👍

[@AdventureTrudge]

Love it!!! Gavin and I had to make the exact same compromise between neutrals and something bright and fun hahaha

[@AdamandAtlas]

Hahah that’s so funny! Who was neutral and who was bold? Lol

[@AdventureTrudge]

@@AdamandAtlas Emily is 100% team neutrals, Gavin wanted color

[@stephaniesews8168]

That is a lot of education in a short time. I am so glad to didn't quit here. You guys are doing a great job and it is super fun to watch your progress. Next time you come home Stephanie, I hope I get to meet your super smart partner.

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thank you Stephanie! Of course! Hopefully sometime soon!

[@alexsavoie3963]

Considering all of the hiccups you had, it turned out great ! If you plan on getting rid of some of that orange peel I highly recommend wet sanding first. Helps level out the paint faster than just the buffer

[@AdamandAtlas]

Totally, we’re just worried about having so many rivets, wet sanding around them will be a pain and sanding through the blue would be a risk on the rivets

[@kaitlyngreenough1578]

Looks awesome! I was so looking forward to this video :) Who knew that SO much went into painting a bus!

[@AdamandAtlas]

I know this video was such a long time coming!!! Glad it’s finally done. Thanks so much!

[@bruceblais7958]

Love it love it love it excellent choice in color and the way you did it great job I'd be proud going down the street with that thanks for sharing

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thanks so much! We are definitely very proud

[@neilfairless4589]

Love it. Well done guy's.

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thanks so much for your continued support!

[@conceptdesigns4100]

Yea, everybody thinks painting is easy until they try it. There is a million things that can go wrong and you have to be almost perfect for it to go right. Props to y'all though. That was a ton of work. Outside in the elements. No booth. No temperature control. But you got it done! And to be honest, nobody cares about orange peel on bus, except for us painters lol

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thanks so much we really appreciate that from you!! We knew going into it that we obviously wouldn’t have perfect conditions but I’m glad we persevered through everything that came our way! Looking back, we honestly did an amazing job not to toot our own horn! 😂

[@conceptdesigns4100]

@@AdamandAtlas indeed. It was a lot of hard work that paid off in the end

[@EconomicRefugees]

When you paint something big like a bus you might want to paint th front and rear one day an then one side at a time, that way you're not rushed and can get it perfect, I'm an old time painter and I learned patients is best, also the secret to being really good at it is to know how to fix your mistakes !! It looks pretty good in the video !!

[@AdamandAtlas]

We didn’t feel too rushed per say, we just are totally new to this and spent a lot of time trying to get the settings right on the spray gun. Once we got them dialled it in was smooth sailing! The hiccups were mostly from the dew and the tape, we are pleased with our quality of a paint job as first timers!

[@EconomicRefugees]

@@AdamandAtlas 35 psi and a wide spray !!

[@AdamandAtlas]

@@EconomicRefugees that’s exactly what we did!

[@tubbybrutus]

wow the bus lookin great nice choice color keep up the great work guys

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thanks so much!!!!

[@JimmyandNatalie]

Yay!! It looks AWESOME!! I know it was tough to get to this point, but I'm seriously impressed with how patient you guys are. I wish you could see our bus up close because our paint job is far from ideal (unsanded, not primed, just 30 cans of spray paint). We will definitely earmark your videos in case we ever decide to fix it... You guys should be so proud. It looks awesome, and we both really love the colors you picked. Also, that new intro is 🔥🔥🔥

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thanks so much guys! You guys were honestly a huge part of keeping us motivated throughout all of our struggles. I’m glad you love the colour and love our new intro 🥰

[@Brodieskipolefilms]

well.. i think it looks great!

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thank you!!!

[@clydecox2108]

Perfection be dammed, IT'S GORGEOUS...

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thank you!!!!

[@djpWilson]

Oh man. You are way too hard on yourselves. It looks great! Thanks for the advice on the timing of the paint though. I would definitely have made that mistake

[@AdamandAtlas]

Yes, wish we knew it before! And I know, we keep having to remind ourselves that we’re doing awesome

[@diecastmodelhub]

Blue was a much better choice in my opinion also :)

[@JohnRackham1720]

Geez great colour, could you please provide colour code? Thanks

[@johnwagoner2279]

If you need something else to do, ha, buffing will help smooth out the imperfections. Have fun!

[@AdamandAtlas]

Yeah! We’re planning on buffing it, but need to take a huge break from it. Maybe in the spring lol 😂

[@nolanlindsey8327]

hey im curious houw much primer and paint u guys had to use to complete please let me know

[@AdamandAtlas]

We bought 5 gallon pales for each.. but probably only used about 3 gallons! Plus a gallon of black. Used all of that.

[@LimonEllie]

Next time paint all the black area's 1st without taping, then tape off the black areas and paint your main color. This way you're only taping once, and you're only taping small areas.

[@1965ace]

What about a matt finish?

[@AdamandAtlas]

A matt finish could have looked nice, but there are a few drawbacks that make it undesirable for me. It's harder to clean, you can't protect it with wax, and you can't polish it. And it's also very difficult to blend in paint repairs.

[@1965ace]

Definitely a flat paint is the extreme of that but matt clear coat is a lot more forgiving and still maintains that monolithic look. I'll do some testing before committing to a full paint job on my bus. Thanks for the thoughts! @@AdamandAtlas

[@paulkelly8508]

nice

[@AdamandAtlas]

Thanks!

[@nipissingairsoft5799]

Almost looks like the Fortnite battle bus lol

[@CreativeanxietyVR]

🤘☮️☮️

[@brandonrohrer7914]

You wanna hear something funny Why did you buy a blue bus ahahaha

[@LimonEllie]

Just my opinion candy Apple red would have looked much better

[@AdamandAtlas]

Paint ur bus red then! 😁 it would look cool but not for us!