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#1 mini-mad-dan

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Posted 06 November 2006 - 05:51 PM

hi just qondering if any one could tell me how much paint in gonna need to do a whole shell inside and out, thinners and celly paint? thanks,
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Posted 06 November 2006 - 07:54 PM

Well, people always say that 3 litres of paint is enough, but how they manage that is beyond me, i used 10 litres of primer, and 9 litres of topcoat on our woody estate, which also meant using about 50 litres of thinners in total....!! That may sound like a lot, but it depends on the finish you can get with your gun and spraying ability. We had to do a LOT of cutting back, so maybe thats where all the paint went... :w00t:

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Posted 06 November 2006 - 08:00 PM

50 litres of thinners.... did you see any pixies?

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Posted 06 November 2006 - 08:02 PM

Hehe, nope, but i used a very good spray mask....!!!

Honestly, i couldn't believe it when i saw the stack of empty cans that was gathering round the side of the garage...!! Don't forget you need quite a bit for cleaning out the spray gun, unless you buy gunwash, but i think the price is pretty similar....




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