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Painting the Exterior

• A good primer on painting with a roller
• Lessons learned painting a trailer (not a Scotty but good stuff) NEW!

If you have any bare aluminum, be sure to prime it with acid etching primer (for aluminum). You can purchase self-etching primer at NAPA auto stores.

From Dan: During my rebuild I found a piece of aluminum with the aqua blue in pristine condition in a cranny. I took it into Ace Hardware for color matching and had a quart made up. After the paint dried it matched the original, at least on mine, perfectly.

• Exterior/Alkyd/Gloss Rust Stop Oil 225
• Incandescent
• Mid 320
• Quart
• B 5.5
• D 34
• E 15

Thank you to "gods1216" who took her Scotty awning in to True Value Hardware and had it color matched. It is XO-Rust paint; use Xylene for thinning. This formula was verified by Nancy on 3/12/07. The formula for one gallon of Scotty Aqua, which matches the color used in the original awnings (a bit darker than original siding aqua) is:

• XO-Rust Gloss Paint only
• Colorant Oz. 48ths 96ths
• D Phthalo Green 1Y 3 0
• E Phthalo Blue 43 0
• KX White 2Y 2 1
• Base is XO-N Neutral

This is for one quart of a lighter shade than above and is possibly more like the original color used on Scotty siding.

• Valspar Anti-Rust Professional Oil Base Enamel (Lowes)
• Base 1 quart 101-5.5 102-6.5 103-31

From Ace: My Scotty had been painted with a roller so I sanded the whole thing with a DA air sander starting with 150 grit and then 200 grit sandpaper. (Note: I did not remove all the old paint). I also did not sandblast it. I then wiped it down with paint thinner to clean it. I bought a $50 air paint spray gun at Pep Boys Auto Parts. I used XO white primer first over the whole thing. I let it dry for two days.  Then I painted the blue. I waited two more days for it to dry and then taped off the blue. Afterwards I put the final top coat of XO gloss white on it. The mix was one part thinner and four parts paint. I think I could of thinned it a little more because I did get a little orange peel on the blue. A bodyman told me it should of been a little thinner. (Note from Nancy: try a 1 part thinner to 3 parts paint mix).

From Ron and Gary: Krylon Blue Ocean Breeze in spray cans is a pretty good match for the original aqua. Just a tad lighter.