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[Old-Nail]

The results speak for themselves sure enough.
How do you go about doing any ribbed parts or edges with that procedure then? I take it to be quite laborious by hand?

[47p2]

Ribbed parts or edges have to be done by hand I'm afraid, otherwise the paint would be rubbed off.

As for the stance for the picture, it all comes down to digital photography and having to look into a screen instead of an eyepiece.
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[Old-Nail]

An' there's me thinking you had Horses!

[bob2]

I use a lot the farecla G3, never tried the G10 or the others 47p2 mentioned but they r worth a try surely.
I do use the G3 by hand and it still gives great results. I have done the hunter like that using water sprayed on from a bottle as lubricant and G3 with a polishing cloth by hand and then gave it another one with autoglym (similar in grade to the G10) and it came ou very good, well here's a photo

[Phil - Nottingham]

Very smart - is that the proper Rover Dark Blue colour on the P2 or a later modern shade mix?

Was the finish that shiny when new? It would have nice to compare. Just the hand painted coach line to do now?


I too have used Farecla products its one of the oldest proprietary products first made to replace hand mixed concoctions used by the old coach builders
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Rover P5 & P5B
Land Rover S2 & S3
Morris Mini Traveller Mk2

[47p2]

The paint colour is Admiralty Blue, I would think from the 1960s P5B range of cars.

What has to be remembered is it has had 20 years of sunshine over in Australia and 5 years of rain in the UK so will have weathered quite a lot.

It is difficult to imagine cars having a glossy paint job back in the 40s. Certainly very few pictures from that era show a shiney car, but pictures were not of great quality and in B&W or even sepia so this may be confusing us
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[Phil - Nottingham]

Well I will not have that colour on my P2 as our P5B is finished in it - yes you are correct it was a standard P5 Mk111 and then P5B colour from 1966/7 season till the end of production in 1973. No two modern mixes are the same colour though!
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Rover P4
Rover P5 & P5B
Land Rover S2 & S3
Morris Mini Traveller Mk2

[47p2]

Phil, The pictures of my P2 do not show the colour properly. It does not look like any Admiralty Blue P5s I have seen. Also depending on the way the light hits it and the angle you are standing at it sometimes looks black.
Maybe it was painted with that new multi colour paint that seems to change colour
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[Phil - Nottingham]

Admilralty Blue is very dark and does seem to change its colour with different lighting etc

Old fashioned cellulose used up to the late 1950's did not weather very well at all so most cars unless religously waxed and garaged did look dull mots of the time. Colour ranges were hardly exciting anyway

The shine on the best finishes then was nothing like modern two packs etc anyway
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Rover P4
Rover P5 & P5B
Land Rover S2 & S3
Morris Mini Traveller Mk2

[Old-Nail]

[47p2]

[Phil - Nottingham]

I agree my current P5B is coated with a really thick 2 pack and its durable but looks like a PVC coating its so shiny
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Rover P4
Rover P5 & P5B
Land Rover S2 & S3
Morris Mini Traveller Mk2

[Uncle Joe]

Regarding 2K paint, if you know how, its possible to get any finish wanted, from glass to matt. Take a look at the photo of the 59 Impala I posted a while ago, (or I can post it again if asked). Most people comment how perfect the paint looks on that, not too shiny, not to dull.
Thats UJ applied 2K...