My new project (he's been hit FFS)

[jasongtr]

thank god for that i thought i was p1ssed

[sketch]

thank god for that i thought i was p1ssed

I'm an idiot, I do it all the time. BTW I'm a lady not a guy.

[jasongtr]

no worries, ah a lady car sprayer - cant be many of you around

[sketch]

i guessd id need one of those my neighbour has one, how much did you spend on the spray gun, my compressor is 75 litre 2.5 hp i think - thats ok isnt it?

Sorry, just spotted this one.

My compressor is only a 24litre and coped fine. My spraygun was about £75 with postage from these guys.

http://www.stockwelltools.co.uk/browse. ... 95/level/4

[jasongtr]

well i might be getting a border front end for my car that needs a colour change so i might have a go at it

[jasongtr]

there seems to be loads of choice about paints, which one did you use, and where did you get it from - your work?

[sketch]

I used paint from Lechler. Bought from Express paints in Portsmouth. The company I work for uses them and they have an online catalogue (which seems to be playing up right now )

I used about 5-6 coats of cellulose paint which has a tough finish, didn't need baking, and didn't need to be sprayed in a booth. Though it did need compounding afterwards to get a nice shine on it.

The roof was done with acrylic rattle cans from helfrauds and laquered.

[jasongtr]

do you not need to lacquer the cellulose paint then

[sketch]

do you not need to lacquer the cellulose paint then

Nope not a plain colour like the white I chose

You would still have to laquer metallic though (I think) and you'd have to make sure the base colour and laquer were compatible.

As said, I'm not a painter by trade and I'm sure if you posted about it someone more in the know could give you more answers. I think IMOC has a few auto sprayers.

I dont think Celly is widely used anymore though, It's all gone waterbased. Though they use it at work, it's a bu88er when fitting the vehicle back together as it only takes one slight rub or knock to blemish the paint finish. (obviously the paint is rather fresh)

[jasongtr]

hmm mine is metalic, so ill need to research this, then buy the spray gun, paint and water trap and go oh xxxx just as you start

[SuperRedMR2]

I'm looking to sand my car down throughout the winter and spring.

have you got any tips of respraying? Ive got a compressor to borrow, but I need advise on the technique of applying the paint...

[oiltrap]

met paint is base coat and laq on top

[windy138]

Awesome [thumleft] Loving the colour scheme.
It is really a beautiful car.
Like it so much :X

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[Mike 'MR2' McHugh]

Looking really nice mate, thats some good work !!

[sketch]

Thanks for the nice feedback guys There will be more to come

[sketch]

Not had a good day today, the car was parked up outside work as usual when one of the traders turned up selling stuff. He pops his head into the workshop saying something along the lines of "oops I think i've just hit one of your cars" . I walk out with him to check and said jokingly "not the white one" ?:lol:

"Yeah the white Mr2":pale:

FFS, the paint and lights are about a month old as is the wing the hand jockey hit.

I was so mad I walked off (before I started crying) and he came in, gave me a lolly and a hug saying "it's only a piece of metal" WTF ??? It's MY piece of metal you idiot !! Wasn't very pleased when I told him he WAS going to pay for the damage, I think he got the impression he wasn't going to have to sort it.

He agreed to pay up reluctantly but I'm still gutted, the guys at work are going to do the repairs next week and my boss will invoice him.
TBH there isn't a massive amount of damage but it's the total pain in the backside of having to strip it yet again and fit back up....plus I'll be running around in a poxy corsa for a few days......Yay