ok heres my new moggie - Nobby - needs a bit of paint.
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ok heres my new moggie - Nobby - needs a bit of paint.
Ok here she is,
her interior is scrap (drop the 's' is probably more fitting) and she needs a coat of paint. I here grumblings for and against synthetic paints and I am looking to get twos years out of this car as a runner before doing a bare metal job on her, by that time I will have brenda back on the road, I hope complete with new sills. she is solid underneath and is fully MOT'ed being used a s a daily runabout.
I want a hardy paint job that will last two years, and look less like a patchwork job. I have a weeks holiday in FEB and I plan to give her a good rubdown and a paint job then if I can.
What do you guys think?
she will be painted original colour, and I don't have spray gear. in the past i have been successful with aerosols
her interior is scrap (drop the 's' is probably more fitting) and she needs a coat of paint. I here grumblings for and against synthetic paints and I am looking to get twos years out of this car as a runner before doing a bare metal job on her, by that time I will have brenda back on the road, I hope complete with new sills. she is solid underneath and is fully MOT'ed being used a s a daily runabout.
I want a hardy paint job that will last two years, and look less like a patchwork job. I have a weeks holiday in FEB and I plan to give her a good rubdown and a paint job then if I can.
What do you guys think?
she will be painted original colour, and I don't have spray gear. in the past i have been successful with aerosols
regards
Nigel
Meet Nobby Minor my daily driver, needing a little TLC now and then.
[img]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/nobby/IMG00319-1.jpg[/img]
http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/
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Nigel
Meet Nobby Minor my daily driver, needing a little TLC now and then.
[img]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/nobby/IMG00319-1.jpg[/img]
http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/
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Ok, Im convinced celly and prep work it is! The reason I was asking is because the car has been attacked with a paint brush and the wrong colour synthetic in a lot of places, and the prep work will be a lot harder as a result, but I reckon I can step up to the task, I have plenty of spare body parts to swap bits while working on them I might go down that route if I feel I need to.
I have had some good results with celly and aerosols before on Brenda's wing, I took it back to bare metal and built the layers up gently over a few days then used some cutting paste to get a deep shine.
and yes I will take some clearer shots if I can this weekend, the shots were from my phone next time I will use a proper camera.
I have had some good results with celly and aerosols before on Brenda's wing, I took it back to bare metal and built the layers up gently over a few days then used some cutting paste to get a deep shine.
and yes I will take some clearer shots if I can this weekend, the shots were from my phone next time I will use a proper camera.
regards
Nigel
Meet Nobby Minor my daily driver, needing a little TLC now and then.
[img]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/nobby/IMG00319-1.jpg[/img]
http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence of trying :-)
Nigel
Meet Nobby Minor my daily driver, needing a little TLC now and then.
[img]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/nobby/IMG00319-1.jpg[/img]
http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence of trying :-)
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Yea I was aware of that, that's why I was contemplating using the synthetic, but as they say, if a jobs worth doing .....
better get the can of Nitromorse ready
better get the can of Nitromorse ready
regards
Nigel
Meet Nobby Minor my daily driver, needing a little TLC now and then.
[img]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/nobby/IMG00319-1.jpg[/img]
http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence of trying :-)
Nigel
Meet Nobby Minor my daily driver, needing a little TLC now and then.
[img]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/nobby/IMG00319-1.jpg[/img]
http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s192/nslocomotives/
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence of trying :-)
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Actually I've got a similar issue that I'm thinking about (in the wee small hours when I need to cheer myself up) when I eventually get round to repainting mine. I can't decide whether to take all paint off to bare metal or whether to paint on top of the very faded original where it is still sound in many places - esp roof, bonnet, etc.PSL184 wrote:I'm sure you know this already, but just in case not, celly won't go on top of synthetic without a barrier layer or better still, take it back to bare metal....
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Depending on year your car could have been painted with synthetic so at the very least spray over the whole car, once prepped, with a barrier or sealer..... No need to remove paint back to bare metal unless you're really a gluten for punishment
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Celly from Express pains in Portsmouth £15 a litre. If you start from bare metal at least you know what you have got. Try Lechler green 2K high build primer. It also acts as an etch and doesnt sink like celly primers. Its filling powers are incredible,i rough all filler work out in 40 grit add to coats of this and a guide coat. Flat and re-prime and jobs a good en!
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Using aerosols is ok for small stuff, but doing the whole car seems a bit optimistic. You'd probably end up with tone variations as well from panel to panel unless you did the whole lot at once, and that would mean a lot of cans. Considering 8-10 litres does a car and a 500ml can costs what, 5 quid? well you do the maths!!
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A 400ml can costs £13.23 from ESM.youngun wrote:a 500ml can costs what, 5 quid?
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