Painting design onto bondwood

[retrogal]

Can I have some advise please
i have removed all the paint , sanded,  filled & under coated X 3 and now for the pant  design.
i have drawn onto the side a curved two tone design.

Should I freehand the curve? Even though I’m pretty ok with a brush, I’m also a perfectionist 

Or add wood beading  how do I do this ?

i would really appreciate some advise. I do not want to ruin the job after all the hard work.

[shesgotthelook]

Hi RetroGal,

I taped the design on my 1955 Viscount. The blue tape was better than the yellow which tended to lift the paint off.






With my Phoenix caravan, I used aluminium crescent moulding on the colour change lines but there was also a join along one of them that needed to be covered up. This could equally have been done with timber beading which in hindsight may have looked better.

[Roehm3108]

Note though that the moulding on the Phoenix went on after the painting was done.

[Franklin1]

G'day retrogal,

I created the stripe around my van by painting freehand with a 15mm-wide flat artist's paintbrush. Using a normal paintbrush, I painted enough coverage in white paint on the van to allow for the stripe, and then marked out the stripe outline in pencil, using a straight-edge for the long lines, and cardboard templates for the curves. Then I painted the green and beige colours with the artist's brush, so that I just covered the pencil lines. Once I'd got the border either side of the stripe sorted, I switched back to a normal paintbrush to do the rest of that colour. Took a while to do the stripe borders, and needed a steady hand, but the end result looks like it's been done by a "qualified home handyman", which is what I was trying to achieve.






Nobody's ever commented that the paint job looks crap, so I've managed to fool a lot of people about the "qualified home handyman" tag.

cheers,
Al.

[retrogal]

Thanks true blue and Al ,
My reply was delayed by my endless hours of painting yesterday !!
Both your posts are appreciated and valuable in my learning and confirm my original thoughts of how to paint a design.
All three vans are impressive and I hope I can get a similar result.
If I can ask another question
What paint did you use?
Back to the brush

[Roehm3108]

Franklin said "Nobody's ever commented that the paint job looks crap, so I've managed to fool a lot of people about the "qualified home handyman" tag.

cheers,
Al."

Now Al, what it tells you is that we are all such nice people that we don't become critics!!!

[Franklin1]

retrogal, the subject of "which paint" has been a long-standing debate on this forum, and has created some angst among members over time. The debate about 'oil-based' or 'water-based' is similar to the debate about Holden vs Ford...it depends on which camp you belong to.

My van was painted in exterior grade acrylic paint - British Paints 4-Seasons for the green, and Dulux Weathershield for the white and beige. The only reason I used those brands is that the paint was on the clearance trolley at Bunnings, and I progressively collected them during the rebuild project. All the paint I used was mistinted stuff, but I collected cans where I thought the colour was something that would relate to the vintage era.

cheers,
Al.

[ian1963]

Hi, I have recently purchased a Wilson Wheel Works bond wood van. I am currently in the process of adding stripes down both sides. Just wondering if anyone has used timber beading to cover the edge lines. If so what is the best side and type of timber is good to use. I am planning to make the strip curved, therefore I need the timber to be able to be bent into shape. Also what is a good way to secure the beading to the side walls.
Many thanks
Ian

[Roehm3108]

Hi Ian1953. I used tassie oak timber crescent shape beading on the Rowvan that I restored some years back. I think from memory it was about 18mm wide.There is quite a degree of lateral fleck to give you a curve without breaking it. I used liquid nails and bullet head tack pins to keep the bend in place, while the liquid nails set..

[ian1963]

Hi Roehm, I appreciate your advise. I will buy some Tassie Oak beading and try it. Thanks for the tip on the small nails to keep the beading in place while the liquid nails set. Regards Ian

[Don Ricardo]

Hi Ian1953,

I'll leave providing advice on adding stripes/flashes to your van to others that have done it. But I would like to welcome you to the forum, and say how great it is that you've got yourself a Wilson Wheelworks van. There's not many around. Is yours the one that was on Ebuy late last year?

It would be great to see some photos of your van when you're ready. There are instructions on how to post photos in the 'Forum Guidelines & Helpful Hints' section of the forum.

Good luck with the stripes.

Don Ricardo