Please tell me how to go about painting

[suze9234]

Hi-- I have no idea what to do!! I need to paint the front top of my 1973 argosy!!! How do I scrape the old paint??? With what tool??? Then what?? do i prime it??? how big a job is this?? how long should it take?? Thank you for any guidance you can give me!!!!

[juel]

Have a 78 Argosy that I have done lots of touch-up painting on. You cannot tell the difference from the old paint and what I have done as far as color. I will tell you what has worked for me. I use an electric sander with medium grit, then fine grit to feather the edges, wash the trailer with Por-15's Marine Clean, rinse very very well, let dry, tape off everything I don't want painted. Then I put several thin coats of Krylon "Ivory Gloss" in the spray can on the trailer. Test to see if this color matches yours. It is a perfect match for mine. I have done extensive painting on the end caps, the dings on the front and the top. It has stayed on there with no problems for almost 14 months of hot Oklahoma Summers and cold winters. I gave this information to someone else here on the forum and it worked for them too.

[suze9234]

Thank you!!!!! I appreciate it very much! Your argosy looks great!

[argosy75]

Originally Posted by juel

Have a 78 Argosy that I have done lots of touch-up painting on. You cannot tell the difference from the old paint and what I have done as far as color. I will tell you what has worked for me. I use an electric sander with medium grit, then fine grit to feather the edges, wash the trailer with Por-15's Marine Clean, rinse very very well, let dry, tape off everything I don't want painted. Then I put several thin coats of Krylon "Ivory Gloss" in the spray can on the trailer. Test to see if this color matches yours. It is a perfect match for mine. I have done extensive painting on the end caps, the dings on the front and the top. It has stayed on there with no problems for almost 14 months of hot Oklahoma Summers and cold winters. I gave this information to someone else here on the forum and it worked for them too.

Thanks for the painting tip.