Budget paintwork

[Guest MK1gaz]

Whos done a diy cheapo paint job then without proper spray equipment ? So i'm talking about with cans or brushes then . How many aerosoles does it take too spray a mk1 cortina or is it cheaper to use a tin of paint / red oxide etc etc and a roller ?

[geoffersmasher]

my brother sprayed his mk1 escort in grey primer only using poundland cans

[Savvi]

My mates Dad used to paint his cars with normal house paint mixed with thinners.

He was a painter and decorator, so he also used to mix up what ever colours he had left over from jobs !!!

 

He would use a roller then a paint brush apart from the weird colours he'd come up with they looked good.

[bomber1]

if ur doing it a dark colour ie satin black i think it takes about 8 cans of top coat. halfords 500ml cans. if ur going a lighter colour ie yellow u could double that imo

[FredTransit]

my brother sprayed his mk1 escort in grey primer only using poundland cans

 

Dammit poundland do primer?? I am off to the shops!

[borneo]

http://www.rickwrench.com/50dollarpaint.html

 

Check this out!

[Rick]

you can flat anything down afterwards to make it perfect, iv seen people do great brush jobs personally i wouldnt though

[jack4door]

I've sprayed my mk2 scort with halfords primer, no idea how many cans i've been through though, maybe 10-15?

[TwoLitrePinto]

i sprayed my bonet with a cheapo can of satin black from car crazy, used about a can and a bit (big cans) on top of primer. the nozzles on the top of the halfords bottles are crap, i had a nozzle off a different spray can i found that sprayed in a line rather than a circle patch.

does a much nicer job if you can do that

[Toby]

I had a mad old (in age) work mate, really used to make me laugh, he painted his red audi 80 outside with spray cans, it showed, and I think there was more paint on his neighbours car than his. Neighbour from hell!! And a mad as a March hare!

[Cookie]

I think by the time you have bought a few dozen cans to do it the 'cheaper' way its mnore economical to pay 50 notes for a cheapie compressor and get some proper paint

 

At least then you can flatten it back properly, always find aerosol can paint weak as piss and horrible to flatten

[Rick]

good point cookie. canned stuff is very weak if your not laquering over it, it will polish off in fact

[5hane]

if you can borrow compressor thats the best.

we painted a 4 door mk2 escort in b&q paint. and used b&q thinners. cam out ok

 

before. 80 grit paper (thats all we had)

filler/ resin

paint we used

blue coat on

white coat on

 

fini

and too the show!

 

cost around £26

[TwoLitrePinto]

good point cookie. canned stuff is very weak if your not laquering over it, it will polish off in fact

 

yes, i painted mine outside, tried to do it in thin layers, done it in like 3 coats, and the last coat still wasnt atall flat, i used some halfords rubbing compound, to flatten it which did work and then polished it up with tcut, looks good apart from it went very thin in a couple of spots where you can see primer through it!!!

 

aside from that, about 3 days later a seagull sh*t on it and the marks still there

[Guest MK1gaz]

cool , loving the £26 spray job . So hoping to spray mine for less than £50 then , sounds tight but i'm spending money on going fast and not bling

[FredTransit]

if you can borrow compressor thats the best.

we painted a 4 door mk2 escort in b&q paint. and used b&q thinners. cam out ok

 

before. 80 grit paper (thats all we had)

and too the show!

 

cost around £26

 

Have you stild got this?

 

Seen this?

 

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/vi ... hp?t=73970

 

PM me if interested!

[5hane]

i wouldnt really say it was up to it lol

 

it has lumps all over it from the 'filler' (mostly resin shaped with and angle grinder very strong )

 

but it runs ,

[5hane]

cool , loving the £26 spray job . So hoping to spray mine for less than £50 then , sounds tight but i'm spending money on going fast and not bling

 

, if you hire the tools it shouldnt cost much. o forgot the paint was non drip made all the diffrence ~ ish

[harris horse power]

cool , loving the £26 spray job . So hoping to spray mine for less than £50 then , sounds tight but i'm spending money on going fast and not bling

 

stop being stingy and get it down to plough lane

[FredTransit]

i wouldnt really say it was up to it lol

 

it has lumps all over it from the 'filler' (mostly resin shaped with and angle grinder very strong )

 

but it runs ,

 

If it looks OK in the photos, it will look OK on camera.

 

BTW people I have a compressor on the back of the recovery truck I am told would be up to a respray (but no spray gun) so maybe I could offer a mobile spray service!

[Mr Sam]

and heres another £26 paint job, excluding the price of the compressor as i borrowed that

 

 

before

 

 

a days worth of sanding

 

 

and a few minutes with the gun

 

 

 

ive been using rattle can primer for the anglia so far and really wishing id just bought a tin of it togo through the gun, trouble is when you get to the end of a can it starts to loose pressure then you end up with it spitting........of and you get a sore finger

[Guest MK1gaz]

stop being stingy and get it down to plough lane

lol , it's booked in for prima this winter . I can't afford paint though so it will be sandy coloured with black bits on top for a few years

[FredTransit]

stop being stingy and get it down to plough lane

lol , it's booked in for prima this winter . I can't afford paint though so it will be sandy coloured with black bits on top for a few years

 

Watch out for that, primer is porous so if you have any bare metal under it the rust can develop.

[Stu_B]

I did satin black over the top of gloss black on my mk3 tina (well I never got around to doing the bootlid or roof ) took about 8 cans I think.

[mk3cokebottle]

cool , loving the £26 spray job . So hoping to spray mine for less than £50 then , sounds tight but i'm spending money on going fast and not bling

 

he he we use any paint we can get hold of with a touch of petrol in it to use as thinners and to make it shiny then blast it with a cheepo lacker for race cars etc and they tend to last longer than the road cars

 

or just go buy a tin of hammerite black and giv it the rat look