The painting process is progressing slowly as I am doing it outside and the weather doesn’t always cooperate. I wet sanded the primer pictured below and then I’ve put on 3 coats of Duplicolor paint. The paint isn’t a perfect match, it is a little yellower than the original paint. I purchased the 8 oz. Duplicolor rattle can paint at O’Reilly Auto Parts and Autozone for $7.99 a can and the 3 coats have taken almost 3 cans. I wet sanded with P1500 grit between coats.  I wanted a better paint match so I went to National Auto Body and Paint Supply in Hillyard (Spokane, WA) and purchased custom 12 oz. rattle cans for $21.95 each. Since the cans are larger that works out to about $10 more per can, but I hope it is a better color match. I don’t expect professional results but I want to stop the rust from progressing and make the van look better.

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