Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[johnmarshman]

Hi All,
Paying for bathroom refurb has wrecked the bank balance. Hence notion of coach-painting the old fibreglass special body. All hints and tips gratefully received !. So far have gleaned that :
1) Need a darn good brush
2) Need a warm day
3) Need to keep dust at bay
4) Need to muck about with quantities of thinners to adjust paint flow - on this point am very vague !
5) Need to research good technique.......

The special is a Nickri Champion - see http://nickrichampion.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/

Cheers John

[Rick]

Hi John, good to see you here, nice to hear the old girl is getting done

Rick
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[bob2]

Try this link instead of coach painting, (its easier) he's done it with a roller, not a bad result for 50 dollars.

http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

[LadyThames]

I too am considering painting by hand, there are many threads in other forums by people who have given it ago with various types of paint.

This is what I have considered:

1: I am working outside, there are flies, spiders, kids with footballs!!!
so anything that takes 100 hours to dry is not practical for me.

So...I have decided I will probably opt for the faster drying enamel from craftmasterpaints rather than tekaloid.

2: Do I used a 'Hamilton brush' as suggested by stephen.hull or a 2 and a half inch gloss roller from B+Q which is suggested on some other sites?

3:I have both ali and steel so need etch primer and steel base coat BUT I am painting on top of some paint, the steel panels have a very good tough original undercoat that there is no point in removing, so how do I paint on top of this? Do I still use all the layers you'd use on bare metal?
What type of paint is enamel i.e. synthetic or cellulose?

4: It's all so confusing for us first timers! Any help appreciated

Thanks LadyThames

P.S: NO.5: Then there's choosing the colour, do I go for restoration and match the original army green, or do I go crazy and choose a glittery metallic pink or dark blue which I was previously stuck on.

Oh well back to the grindstone

[Rick]

Hi LadyT, welcome aboard. I don't have much paint experience so I'll leave that to others , just curious what it is you're painting - a Landy? Jeep?

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[Uncle Joe]

This topic, coachpainting, has come up a number of times on the forum, which prompts a question.

If it could be arranged, how many people would be interested to learn how to do it properly?

UJ

[buzzy bee]

Hi

You probably know, that I am keen to learn most things, so count me in!

hehe

Cheers

Dave

[Stuchamp]

I'd recommend using marine paint. It has more flow that hides the brush marks and won't orange peel. Less sanding also.

[UKdave2002]

One thing I have learned with painting (through getting it wrong ), be it brushed or sprayed; is providing it is a solid colour (not metallic) and you have a decent thickness of paint, then runs , brush marks or orange peel type defects can be polished out with right cutting compound after the paint has gone hard.

Things to avoid because they are far more difficult to fix; are any contamination of the paint or panel, the slightest trace of oil, silicon polish and worst of all brake fluid even if its just in the atmosphere will give problems.

If you have to do it outside flys and bugs are a real headache ! so have a pair of tweezers to hand to pick them out

Good luck Dave

[Uncle Joe]

I was having a discussion about painting a while ago, with a US friend. There are a available options now to coachpainting.

One is that two pack paint is available in aerosols, in the US at least. It should therefore only be a matter of time before it will arrive in Europe.

There was though another thought that came up. If you are going to refinish a car, then either get it done properly, or get it done as cheap as possible. There is a reasaoning behind this. Say a good respray costs £1000. Is it ten times better than a home job costing £100?

UJ

[Job-Rated]

I bloomin' well hope so, especially after how much mine cost!

[buzzy bee]

Hi

I may try to spray my truck, just as I want to have a go!
I have all of you for advice, and have the resto place to help me too.

Cheers

Dave