Raptor Painting A Sprinter Van... It All Went Wrong!! | Van Life UK | Solo Female Van Life |

Well what a few days this was, I was extremely excited to get Skyla all painted, but if only I knew what was to come I might not have started!
Thankfully after everything possible going wrong, she got finished and looks amazing don't you think?!
Used in this video:
Raptor Tintable Bedliner Paint
Raptor Black Bedliner Paint
Acrylic Base Coat Paint in Turquoise
Rollers
Brushes
Sand Paper
Blue Tape
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  • @allywindsor8554
    @allywindsor85543 жыл бұрын

    Incredible!!😍😍

  • @colinthegeordiehistorian10
    @colinthegeordiehistorian103 жыл бұрын

    Another Great Video Love the New Colour dont think I would have the Patience for 4 coats lol. Looking forward to the next one stay Safe

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Yeh I was slowly loosing patience! Haha 😂

  • @LT_TOMMY_
    @LT_TOMMY_4 ай бұрын

    Turned out nice 👌🏽 Well done, it's not easy 👍🏼

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you! It sure did, definitely worth the time and effort!

  • @cornishseasounds4755
    @cornishseasounds47552 жыл бұрын

    Love love love the colour Doing mine next week

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!! Oh exciting good luck!

  • @nomadicblissvanlife
    @nomadicblissvanlife2 ай бұрын

    This is crazy… I just decided on this same color for my tiny van because my decor on the inside is a pretty teal green, black and white. I have a Ford E350 so we won’t exactly be twins lol I never would’ve known imagined anyone else wanting this color but me lol… You van turned out BEAUTIFULLY ❤

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 ай бұрын

    Ahh thanks! Sadly we sold her back in September so someone else drives her around the UK now as we are in North America travelling! Hope you painting goes well!

  • @AMGMANIAC
    @AMGMANIAC2 жыл бұрын

    I started watching this and thought to myself "I know her from somewhere". Sat in the shade from the window blinds I bought from you lol. Have satisfaction knowing that I won't be going to them for my Raptor paint based on your experience ;) Subbed.

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha that’s funny! Yeah they were crap at getting the correct colour! Wasn’t happy!

  • @Ms.Frankenbuilder
    @Ms.Frankenbuilder5 күн бұрын

    Really pretty color.

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    4 күн бұрын

    Thank you! 🙏🏽

  • @SimonCoupland-zj5vl
    @SimonCoupland-zj5vl2 ай бұрын

    A lot of hard work but thoroughly worth it. Nice job.

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @CortinasAndClassics
    @CortinasAndClassics3 жыл бұрын

    Wow that is vibrant, certainly not the typical van colour and much better than white. I hope you got your money back from the paint supplier? I like the roller painted idea just like Hubnut painted the Reliant fox on his channel. You have plenty of paint for future use, well done I like it :)

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    I sure did after a few rude remarks from the men saying I had the right colour paint.... when the penny dropped that I didn’t they didn’t even apologise... hmm ahh well! Thanks! Rollering it definitely looks nice!

  • @stephhicks5385
    @stephhicks53853 жыл бұрын

    Such a lovely colour we love it! We have raptor paint ready to paint our van and was wondering if you added any thinners to it? We were told it would only take 2 coats and 3 days of dry to cure but now we are thinking maybe we might need to find somewhere dry if it's going to take that long and that many coats 😅 we are having nardo gray 🙌

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! No we didn’t use any thinners! It really depends on the paint colour you are going to use, this was so light it took 4 coats, but a darker colour would take less coats etc, so you could be alright with nardo gray! The black was only 2 coats! It also took longer to dry because it was done in feb/March and was around 1/2 degrees! In the temperatures at the moment 3 days would be fine. ☺️

  • @zambotv8150
    @zambotv81503 жыл бұрын

    My goodness that's a whole load of work, well done you

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It was but totally worth it!

  • @zambotv8150

    @zambotv8150

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresofSkyla I am rebuilding an old school sprinter on my channel, I'll need to think about painting it soon, I am not looking forward to it, does raptor liner work out more expensive then normal automotive paint?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zambotv8150 it cost me £342 to paint the whole van excluding the black bit at the bottom that was an extra £90 but could of cost me less as I only used 2 of that packets bottles, but I wasn’t sure. But I just know it’s really great for rust and hard wearing!

  • @zambotv8150

    @zambotv8150

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@AdventuresofSkyla Thanks for the reply Skyla, I think 2K automotive paint would be around the same price? Five litres of 2K is around 100 pounds, mmmmm interesting. I'll let you know how I get on when I finally get around to painting the van. Cheers

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@zambotv8150 well that price was including 3ltrs of base coat colour automotive paint. Good luck!

  • @Allen-ln6gz
    @Allen-ln6gz9 ай бұрын

    Nice job

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @johnpurchall9096
    @johnpurchall90962 жыл бұрын

    Hi, van looks amazing! I’m going to raptor my van soon! I’m also going to be rollering raptor on. What rollers did you use? Thanks! :)

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! We used rad rollers the foam makes it a different and better (in our eyes) finish! Hope it goes well for you!

  • @robsonm9449

    @robsonm9449

    2 жыл бұрын

    Better to use spray gun , just 2 coats thats it, job done

  • @MrSpaceace1999
    @MrSpaceace19992 ай бұрын

    Peecock blue

  • @cttc1016
    @cttc10163 жыл бұрын

    How many bottles of raptor liner did you go through? Im thinking of doing mine and leaving the roof as is!

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    I got the packs they had 4 bottles in and in the turquoise I went through 3 boxes of 4 bottles and the black I used 2 bottles but had a lot left over

  • @theschermulies2366
    @theschermulies2366 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, where did you get the raptor paint from? Great job on the van.

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi thanks! I got it from my local car paint dealership but I’ve just bought another box online just search raptor tintable paint and there’s loads of options! 😊

  • @whippetsadventuresandoneman
    @whippetsadventuresandoneman3 жыл бұрын

    So amazing you painted her in this color. Can you get other colours? Would love to paint my van apple red possibly? Love your color. Really need to do my crafter ;)

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Yeh the raptor is tintable and then you just add the base coat colour you want to the mix!

  • @whippetsadventuresandoneman

    @whippetsadventuresandoneman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresofSkyla where did you buy your base coat? 💗 I was looking at a company to spray my van and he laughed when I told him I want apple red and said you don’t put a campervan in that colour :(

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@whippetsadventuresandoneman oh gosh that’s not nice, the guys at the auto place couldn’t believe I was rollering it and kept trying to sell me a spray gun which I continuously refused. I would go somewhere else and go with a red colour you want and they can match it, that’s what I did! Hope that helps don’t let them make you feel like you can’t do it!

  • @whippetsadventuresandoneman

    @whippetsadventuresandoneman

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresofSkyla definitely going to do it my self I might ask to borrow work unit over a weekend. The guys who mixed your paint are they good?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@whippetsadventuresandoneman they didn’t mix it, I did it all myself! They just sold me the raptor and my base colour, which they actually got wrong and meant I had to spend a day driving back from the unit I used to get the right paint!

  • @goth_dude6874
    @goth_dude68743 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @siobhangrant5535
    @siobhangrant55353 жыл бұрын

    Do you have the code names of the products you used ? Love the colour 😍😍

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    The code name of the colour is 26-0320 the other paint is just the raptor tintable paint and black raptor paint

  • @stuartherring9532
    @stuartherring95322 ай бұрын

    Did you rent that unit for the paint job? I live in Essex. Do you know anywhere that I could hire a similar unit to paint my vw t4?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 ай бұрын

    No this was my dads unit. I don’t sorry I would just have a look online people rent out spray booths all the time.

  • @WiresFanDrew
    @WiresFanDrew2 жыл бұрын

    Doing the same project over again, would you use a compressor instead of the paint rollers?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 жыл бұрын

    No paint rollers all the way, I prefer the finish!

  • @WiresFanDrew

    @WiresFanDrew

    2 жыл бұрын

    Food for thought….. looking at doing the same with a mk4 golf. Whilst the car itself is low mileage and good mechanically the paintwork isn’t so this seems the perfect solution! I just need watch some more and be brave !!

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah definitely raptor and just make sure the prep is done really well and the treatment of the rust!

  • @WiresFanDrew

    @WiresFanDrew

    2 жыл бұрын

    We ain’t go no rust here!! Cheeky!! Lol

  • @RicksAquariumsuk
    @RicksAquariumsuk2 жыл бұрын

    I've been looking at raptor tintable the websites say tell them the colour code and they mix it for you

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 жыл бұрын

    Our colour code wasn’t a generic one, we chose something really specific rather than a RAL number. But mixing wasn’t difficult at all.

  • @Tomasz-cq7ct
    @Tomasz-cq7ct Жыл бұрын

    how many rollers did you use? (maybe 5, 10, 30?, I will also paint the sprinter). You used 16 liters of paint - color, right?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh the roller question is a hard one every pack we had had 8 in and we probably used 15 packs maybe more! And no we used 14 3 boxes of 4l of paint plus 2l of black paint

  • @Tomasz-cq7ct

    @Tomasz-cq7ct

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresofSkyla rollers was structural? I heard that the first layer smooth roller - the second layer and the next, structured roller. What do you think about it?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Tomasz-cq7ct we went for just foam roller as that was the texture we wanted some foam rollers are better than others we worked that out as we went along and only used the wickes ones as all the others went crap. They are in disposable so don’t want to go too pricey the don’t last long because of the type of paint you are using etc.

  • @TheVinn3h
    @TheVinn3h9 ай бұрын

    why is the guy with the hardest job hand sanding on the roof 😝😝😝

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    9 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣 because he didn’t deserve an electric sander haha 😂

  • @memoriescapturednl
    @memoriescapturednl Жыл бұрын

    What was the grid of the sandpaper? Love the colour!! ☺️

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    Жыл бұрын

    220 grade both wet and dry. Hope that helps! Thank you! ☺️

  • @memoriescapturednl

    @memoriescapturednl

    Жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresofSkyla thankkss!

  • @reddave8628
    @reddave86283 жыл бұрын

    I really hope you had took the side trim off before hand and did the silicone mod before painting it to stop it leaking in like they all do.

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep I had already done that at the start of my build.

  • @reddave8628

    @reddave8628

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresofSkyla great news. I was worried for you and hoped you had to save messing up your paint job. Love the colour by the way 😎👍

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @leelas9467

    @leelas9467

    2 жыл бұрын

    What's the silicone mod?

  • @amydavis1015
    @amydavis10153 жыл бұрын

    I know you're across the pond but can you not spray this type of paint on instead of hand painting? Its s beautiful color 😍😍😍

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes you can but it give you a completely different finish, I wanted it to be Matt but look smooth which rollering it does. Spray would make it much more bumpy etc. And thank you!!

  • @UnskilledGrappler
    @UnskilledGrappler17 күн бұрын

    How’s it holding up?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    17 күн бұрын

    After 3 years she was great still, but we sold her so not sure how. Which would be year 4

  • @st4ike978
    @st4ike9785 ай бұрын

    What colour code is?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    5 ай бұрын

    There isn’t a colour code. I matched it exactly to a colour I wanted it’s not a RAL colour

  • @moonblossomsa
    @moonblossomsa2 жыл бұрын

    What went wrong?

  • @AdventuresofSkyla

    @AdventuresofSkyla

    2 жыл бұрын

    We were given the wrong paint and had to drive an hour out of the way to get the right paint and also waist a whole day waiting to do so. Making it take us 5 days rather than 3

  • @MrSpaceace1999
    @MrSpaceace19992 ай бұрын

    Your robin egg

  • @tarpol333
    @tarpol3332 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🙈