Painting trailer with foam roller

[ronboonville]

Okay, with recommendations here I started painting my trailer with foam roller. Know what? It looks like I painted it with a foam roller. I admit I'm not a painter and maybe a second coat will make it look better. Once at work my boss asked me to paint the restroom stalls and I told him I was a landscaper not a painter. Next day he looked at my work and said "you are a landscaper, not a painter!" Oh well, it's just a trailer.

 

[rockyrude]

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What kind of paint are you using? It sounds like it is drying fairly fast. I generally use rustoleum on my trailer and it dries slow enough it gets a chance to flatten before it dries.

 

[tpenfield]

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If that being so . . .You would not have done any better with a spray . . . keep going and take it slow.

 

[ronboonville]

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maybe I'm not putting it down heavy enough. rustoleum gloss white.

 

[colbyt]

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Thin coats are better than one glob. Post a close up pic for better advice.

 

[Tail_Gunner]

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Foam rollers work well with a self leveling paint but with trailer paint probablly not. They do make a rattle can paint that works very well...amazed me how well it chilled out any rust..damm good stuff.

 

[ronboonville]

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Okay pic, hard to tell but looks blotchy or kinda orange peel, probably just needs another coat. anything is better than the old rusty look.

 

[tpenfield]

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Not enough prep work, so the paint is not adhering uniformly, Looks like you have some fish eyes. Spray would have been worser.

 

[MH Hawker]

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try picking up some hardener at tractor supply it makes the paint dry slower and that allows it to level out and the paint will be a lot tougher. In the past I have used the rustoleum enamels with a bit of hardener.

 

[ronboonville]

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I do have some hardner from a previous project. thanks, if I can find it. Don't think it was the prep work, sanded and primed.

 

[MH Hawker]

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wiping it down before painting helps stop the fish eyes. or even a light sanding, just enough to roughen up the surface a bit

 

[ronboonville]

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Okay Hawker, no I didn't wipe it down, no I didn't lightly sand, I just got tired of not getting project done and decided to just go for it. I'm sure you are right. Thanks, and will do those things when I do the fenders.

 

[ronboonville]

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Oh crap! look at this paint on Momma's table, better go now. thanks all for the support!

 

[colbyt]

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Okay Hawker, no I didn't wipe it down, no I didn't lightly sand, I just got tired of not getting project done and decided to just go for it. I'm sure you are right. Thanks, and will do those things when I do the fenders.

Based on that information it looks excellent.

Use a new roller and do the next coat on a day when it is not hot or windy (slow down the dry time) and I think you will be happy.

 

[mklawz]

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I wonder if all the people who recommended using a roller have ever painted anything before. Rollers always looks like it was rolled on. Spray is always smoother (if not over-applied). I would have sprayed if I were you. In fact, I did spray my trailer!

 

[bonz_d]

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I wonder if all the people who recommended using a roller have ever painted anything before. Rollers always looks like it was rolled on. Spray is always smoother (if not over-applied). I would have sprayed if I were you. In fact, I did spray my trailer!

I did mine with a FOAM roller and it turned out great.

 

[MH Hawker]

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A lot of people don't have a spray rig and a paint booth to work in, and if done right a foam roller looks just fine.

For that matter the frame should be soda blasted and have the rust spots filled with a epoxy putty then primed with a non sand able primer then painted if you want to get technical.

But most people don't have a more than a grinder and a wire brush and a foam roller dose a very nice job with a bit of surface prep.

 

[delirious]

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rusty/flakey paint/chips or a uniformed rolled on paint job...hmmm no brainer to me

 

[Fl_Richard]

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Being a salt water boater I dont understand the affinity for a trailer with an aircraft quality paint job. For me bare aluminum is freaking gorgeous!

Your white trailer looks great from my boat!

 

[ronboonville]

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before and after if I can post two images, turned out great.