Thread: Who has Painted and who has Paid?

We haven't covered giving the grand kids a set of paints and letting them finger paint the panels

Haha thanks for the info and entertainment!

I will be giving it a crack myself most likely (not with a brush). I can borrow a bigger compressor, I have a wooden frame I made to use as a "roof rack hoist" that I can chuck some plastic over, I have got myself a dolly kit and am keen to give some panel beating a go

I will do it panel by panel, The color it is atm is still green so it wont look so silly for long. First I will get the engine finished and in.

Originally Posted by The ho har's

OI I resent that comment. I have all of the above and love them all Mrs hh

To quote Hawkeye Pearce, I think you mean to say:
"I resemble that comment"
😀

The last time I painted a car was about 35 years ago , The tough decision back then was to chose between Spraying Enamel or Acrylic Lacquer . no such thing as 2 pack, Acrylic Lacquer was fast drying and needed to be cut & polished to obtain a gloss but could not be coated over existing paint unless it was also known to be Lacquer .

Enamel gave a good gloss off the gun but too heavy a coat produced runs and because it was slow drying leaving dust or bugs in the paint overnight.

So now I'm faced with having to paint another Landy , I defenetly don't want to get into 2 Packs, So what are my DIY paint options nowadays ?? I might have to go an Enamel as the truck has about 10 layers of paint & I don't fancy completely removing it all back to the aluminium .

Septone paint stripper & pressure washing doing a good lob 1 layer at a time

Originally Posted by goingbush

The last time I painted a car was about 35 years ago , The tough decision back then was to chose between Spraying Enamel or Acrylic Lacquer . no such thing as 2 pack, Acrylic Lacquer was fast drying and needed to be cut & polished to obtain a gloss but could not be coated over existing paint unless it was also known to be Lacquer .

Enamel gave a good gloss off the gun but too heavy a coat produced runs and because it was slow drying leaving dust or bugs in the paint overnight.

So now I'm faced with having to paint another Landy , I defenetly don't want to get into 2 Packs, So what are my DIY paint options nowadays ?? I might have to go an Enamel as the truck has about 10 layers of paint & I don't fancy completely removing it all back to the aluminium .

Septone paint stripper & pressure washing doing a good lob 1 layer at a time

Why not two-pack? It is in my opinion the easiest of all paints to use. A lot of people are scared of mixing it up, but if you can count to at least 4 or 5 that isn't a problem

Try it.

Originally Posted by MR LR

Why not two-pack? It is in my opinion the easiest of all paints to use. A lot of people are scared of mixing it up, but if you can count to at least 4 or 5 that isn't a problem

Try it.

Because of the toxicity , Im in a estate type residential area with mainly retiree neighbours ( usually home) I don't have a spray booth , and the clean up will be a pita, Also two pack is totally wrong on a 40+ year old LandRover , This thing will have ripples and dents all over it and a thick high gloss finish is just going to be wrong .

this is the finish I'll be aiming for

Originally Posted by goingbush

Because of the toxicity , Im in a estate type residential area with mainly retiree neighbours ( usually home) I don't have a spray booth , and the clean up will be a pita, Also two pack is totally wrong on a 40+ year old LandRover , This thing will have ripples and dents all over it and a thick high gloss finish is just going to be wrong .

this is the finish I'll be aiming for

that's probably two pack in the picture.
I have repainted my s2a shorty station wagon roof and sides in two pack, probably done a bit more preparation than most, but I do suggest you try painting in two pack, it's not as bad as the naysayers believe, if you take moderate precautions, and just do a panel at a time, its a meccano set, so you can remove the bonnet, strip it and prepare it and paint it, then move on to the next panel, these things do not lend themselves to the modern car full repaint at the one time, and can be done bit by bit, just make sure you buy enough paint to cover the whole job and mix your paint properly each time you do a panel, and seal the paint tin properly each time.


and to those that say two pack is bad for you and never used it ... shutup.

Originally Posted by goingbush

The last time I painted a car was about 35 years ago , The tough decision back then was to chose between Spraying Enamel or Acrylic Lacquer . no such thing as 2 pack, Acrylic Lacquer was fast drying and needed to be cut & polished to obtain a gloss but could not be coated over existing paint unless it was also known to be Lacquer .

Enamel gave a good gloss off the gun but too heavy a coat produced runs and because it was slow drying leaving dust or bugs in the paint overnight.

So now I'm faced with having to paint another Landy , I defenetly don't want to get into 2 Packs, So what are my DIY paint options nowadays ?? I might have to go an Enamel as the truck has about 10 layers of paint & I don't fancy completely removing it all back to the aluminium .

Septone paint stripper & pressure washing doing a good lob 1 layer at a time

Sand it, clean it and roll it if you're not too fussed. They come up pretty alright for a vehicle that comes dented from the factory.