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Just got this paint etc on fleebay!
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:05 pm
by ani
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... TQ:GB:1123
He tells me its a bargain! I've no plans to do this and no equipment either but you never know. Perhaps I'll do a bit at a time with a paintbrush
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:21 pm
by 8009STEVE
5 litres paint, 5 litres thinners and 3 litres of primer for less than £40 quid! Did you leave the skin on his hands?
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:25 pm
by ani
He did sound a little upset and I ended up feeling a bit guilty. Didn't think it wise to ask him to respray for me as well
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:00 pm
by rob.hardy1
And i always thought tartan paint was a wind up.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:09 pm
by Dean
That is cheap... I've just paid £27+vat per litre for my high quality celullose alone!
High build cellulose primer filler is about a tenner a litre, probably the same for the thinners.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:04 pm
by bmcecosse
Yes - that's the lot I ppointed out earlier on the '2 pack' thread. Tartan red is a great colour - and that's a great buy, provided you like RED!
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:43 am
by ani
I think it will look stunning if the finish is like this picture
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 11:01 am
by bmcecosse
I was involved in the painting of a Tartan Mini many years ago - for a rallying friend who had sponsorship from a tartan firm! Sadly I have no pictures.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:27 pm
by Peetee
Tarten is quite easy to spray. It's properly cleaning the woolen fibres out of the spraygun that is the difficult part.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:32 pm
by ani
bmcecosse wrote:I was involved in the painting of a Tartan Mini many years ago - for a rallying friend who had sponsorship from a tartan firm! Sadly I have no pictures.
I thought you might reply to that one! Wish I was nearer as I'd love to commission you to do the same to the pickup
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:04 pm
by bmcecosse
Oh no - I didn't do it - I just sprayed the basic colour and then it went off to a coachbuilder - provided and paid for by the sponsor - to have many stripes of different colour applied.
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:19 pm
by ani
Ah well - I'd settle for the basic colour
I'll keep it in the garage for now - the preparation is obviously the real labour intensive bit and I've no idea if I could do that myself. Maybe I'l win the lottery ..................... better start buying a ticket
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 7:47 pm
by bmcecosse
Did try a search for 'Tartan Mini' - lots of nice pictures - none of them anything to do with a Mini car!!!!!!!!!