Thread: Painting

hmm they seem to roll and or brush a lot of landrovers in the UK- i have seen various articles in Wrecks to Ritches where they have hand painted.

I cant see how this can produce a good result but then i have never seen the finished product in the end.

mick

Really depends what sort of finish your talking, if its olive drab youll probably get away with using a foam roller. Mind you ive heard the AJ's used to paint up their beasts with a broom dipped in paint. I used a foam roller for some of mine and it works really well with enamel gloss.
cheers
Mick

That's what I figured as at best the finish wopuld be described as satin, and certainly not gloss.

I think i'll spray the bodywork, but I reakon that the roller will do the trick in the cab.

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Originally posted by Phoenix
...cab area. I still have some glue to remove from the carpet that was there...

Carpet ? Are you sure you've got a Land Rover there old boy ?

VladTepes

Yeah, previous owner had glued in a crappy beige carpet with this bright orange glue. I still have't got all of the glue off yet :roll:

As part of the tidyup of the Rangie I was going to give the footwells and loadspace / tailgate innards a touch of paint just to protect the metal and tidy things up.

As this will be covered by the carpet and the rear storage area I build, I figured that just painting it by hand is probably the easiest optoin. I was going to use some of the rust-inhibitor paint too ...

However for the tailgate I was wondering if you can buy that thick stuff they line ute trays with etc? Is that a paint-on type of product?

Isn't that some kind of tar or rubber compound?

Yep. If it's what I'm thinking off it's known as 'spray on ute-liner'. Not cheap for a whole ute but if you ask around at a few ute places you never know what you might find out.