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Posted: 23 Jun 2006, 15:28
by kevtherev
"WEAZLECHIN" wrote:didnt look at the link, but they used to paint cars with brushes before the advent of compressors (coachpainting) youve seen the paint on some of the old stagecoach`s. it will take you months of painting and rubbing down and painting again etc, to get it that good. go onto google and enter "tekaloid" or knacker laquer, you should get some helpful links
quite right
My father used to used to be a coachbuilder and they never used spray.
with mechanical orbital sanders modern abrasive paper a lot of the work is easier
Posted: 23 Jun 2006, 19:08
by west E
make sure you only use the satin colours for a gloss finish.
One of the guys painted his type 2 using a spray gun, not sure which one it says somewhere in there. looked pretty good to me. I'm tryin to sort out somewhere under shelter b4 i'm gonna give it a go.
Posted: 23 Jun 2006, 20:36
by "WEAZLECHIN"
dude, you dont need to be under cover, i did another 2 panels on me westy today in broad daylight with 2 pac, one bug landed i got him off with tweezers, i will leave it a few days to flat it (if at all), looks pretty good. i will save myself £1200 and thats what matters. if i had a spray booth i would be happier though !!!!! if you are on one of the do`s and im there you can have a butchers(if ive finnished flatting that is!!!!)
Posted: 03 Jul 2006, 15:47
by CovKid
Combicolor, the enamel that can be applied with a roller (see links in this thread) is available from lawson-his.co.uk. They mailed me today with the following info:
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Combicolor is available in the full range of RAL, BS4800, & BS381C colours along with many OEM colours.
This tint range is available as follows:
1 Lt - £ 10.00 each
2.5Lt - £ 22.40 each
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I am presently prepping the caravelle ready to give it a coat. It will even go straight on to rust (loose stuff removed first) and over all paint finishes so I gather. Just cos it goes on with a roller doesn't mean you end up with Artex - again see links in this thread. I'll take the windows out to do the whole thing and I'll happily post here with photos of the results.
