how much paint for a traveller ?

Post by **grainger** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:00 pm

hi

anyone know how much paint it takes to give a traveller one good coat all over ? .. there doesnt seem as much to paint as there is on a saloon ... i maybe wrong

thanks
grainger

Post by **Chris Morley** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:09 pm

Grainger - if you're going to paint it properly you'll need more than one coat. My father-in-law used 5 litres of black cellulose to spray a 1949 Ford (he gave it 3 coats I think) It probably had 10-20% more area (body panels) to paint than a traveller.

Post by **grainger** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:19 pm

hi

ta chris, yep i reckoned at least a couple of coats but with all this weather it will have to get done in stages, and as paint is never the same colour twice i thought id do it at least once all over just to make it look nice for xmas !!

so maybe more than a litre then ? ... a litre and a half ?

cheers
grainger

Post by **Chris Morley** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:46 pm

Grainger If you're talking a spray can job, the 400ml cans are just about able to give two coats to one door I guess (but it would be pushing it).

Trying to spray properly with spray cans in Winter is almost impossible because of the moisture in the air. I've only done it to cover scrapes and filler problems but the result wasn't very good. I found it helps a little to use a heat gun held some 18-24 inches away from the painted panel to prevent condensation while drying.

Without the use of a heated paint booth I doubt that a spraygun with compressor would fare very well either although you can add anti-blooming thinners to the mixture I believe.

Post by **grainger** » Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:35 am

thanks chris

i might be able to blag a cosy garage to do it in, but i might just make do with taking the bonnet off and bringing it into the shed to give me something to polish ... if you could see the various shades and textures of so called 'trafalger (!) blue' that have been brushed on it you'd realise a bit of 'bloom' wouldnt be a catastrophe ... it says its going to be mild this week (fingers crossed)

yeah im reckoning one tin would do one coat on a door AND a wing ... maybe ... i did three coats on the front panel (including the grille) and the valance from one tin

gr