Thread: How Much Cellulose Paint For Full Respray

QUOTE (roofless @ Nov 11 2009, 07:53 PM) what primer you working with to get a good start point prior to colour? is this question aimed at me? Ill be applying black primer, before I apply the black undercoat, then just a fine layer of pearl purple as I want the colour to be dominantly black but with a purple hint. 1 to 2 layers of purple.

My mate used rustoleum on his pickup and he didn't prime, it seemed to go on fine, I'll speak to him tomorrow and ask him for some tips, IE what he'd do different next time etc...

anymore?

Almost ready to start doing the fitch, sills and door step on my project. The door step and outer sill that is on at the minute seems to have a slight curve down its length (ive noticed that the door also has a slight curve). The sill and door step replacements are bang straight. Im wondering if there is a technique to getting them to shape easily? tom

I used black hammerite, then went over with waxoyl

I didn't think anyone made a full non-genuine scuttle. Ive only ever seen the non genuine repair sections for either end (and these are crap make no mistake!)

Plus don't forget to do a scuttle properly, it's wings off too...

Personally I wouldn't bother trying to save money here. The hadrian repo's are utter crap, I had a hinge panel that wasn't even close to being the correct shape. By the time you've tried to weld those 3 panels together and then got them to even look 1/2 right you'll wish you'd bought the Genuine ones!! Having said the the full rear panel isn't that much more expensive, not sure whether thats...

Have the a panels been replaced? You will probably find the doors might need pulling up and down to get them aligned, the hinge will do so much, then you will need to use brute force to bend the hinge panel into shape. Paul.

RAL is a european colour standard - IE RAL 7025 is the same dark grey anywhere. It's an industry standard, so you can get RAL 7025 2k, celly, enamel and even powder coat, and they will all be very close to the same colour. Aim for a primer that is similar in colour to the topcoat, but don't go mad. 2k covers pretty well, so the main thing is to just get all the primer the same colour, and nice and flat. If I was faced with a mini in...