Doyle
#1
Posted 20 February 2010 - 08:00 PM
So decided on the old skool roller painting tecnique...
Spent 4 days preping her...then off to Dingbro to get the paint (same paint they roller paint the buses with) and a box offoam 4'' rollers
Then got started...
After the 1st coat...
Then the result!
Im super pleased... cant even tell its been rollered!
Total cost £48 (1.5L paint,rollers,masking tape)
So for very little money and a week of labour (20 hrs)
im well chuffed and have saved a fortune!
#2
Posted 20 February 2010 - 08:03 PM
#3
Posted 20 February 2010 - 08:10 PM
Cost's very little and i still have paint left from 1.5L, its just the effort for perping the car and taking time to get the paint on properly!
Ended up doing 3 coats on the body and 5 on the roof, but has turned out amazing, looks just like a spray job but a fraction of the cost!
No orange peel anywhere, just a smooth shiny finish all over.
Going to leave it a week or so for the paint to properly harden the wet & dry it then G3 polish it
#4
Posted 20 February 2010 - 08:21 PM
Oh well done by the way!
#5
Posted 20 February 2010 - 08:26 PM
That's an amazing result what paint did you use?
Oh well done by the way!
Thanks mate,
It automotive enamel gloss paint, they use it to paint the buses with at work, supplied form a local motor factor (£23 per L) I still have some left for 1.5L!
#6
Posted 20 February 2010 - 09:55 PM
#7
Posted 20 February 2010 - 10:23 PM
Going to leave it a week or so for the paint to properly harden the wet & dry it then G3 polish it
this time of year i would leave it a lot longer
#8
Posted 20 February 2010 - 10:26 PM
#9
Posted 20 February 2010 - 10:34 PM
#10
Posted 20 February 2010 - 10:36 PM
Nope, didn't have to thin the paint, just stir and then pour,most local motor factors will supply i think, has a super finish and shine
Aye, prob will leave it a bit longer, been -4 here last couple weeks! No hurry, it shining as it is!
#11
Posted 20 February 2010 - 11:35 PM
What prep did you do?
#12
Posted 20 February 2010 - 11:44 PM
#13
Posted 21 February 2010 - 09:26 AM
Then rub down entire shell to remove any imperfections, then complete wipe down for dust/odd bits of crap...
Then masking tape on whatever's not getting stripped and off you go...!
#14
Posted 21 February 2010 - 12:31 PM
#15
Posted 21 February 2010 - 01:07 PM
I rubbed down some small bubbles & imperfections between coats to cover with the next coat.
You can pretty much roller layer on layer without much rubbing down though.
As long as the bodywork is properly prepedand rub down any imperfections between coats then you shouldn't run into any problems!
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