Painting a landy on your driveway?

So I bought my Landy with a rather shabby paint job, the colour looks fairly nice but it has this weird mottled effect to it that makes it look like an old steam train.



It's a paint that doesn't require a lacquer or a primer and has been painted over its old blue paint job and I would love to give it a semi decent paint job and fill the dents she has come summer time as some of the paint is cracking/flaking away especially on parts where you really want to keep that paint (ie bulkhead/crossmember).

I was thinking of putting up a gazebo/tent up around the vehicle to keep the pollen/weather away from it (If anyone has advice on hiring or buying disposable ones of these that would be greatly appreciated). Also what advice can be given as to what tools to buy/rent and what chemicals to use (if any) when painting the vehicle. I have a friend who works on motorcycles that owns a compressor for applying the paint job thankfully.

Only paint jobs I can really find through searches are for roller finishes but I would like to spray it either the same colour or maybe even go for that nice, piano black with a satin black bonnet/roof.

I would say thats been done with a roller hence the orange peel effect

Yeah, I have had endless people asking me if its Hammerite when they check it out, I would imagine that's not far from the truth

lynall said:

I would say thats been done with a roller hence the orange peel effect

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Pumkin was painted on my driveway, turned out fine me thinks.

One hell of a rub down needed!

tottot said:

One hell of a rub down needed!

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Second that, Im painting on the driveway at the moment. Starting to wish id shelled out now!

I painted this for my brother last year in a gazebo.

It had been painted with a roller and brush before he got it. (Really badly)

The prep work took a while. Started with 80grit on a block to get it flat. Then used a da to work through the grits to 600.
As I say it took a while but it was worth it in the end.
Oh and it came out much better than I thought it would. What with it being my first time painting.

Anyway here is the results.

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natas said:

Pumkin was painted on my driveway, turned out fine me thinks.

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Not much difference between a driveway in Preston and one in the Bahamas

aaronmorris said:

I painted this for my brother last year in a gazebo.



It had been painted with a roller and brush before he got it. (Really badly)



The prep work took a while. Started with 80grit on a block to get it flat. Then used a da to work through the grits to 600.

As I say it took a while but it was worth it in the end.

Oh and it came out much better than I thought it would. What with it being my first time painting.



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That's a lovely finish that awesome job

Really nice couple of examples natas and aaronmorris!. I was thinking of getting an angle grinder with a paint/rust removal wheel attached to it and allocating a couple weeks off work to do it in with the help of a couple of mates. How long did it take you to prep it ready for painting? I am guessing you also used primer and a water based paint with lacquer finish?

Did you bother with any chemicals to help strip the paint or clean the surface ready for priming?

don't remove the paint, just flatten it. use an orbital to make it go quicker.

I just painted my truck this past weekend in my driveway. I made a "paint booth" out of drop cloths and used an HVLP paint gun. It came out very nice. Just pick a day with no wind and remember that the prep work is what makes the paint look good. I spend MANY hours sanding (with an orbital sander), masking and spot priming. I took the front windshield out because I figured it would look like a better job in the end. It did but what a PITA to put it back in. I bought a Britpart gasket and it was like wrestling with a kraken trying to get it back in. I wouldn't roll paint on a car that I wanted to keep but that's just me.

loz90 said:

That's a lovely finish that awesome job

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Cheers Just a shame he sold it after all the hard work.

Khranok said:

Really nice couple of examples natas and aaronmorris!. I was thinking of getting an angle grinder with a paint/rust removal wheel attached to it and allocating a couple weeks off work to do it in with the help of a couple of mates. How long did it take you to prep it ready for painting? I am guessing you also used primer and a water based paint with lacquer finish?

Did you bother with any chemicals to help strip the paint or clean the surface ready for priming?

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I wouldn't use an angle grinder as it will be to harsh. Again I wouldn't bother with any paint striper or chemicals.

I couldn't tell you how long it took to prep as it was started in winter just having the odd hour here and there in between other jobs we was doing. I would say if you had a couple of long days you could prep it in 3 days. But I suppose that depends on how far you want to go with it. If you want rid of every scratch and dent it may take longer if you're just going to rub down what you've got it may take less.

To clean the surface before priming I gave it a good wash to get the worst of the dust of and then use panel wipe on a rag just before painting.

I used etch primer in the places I rubbed through to bare metal. Then used a high build primer all over. Let that dry and wet flatted with 600 on a block.

As for type of paint I used cellulose. And I never lacquered it as my thoughts were it is something else to go wrong. I was very happy with the results as it was and was plenty hard wearing enough without it.

i'm pretty sure you need to bake water based, so in the uk.. i'd have thought it would be a nightmare doing it outside without an oven.

Khranok said:

Really nice couple of examples natas and aaronmorris!. I was thinking of getting an angle grinder with a paint/rust removal wheel attached to it and allocating a couple weeks off work to do it in with the help of a couple of mates. How long did it take you to prep it ready for painting? I am guessing you also used primer and a water based paint with lacquer finish?

Did you bother with any chemicals to help strip the paint or clean the surface ready for priming?

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Light sanding, etch primed and painted.

Gazebo.... What could possibly go wrong?

you are so going to paint the house wall :

Javelinadave said:

I took the front windshield out because I figured it would look like a better job in the end. It did but what a PITA to put it back in. I bought a Britpart gasket and it was like wrestling with a kraken trying to get it back in.

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Genuine windscreen seal is the only way to go. There was a how to in one the Landy mags a month or two ago, which said the same thing.

I've not painted a landy on the driveway.

I did paint a car once though.

Awesome, so take off what I can from the car. Mask it up real well, spend a good couple of days sanding the old paint down to a smooth keyed finish with an orbital sander (What grits do you guys recommend?).

Take it to bare metal for parts where I want to put filler? Sand down the filler and surrounding area smooth.

Prime the vehicle and then allow to dry for 24 hours and then go over the surface again with wet 600 grit paper, give it a wipe down with paint preparation wipes and spray with cellulose based paint from the compressor. Allow to dry for another 24 hours and then apply a couple coats of clear lacquer to finish?

The side panel is a little warped or has dents pushing outwards in some areas but they seem to come out of the factory like that so as nice as it would be it seems too much of a hassle to get flat but would be good to sort of the dents.

Obviously a step ladder will help for the roof too, mine has alot of interior that would need stripping out to remove the roof so I may go without it, spraying shouldn't be a hassle, just the sanding of the roof (It has a horrible brush job currently on the roof so whoever did it had the same problem)