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Hi

I have a hardtop which requires painting white cos it's looking poo!, what's the best brush on paint to use?

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time for a visit to the wiki or here.....

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18751
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When i got my roof from jed the spread it was a grey colour i painted it with hammerite smooth finish paint covers really well and a couple of coats loos fine!!
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the grey was hammerite too :D use a roller not a brush :wink:

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You'll need to rub it down first. Why not try "rubbing it down" with Tcut or similar first. Might clean up ok! Then again, you can see it. Maybe it's worse than I imagine!

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Thanks all, appears hammerite is ok for the fibreglass, i'll try the roller though. :D

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