splatter-paint

SOME IDEAS ON DOING
SCOTTY SPLATTER PAINT

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This page is relevant to pre paneled Scottys. These Scottys have the traditional robin egg blue walls with what is know as splatter paint. This is more of a technique(in my humble opinion) where colors of white and black are splatter over the blue. Some of the members who want to keep their Scotty's as close to original need to re-do the interior wall and ceilings. There has been some talk by various members on how to accomplish this splatter paint? Even the exact color of the robin egg blue may be a problem? Since these campers are mostly 40+ years old, there may be varying shades of the robin egg blue. I would say that you get a color that is as close to the one in your Scotty or a shade that you prefer. Below are a couple of sources for a shade that might look close to original:

Courtesy of Joseph:

I found a good off-the-shelf match for Scotty interior paint at True Value Hardware - it's their "Mountain Air - 1157" EZ-Care interior flat latex wall paint (EZF), formula from the True Value Formula Book as follows:
Ingredient D - O Y 8.50
Ingredient E - O Y 10.00

Courtesy of Rich Cooper : http://www.tcpglobal.com/autobodydepot/zolintermix.aspx

You might want to check these colors and see if it would work for you.

Below is an article on getting a match for the robin egg blue and a technique on applying the splatter paint.

Courtesy of Steve Provost:

I had to do some repainting to a few panels and to do it, I simply took one of the cabinet doors, or some other piece of the trailer that will represent the color you want, to Home Depot and they matched the "Robins Egg Blue" perfectly. The white and black I used, I don't remember, but any will do. The way I did it, was to just paint over everything with the "blue" and the spattering was done with a coarse bristled cleaning brush and a popsicle stick! Experiment with different brushes, to find one that will spatter the different colors best for you, as the black color isn't spattered as much as the white, at least in my trailer anyway, yours may be different. I'd dip the bristles in a shallow pan of the paint and then aim the brush at the area to be spattered. I'd then run the popsicle stick over the bristles and the paint would "spatter" onto the surface! I tried it on a couple of test pieces first to get the technique right and then went at it! The great part is, that if you spattered to much of one color, you can just start over again after the paint dries. Simply re-apply another base coat of "blue" and start spattering again. It took me a couple of tries to get the mix just right but, what the heck, it was just more layers of paint protection, the way I looked at it! Oh yeah, by the way, it's a good idea to mask off the things you don't want spattered! The paint can really fly if your not careful. Have fun!

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Bev Manvell stated: "My husband painted the walls blue then I used a "stippling" brush & added the black, then the white. I experimented on a board first to see which technique we thought looked most like the original in our Scotty. Bev in PA" - Pic Below:

So, if you are thinking of repainting the interior walls and ceiling in your Scotty and doing the splatter paint, then try these ideas and see how they work for you! I think this may be a process of trail and error first until you get 'comfortable' with your own technique and the application. Then, go at it and have some fun and as Steve said: "Simply re-apply another base coat of "blue" and start spattering again." Good Luck!

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Last update : 5.23.2009