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first coat and a new lease of life

just gave the big girl her first coat shes nice and shiny from about 10 feet away any closer and I should have painted her orange just need to wait for her to harden then add a couple more coats with wet sanding inbetween :)

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Looks good to me.Mind you,would probably have looked better in blue!


....any closer and I should have painted her orange

Add a bit more thinner.


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bluebedouin wrote:
Looks good to me.Mind you,would probably have looked better in blue!


....and that's why she's green haha
I'll add more white spirit upon the second and third coats . How long did your paint take to harden ?



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How long did your paint take to harden ?

I did two coats on the cab section & just one on the camper bit.
The cab section was done on really hot days so 24 hours after the first coat,it was ready for a second one.



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looking good old son ...................love the colour btw

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Cheers guy I was going for British racing green i know i know at least it will look nice as people pass me a couple of white stripes down the bonnet and i think im going to spray the bonnet badge gold add a touch of bling to the old girl :)

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could i ask what paint youve used please
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daytriper wrote:
could i ask what paint youve used please


of course you can feel free :P

Its the one and only beauty on a budget the wonderful rustoleum
This is the cheapest I found online

http://www.promain.co.uk/product/RAL6005_7300_CombiColor_SMOOTH_GLOSS_id1190_clid110

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Respray

Hi Gabby 1977,I like your chois of colour,almost the same as mine.Sorry No pic's yet.Cheers+Beers,Jim.

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Hi jim

I was toying with the idea of painting her the original vomit color mustard yellow but that would have been too cruel then around 25 years ago they painted her blue (previous owner sent a pic of her parked next to lake garda) so blue was out of the question then last year whilst messing around painting a pic of her on the pc I came up with the pic in my sig and my mind was made up :)

and so far to get me to the stage I am in the above photo its probably cost about £40 hence beauty on a budget are you going to strip and spray ?
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I looks good ! And such a good price !

Was this a brush or spray job ?
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many thanks for the reply, it states on there site it gives a smooth finish with ethier brush or roller?
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petethetug wrote:
I looks good ! And such a good price !

Was this a brush or spray job ?


I used a roller .

it does give a smooth finish if you thin it out with enough white spirit and build up the layers some recommendations were to mix it 50/50 then add about 6 layers with the last coat cut and buffed but I mainly wanted coverage for the journey to poland so mixed it 4/1 for a thicker coat it still needs at least another coat but I cant stress enough that time spent on prep , filling and smoothing is 3 quarters of the battle .

any areas I found that were rusty I gave them a once over with a wire brush attached to an angle grinder then treated with Kurust areas like the inside of the doors I put the kurust inside a spray bottle for those hard to reach nooks and crannies :)

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