Painting your classic

Post by **aupickup** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:55 pm

i had to paint my nails white

Post by **ani** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:16 pm

Daft bugger

You didn't even spray it

Post by **aupickup** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:26 pm

wasn`t talking about the spraying, i allways paint my nails white LOL

Post by **ani** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:47 pm

OMG! Do you do your toenails to match

Post by **aupickup** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:52 pm

nah was joking about the white

i prefer red LOL

Post by **katiekat** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:56 pm

My partner is getting a Beetle tomorrow or Saturday which needs restoration. The battery has leaked and fallen through the floor! It will need a full respray as well.

I wanted another moggie but can't find one that's reasonably priced. Well never mind!

Have you done your red paintwork yet Ani?

Post by **katiekat** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:08 pm

It's going to need lots of work!!!!

Post by **ani** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:08 pm

Nope - I'm waiting for you

Send me a pm with your telephone number and I'll call you tomorrow for a chat - if that's ok

Will be nice to do up a Beetle - you can make it look like Herbie!

Post by **ani** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:10 pm

katiekat wrote:It's going to need lots of work!!!!

Fantastic

You're following in the footsteps of David and his Pick-up Resto

Post by **ASL642** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:56 pm

I'll send you a spade to start the digging

Post by **katiekat** » Fri May 22, 2009 10:32 am

I'm only joking, the actual bug is much worse!

Post by **katiekat** » Fri May 22, 2009 5:14 pm

I'm finished now! Betsy is on her way to her new home today!

Post by **katiekat** » Fri May 22, 2009 5:15 pm

Bye bye Betsy!

Post by **dustyfog** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 2:58 pm

hi katiekat, you might be intrested in my thread on spraying

Post by **gentman** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 5:38 pm

http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... ic&t=22760

here you go

Post by **morrisminormad** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:59 pm

if you paint a car pannel by pannel the finish will look uneven as one pannel will have dried befour the next pannes has this is a picture of a car painted all in one go

Post by **Sidney'61** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:27 pm

However, it is much easier to paint the panels laying flat (especially if it's your first time), you are less likely to get runs.
Spraying it whole you are probably more likely to miss bits aswell.
Please correct me if I'm wrong...

Post by **andrew.searston** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:20 pm

but if you lay the panels flate wont he dust settle on them. and the pressure from the spray gun will blow dust up onto the panel. even if you wet the floor to stop dust. this is if your spraying it at home of course

Post by **ASL642** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:02 pm

You will get a better result if you slightly angle the panels (rest them against an old table/workmate. This avoids any floor debris/flies landing

Post by **alex_holden** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:24 pm

As a novice sprayer with a cheap gun I had more trouble spraying horizontal panels than vertical ones for several reasons: You can't hold the gun fully perpendicular to the panel, so the top of the spray 'fan' is much further away from the panel than the bottom; it's easy to accidentally touch the wet paint with the air hose or the paint pot (if it's the kind with the pot under the gun); and in my case several times a big drip of paint leaked out of the paint pot seal and splodged onto the panel.

The trav roof was the hardest panel to do because it's a huge horizontal sheet and I could only reach it from a stepladder, which I had to move around to about five different places around the car in order to spray a coat on. As a result it probably has the worst orange-peel on the car.