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Prep and Stencil Weeding

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Inside The Most Expensive RV Paint Job In The World! Prevost Liberty Coach (2.6 Million Dollar RV)

What happens here

When a new Prevost coach arrives at the shop for painting, it is still in its stripped-down form. It is driven from the factory with a protective shield (cardboard/plastic) on the front to prevent damage during transit. The presenter highlights the contrast in driving an empty bus versus a fully furnished one, noting the difference in weight and handling. The immense effort required for the detailed stenciling process is emphasized; each intricate design has to be precisely cut and 'weeded out' (removing excess material) before it can be applied to the bus as a paint mask. This prep work alone demands significant time and effort from skilled professionals.

Goal: Prepare the Prevost bus and intricate stencils for custom painting.

Tools and materials

  • Cutting Plotter — Precisely cutting vinyl stencils
  • Protective Shield — Protecting the front of the bus during transit
  • Weeding Tools — Removing excess vinyl from cut stencils

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for them so someone drives the bare shell down here with that cardboard on the front yeah and then you guys right here you're going on it yeah they bring them in with the uh protect shield on the front they gotta drive a good bit different when they're empty versus finished like these things how much do they weigh with nothing in them you have any idea i have no idea no idea i'm sure they're heavy even empty yeah and they're real heavy once they fill them up yeah they probably have a little more performance when they're empty huh so if someone brings a helicopter in here you just have this stuff going on and wheel in the helicopter and do that too yeah we'll land the helicopter up front you land them right in the parking lot and then you put wheels on them and you're able to roll them in you grab them by the tail and you roll them around all of them really have a lot of pearls and flakes and different things in them this one here it shows up a little more on this gold here and it's just all pearl um even the background colors all pearl in it too people don't uh don't even realize what all's there until they get it out in the sun and customer a lot of times they'll catch something uh in the sun it'll catch their eye and they'll go wow i didn't even know that was there uh i didn't pick up on it before or i never saw it in this light before and so uh people continue to pick up on different things that are in their paint job then just looking at this pattern you can see how much work it is just to make those stencils um to cut all this and to weed it out and get it ready for us to use as a paint mask there's a lot of time and effort goes into that already oh yeah too i've made decals on a vinyl cutter before and imagine picking out every little thing in there and not lifting these corners like that's just every little thing and then to do it you know over 40 feet of bus you know 45 feet of bus yeah yeah a lot of people uh nowadays they do have plotters cutters at home they do make stickers but we're kind of doing the same thing just expanding i don't even know how long that would take could pick all that out that works man because if we're not painting rvs we're painting boats for not painting boats painting cars painting motorcycles painting anything you can imagine really we have probably gone through i'd say six or seven different brands before i ever finalize on one formula and this stuff really does work well dean loucks you know we've all heard of the…

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