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[RichardBrown]

iam thinken of roller painting but want to see some finsihed minis
show me some please

[1984mini25]

Might be the odd pick or two in this link.

http://www.theminifo...x...=108688&hl=

Its not finished, but should give some idear...

[grumpy2]

painted an old series 2 lndy with a roller and sating green paint. looked fantastic

on a mini - not sure!

G

[RichardBrown]

thanks your mini looks super
how did u paint bits like the bulk head,back of the bootlid and bonnet door step etc hard to reach places as iam thinken of rollerin my mayfair to oew

[RichardBrown]

anybody finsihed minis painted?

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

theres a brilliant lookin, rolled mini in electric blue in this thread, it now the colour im thinking lol
http://www.theminifo...x...=187695&hl=

[1984mini25]

This one from a few years back...

[RichardBrown]

wow looks superb
ill see wer i can get some nice white and black for my mini

[Ju Boy!]

i did mine last summer (see profile for pictures)

[novakor]

just finished mine, got some lovely coach enamel from turners trade paints,
rollered it on with lots of flatting in between coats.
I did all the sanding and final flatting by hand, talk about elbow grease!!!
Anyway here's a pic attached of where I am with it now....
next time I'll pay out for a proper orbital unit to save time and effort but overall I've paid less than £100 and it's way better than before....
good luck!

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[RichardBrown]

just finished mine, got some lovely coach enamel from turners trade paints,
rollered it on with lots of flatting in between coats.
I did all the sanding and final flatting by hand, talk about elbow grease!!!
Anyway here's a pic attached of where I am with it now....
next time I'll pay out for a proper orbital unit to save time and effort but overall I've paid less than £100 and it's way better than before....
good luck!

wow ur mini looks the business
what did u use to paint with?

[novakor]

Glad u like it!!!
High density foam rollers, keep changing them after a coat.
And I had the undercoat mixed with the same pigments as the top coat for depth.
After all the work though I must recomend better tools as days of wet sanding just slooooowed me down.
After the final coat I went progresivley down to 3000 grit and then very cheap rubbing compound as the G3 stuff was way outa my price range (no job).
Then some autoglym polish (again by hand and twice).

Oh and for the tricky to roll areas I used a bag of make up application foam sponges from poundland.
They are cut into triangles and they dont melt like cheap rollers so I can paint every where without those pesky brush marks....and then before it skins off I roller over the edge of what I've painted so the paint flows nice but doesnt run.

Kinda weird to explain but its best to practise so you can load the paint without sags or runs fro using too much for it to flow right.
Lot's of cheap ways to paint but 80 -90% is the prep...

[tieclubbyestate]

did it with cans about a year ago gotta re do it because i have been rust removing it and i got white spray over it

[RichardBrown]

Glad u like it!!!
High density foam rollers, keep changing them after a coat.
And I had the undercoat mixed with the same pigments as the top coat for depth.
After all the work though I must recomend better tools as days of wet sanding just slooooowed me down.
After the final coat I went progresivley down to 3000 grit and then very cheap rubbing compound as the G3 stuff was way outa my price range (no job).
Then some autoglym polish (again by hand and twice).

Oh and for the tricky to roll areas I used a bag of make up application foam sponges from poundland.
They are cut into triangles and they dont melt like cheap rollers so I can paint every where without those pesky brush marks....and then before it skins off I roller over the edge of what I've painted so the paint flows nice but doesnt run.

Kinda weird to explain but its best to practise so you can load the paint without sags or runs fro using too much for it to flow right.
Lot's of cheap ways to paint but 80 -90% is the prep...

did uspray under coat or straight into rolling?
how much did u strip off the car?

[Ste_Jones]

What sort of paint do you use for this, first time i have heard about this (new to cars)


Ste_J