Thread: Should the Rangie go?

Originally Posted by bacicat2000

Yep - hard to do a full colour change on a budget unless you are doing ALLthe work yourself - I too have done this a twice, and it is a BIG PITA.

Having said that, I am contemplating doing it a 3rd time - with the Rangie, and probably a satin or matt black, but I have been told matt black shows up too much - finger prints and such, which are hard to clean off. I am about to test some samples of both an off the shelf matt black and a custom satin black - which relies more on the prep & finish rather than the paint, to see if either of them will be workable in full scale. Either way, the entire vehicle will have to be pulled apart to do this - IF and its a big if... IF I decide to do a colour change at all. The last one I did was a dunny door station wagon, and I think there was at least twice the work in doing a colour change, rather than just respraying the original colour...

definately interested in the outcome of the matt black and satin black... i trust this is car paint? where did you get it from and are you spraying it out of a gun or a can?and i do agree, that like a lot of things in life... preparation is key.

Originally Posted by RR90_Goat

definately interested in the outcome of the matt black and satin black... i trust this is car paint? where did you get it from and are you spraying it out of a gun or a can?and i do agree, that like a lot of things in life... preparation is key.

The trial will consist of 2 panels, each treated differently - I haven't started yet, it's on my short list. My local paint supplier says that matt black is available, but as everyone says, attracts finger prints and stuff, which is hard to shift. I am going to try something a bit different, to see if the results will be any different. All painting will be with a gravity feed gun and nice dry air, just as if I am painting a whole vehicle.

First will be a standard 2K gloss black, Rubbed back to a matt finish. Not sure if this will be the same, or if I will get enough consistancy with the wet and dry.

Second will be a variation to this using clear coat, and rubbing back. May all be a waste of time, so I am only going to do a small panel of each to start with, to see wht the end texture and cleanability (is that a word? ) of each is.

I'll post the results.

Keep it , rip all the good bits off and find a decent vehicle ( for less than a paint job ) and biuld it up like the old one , except nice interior and decent paint job.

Not that hard I would if thought !

Keep it , rip all the good bits off and find a decent vehicle ( for less than a paint job ) and biuld it up like the old one , except nice interior and decent paint job.

Not that hard I would if thought !

I am keeping mine it s 92 RR vogue , 225km and going strong. We use it as a third car , when one of the others is being serviced and I like driving it to work once a week to keep the v8 addictionn up ( the other two are oil burners. )

Worth doing the numbers on the above I reckon