Thread: Paint

Looks good to me How does the saying go .... "Happy wife, happy life" .... So if the boss women is happy you have done very well! I think putting a perfect paintjob on a car that gets "used" is crazy. How long do you think mine would last being, er, "sedately" driven through the local forest to work each day.

I will use the best paint I can afford though. It certainly sucks to have to do stuff again in a few months time.

seeya,
Shane L.

I just stopped at the local paint place (that I've been using for the last 20years .... and trust).... and they now of the Debeer and Valspar range. They are recommending Valspar as being quite good. It is incredibly cheap (it would be half the price of the equivalent PPG paint I've used in the past).

seeya,
Shane L

Well it will be interesting to see how the Valspar paint works out. I just got a 4litre primer/sealer, 4 litres of top coat (2 part all in one ... ie: not base/clear) ... a bunch of sandpaper, a roll of masking film, a few rolls of tap ... A small tin of bog with some reducer, fast hardener, and medium hardener ...... $475 ..... How cheap is this paint! It sure will be interesting to see how it applies. They have always been really helpful guys in at the local paint place. they suggested thinning it as little as possible. 5% max .... They said some painters ever use no reducer at all.

seeya
Shane L.

Shane - I am watching your comments with great interest...

Originally Posted by grey_ghost

Shane - I am watching your comments with great interest...

Given the rate it takes me to get to stuff ...... It may be a while. I have a week off in a couple of weeks.... So no doubt this will be "get the ****box rangie back on the road" week. I must admit I'm enjoying driving my old Citroens around at the moment. You should not drive your old cars for extended periods of time so you can become used to "normal" cars .... Then you can be blown away and how bloody brilliant they are when you start driving them again (rather than thinking they are normal ... and everything else seems like crap).

seeya,
Shane L.

well this is what I'm tidying up ..... Every panel has a clear coat starting to delaminate in small areas and I managed to pressure wash some paint off of several panels. Weirdly the car looks ok if you give it a good wash.





It looked pretty much this neat and tidy when I purchased it. I gave it a good lookover when I bought it. The only real marks in the body were dents at the bottom of both front doors (below the bump strips where you can't see them).... And the two "standard" dents ever Rangie seems to have ... ie: the tailgate where its been opened onto a trailer coupling .... and the roof above the drivers door ( do people somehow lean on the roof ?)



I've decided I'll paint it a nice bright early colour .... Tuscan blue. That way I don't need to stuff around with metalic paint (plus I have never like metalic greens and blues that always look faded and washed out from almost new). This biggest problem is shiny paint will make even the tiniest mark or flaw .... stand out like dogs balls. So what I did was run my hand over the car and hit every mark with the flap disc in the angle grinder (knocking them back to bare metal).



Ready for some bog ... nothing like breathing dust and sanding to fill every spare second you have!

So my nice straight roof .... I ran my hand over that .... yes you can't miss the nice dent above the drivers door .........................










This is my life .... Is anything ever quick and easy .... count the bloody things .... I dare you ..... 29 .... yes twenty bloody nine marks in that nice straight roof .....




I've hit it with the D/A and its now ready for primer. Its not going to be perfect ... but far better than is needed for a daily driven car that'll be used and abused

The rest of the panels will only need a quick sand and they'll be good to go right ?

seeya,

wow .. the forum made a mess of that post and put the pictures and text out of order .... if you click edit, you get just the text ........ Oh well, close enough