Old English White Paint

Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:34 pm

I decided to carry on with the brush painting and I am happy with the colour and the results...<br>

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Post by **Matt** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:07 pm

Montego wheels?

Ital/marina pcd...

Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:49 am

mgf space saver but yes ital/marina pcd, which i suppose could make them montego wheels.

Post by **tingo** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 7:17 pm

That wheel looks great! What size brush do you use for painting?

Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:30 pm

thank you I am using a 1/2 inch / 12mm

one thing I am doing now which I did not do at the start is to paint them in two steps so to speak. So rather than painting the entire wheel I paint the centre down to the "rim" then leave it to dry before painting the "rim". Yes it is slower but i find it easier and i do not accidently touch wet paint with my hand / brush.

Post by **Matt** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:33 pm

yup MGF space saver is identical to montego wheels ;)

Post by **alainmoran** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 1:44 pm

charlie_morris_minor wrote:thank you I am using a 1/2 inch / 12mm

one thing I am doing now which I did not do at the start is to paint them in two steps so to speak. So rather than painting the entire wheel I paint the centre down to the "rim" then leave it to dry before painting the "rim". Yes it is slower but i find it easier and i do not accidently touch wet paint with my hand / brush.

Great tip ... I'm just about to set to brush-painting mine, so I'll be taking your advice on that one

Post by **wiglaf** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:18 pm

That looks good... as I'm about to try tidying up Sleipnir's wheels once she's back from her MOT (just passed! Picking her up tomorrow...), besides the cunning two-stage approach, do you have any other tips?

As I'm also planning on doing it with the tyres still on, what preparation did you do? Gentle sanding back by hand? Wire wool? Does anyone else have any recommendations?

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Post by **ani** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:16 pm

I had a look at Charlie's wheels and they are as good as the photo

I asked the same question and I understand that just light sanding was required. I suppose it depends on what condition your wheels are in to begin with.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:28 pm

Clean up the wheels with a good rotary wire brush in leccy drill. Wear eye protection!

Post by **eastona** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:18 pm

It must be wheels time.

I'm going to do Maggie's wheels, and I went to Halfrauds because they mix paint.

I asked them for 1/2 a litre, but apparently they can only put flat colours in a spray can, not in a tin. They can put metalic and pearlescant in a tin or spray. Figure that one out. Bizarre rules. I didn't ask if it mattered what phase the moon was or what colour the paint was

I want it in a tin, and spray it on myself, then I can keep it for touch up etc.

I may just try the gloss paint option. It's certainly cheaper. I've always prepped the way BMC suggests, with a wire brush and drill. It's quick and derusts well.

I suppose if I got it in a spray can I could have just sprayed them and kept the spray cans. What's the finish like from those? In hindsight maybe I was too quick to indignantly flounce out. I could prep with high build primer first to get a good finish.

Just need a good, dry weekend now

Andrew

Post by **ani** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:38 pm

I did mine with hi build primer then spray cans. The finish is good but I think it depends on how good you are at doing the job. I didn't find it that easy to get the spray really even and ended up with a few runs. Personally, having seen what Charlie has done I would vote for Dulux and a half inch paint brush every time - beautiful finish. Suppose you have much more control. I know he mixes up magnolia with something else but not sure what.

Post by **eastona** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:59 pm

Did my wheels today. wire brush in an angle grinder, then dulux gloss. I mixed together a creamy paint with a bit of white and then liberally applied. It looks OK, not the best painting by any stretch, but a whole heap better than they were before.

Wear gloves when using one of those wire brush things, I pulled a few wires out of my hand and have a left hand now peppered with about 40 little red dots!

best bit was it only cost about eight quid! And it tidies up the car loads.

Andrew

Post by **tingo** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:19 am

I've done mine too. I sanded by hand because I didn't want the drill to skid onto the tire. B&Q do a gloss paint called antique white which is the correct shade (to the untrained eye

). I used a 1/2 inch brush as recommended above and got a good finish.

Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:05 pm

estona you are lucky you only got bits in your hands i got one in well... a lot more sensitive place once!

As for pre work i just used a quick go over with wet and dry, the wheels I have painted are space savers so if they have done 20 miles i would be surprised so it was more get the dirt off rather than anything else.

as said in other threads maybe even this one I used a 50 / 50 magnolia / white mix

finally thank you ani for the compliment.