VW Life Episode 2 - Painting Ziggy the Bus!

[@roncooper5510]

I loved seeing the bow wow sticker in ziggy’s window! I worked for bow wow Seattle for 14 years and must have handed out thousands of those stickers! I still have and drive several bugs and buses. VW’s for life!

[@VWLifeVW]

wow that is so cool! post a picture of your vws on our facebook page - facebook.com/VWLifeVW/

[@MicBergsma]

Cool man! So glad Ziggy is getting painted!

[@vwbusjake]

me too!!!

[@mayinnlin1879]

Thank you so very much for sharing! Awesome 👍😍

[@VWLifeVW]

Thanks for watching!

[@brianchisnell1548]

Always use a sealer/primer. When you get it in the sun, you'll see the dark spots. Cheers!

[@VWLifeVW]

thanks

[@lawrenceirvine8759]

Just out of curiosity why would you not spray at least a sealer before you shoot the color coat? Waste of some expensive product IMHO.

[@VWLifeVW]

the paint should be fine without a sealer. the whole bus below the belt line has dents, cracks from previous repairs etc. as we said, it's a three day garage paint job. You have to draw the line at some point before going down the rabbit hole of paint and body. this bus goes off road and goes through brush and is going to be scratched, so the idea here was just to get it all one color ( the original color). hope that answers your question, i don't think it's a waste of paint.

[@_f30_b58]

VW Life, sealer protects the metal from rust & gives color uniformity. It also helps with adhesion. Sealer is much cheaper than color. You wouldn’t have to use as much Color(Single Stage).

[@waynescothern6810]

@@_f30_b58 totally agree with you. Even if you guys had spot primed it with canned primer (especially the bare metal) it would have sealed it of far better and used less product in the long run.

[@bluehigh1]

I am assuming that paint is some kind of self etching paint that can be sprayed directly on metal?

[@VWLifeVW]

no it's just single stage

[@lawrenceirvine8759]

I didn't in any way mean to imply your project is a "waste of paint", my meaning is that it takes far more material to attain consistent color when you are spraying over a non chromatic base than what you would use if shooting over a sealer or prime coat. But then again you will have a partial can of your color coat left over which will probably never get used. Got a few of those I'll tell you.

[@VWLifeVW]

Oh okay yes I get it now. Yeah and there's also the trade-off of having to paint the primer on and then paint the color. In this case yes it took a few extra coats because we didn't have the sealer as you suggested. But it was a little easier just laying the paint on thick in this case rather than do a sealer primer first. But yes it was at the sacrifice of extra paint

[@rayaguirre4237]

Any trouble using that paint? and who carries it? Good job on Ziggy guys!

[@VWLifeVW]

No problems, any place that carries PPG acrylic urethane job line jau. L555

[@johnflynn9463]

View #1,024 at 12:27 PM on 2/15/19 - NJ. Now to look for episode 3 (o\I/o)

[@VWLifeVW]

send us an email and we'll send you a vw life sticker!

[@Grant7AutoWorksG7]

The best clear coat that you can get is the "OH MY" 2k clear from BuyCustomPaint.com. A HS clear that's really easy to spray with a high gloss, and doesnt require cutting or buffing and the small kits start at $30..... Definitely worth checking out...good video

[@motoflyte]

You're not putting primer down first ?

[@VWLifeVW]

no , as we said in the video, it's just a garage special. we take these into the desert and it doesn't need to be show quality. lots of body work would be required to make it all nice looking.

[@type2523]

Use damn primer ,jeeezz

[@VWLifeVW]

okay

[@juliebrown9543]

Seriously no primer? No blocking no etching no sealer ? Video on what not to do

[@conceptalfa]

👍👍👍

[@thisoldjunk5752]

Told you

[@VWLifeVW]

Hay you're just starting....

[@thisoldjunk5752]

VW Life : To be fair...I watched quite a few from the forums. No comments or thumby button. Some of these I am rewatching.

[@conceptalfa]

What, no primer!!!???🧐🤔😟

[@gustavopadilla9176]

Jaja no primer

[@JohnDisque]

WTF? No primer? No sealer?

[@VWLifeVW]

we mentioned why in the video, this bus is no show car and it goes off road. there was primer on the nose and left side and we sanded the existing paint.

[@conceptalfa]

This is a typical video on how NOT to do it!!!😡