Hand painting Help Please!

Hi I want to hand paint my series 3 bright yellow, as I am going to do some serious off-roading I don`t want to spend a fortune on a respray but I still want it to look good so I am going to handpaint. I have been told that coach paint is the best paint to use but I cannot find any on the net. Anyone out there know any websites where I can get yellow coach paint or failing that anyone know of any good alternatives I can brush on that will give me a non hand painted finish?

what a 'kin horrible colour! apply the paint with a stick,it's going to look bloody awful anyway.

Vehicle Painting Pointers

ignore bigchap he's just a colourist

I used DULUX gloss on mine, goes on a treat with a small roller, when you get bored with a colour a pressure washer removes all the paint, so you can start again.

One tin will do a SWB twice Cheap as chips I say

Anyone used paint from Turners Trade Paints Limited

seems you have ring for prices ???

Big chap...I see you live in Frimley green is that why you don`t like Yellow! Sean, thanks for the site very interesting. Codbasher, my dad may even persuade me to go down that route yet, I remember painting his series 2a matt orange, we are a colourful family!!!

i just don't like yellow

what colour would you reccomend

bertie25 said:

what colour would you reccomend

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paint it woteva yer likes - ignore this lot their a bunch of urine extraction experts

bertie25 said:

what colour would you reccomend

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'Aston Martin Purple'

swan **** green

Yer cud try usin boat paint. You cun get tha in loads o diffrent colours an its hard wearing. Try a chandlers for some colour charts.

tractor paint, what else would he paint it with ?

Sean said:

what else would he paint it with ?

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a brush ??

Jawel paints, all over the midlands, truckcoat polyplus, excellent paint, can brush on.

yella said:

a brush ??

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a stick

i'll shut up now.i'm starting to annoy myself!

Think you'd be surprised what a turbine paint sprayer and the proper automotive paint would come to. Much more durable.. no harder than paint brush..

If you're sayin its gunna get bashed.. why bother anyway? Well thats up to you.

I could tell ya what to use to put automotive paint on it cheaply.. but not brush.\

Thing with aluminium is getting the paint to stick. Its a slippery metal.. it'll stick for a bit..then come off in sheets.

I have seen a landy with a really nice rust looking paint paint job done by brush l give that a pipe and to smoke apon

nato green with a paintbrush