Has anyone used coach paint before?

I got recomended to used coach paint for repainting my 90 but havent heard of it before anyone have any feedback on if its a good idea or not?

used it years ago on a series 2 109, gave a pretty good finish with nice gloss. make sure the paints warm to get best result

Try this site. Tekaloid coachpaint & varnish

Works really well, mate of mine just painted his supra. Put loads of coats on, then got rubbing compound and lots of polish. Looks class now.
He acutally used canal boat paint.

my old man painted his transit camper van with it years ago, he put it on with a roller and it looked spot on

redhand said:

Try this site. Tekaloid coachpaint & varnish

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used that a few years back on an old MG, nice finish

i have used coach paint on all my defenders, if u take your time and prep prep prep u can get a good finish.

i use jenny brushes to finish of the paint, her is a link to show you the type of brush i use

Jenny Brush or Jen Foam Brush

omcgarry said:

I got recomended to used coach paint for repainting my 90 but havent heard of it before anyone have any feedback on if its a good idea or not?

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I've been using it since the 70's. Yes it's good stuff, but you have to apply it in the right conditions if you want the best results, otherwise you will have brush marks showing everywhere. Do it right, and it's hard to tell the differance between it, and a respray to the untrained eye.

The most important thing is don't apply it in direct sunlight, this is because it drys so quick, that the brush marks in the heat wont get chance to disapear like they should before it dries. Don't do it on a windy day if doing it outside, or you will get all sorts of dust etc sticking to it.

Don't apply it in damp conditions either, or it will not take, and always finish painting a panel once you start. if you do say half a door, then go back to it, you will see where you have been.

So, the best thing to do is apply it in your garage (if you have one) if not, just make sure it's not damp, or windy at all the day you do it if doing it outside, and make sure it's overcast.

Ideal conditions, is in a warmish garage, with just a blow heater going to take the dampness out of the air, and use a good quality soft brush, if you use a cheap one, you risk hairs coming out on your paint work. A nice soft 'harris' brush is best. Do one panel at a time, and take your time, don't be tempted to work it in too much, a little goes a long way. 1 ltr should do a whole short wheelbase landy if doing outside only.

Some people use gloss rollers to apply it, But I think you'll get better results with a brush, a roller will show slight stippling.

Anyone know if any special preparation is needed with Tekaloid? Does it react with anything, like a specific type of primer for example?

All the stuff for prep here. I'm doing the inside of mine soon. http://www.brownbrothers.com/products

I used Tekaloid 12 years ago , be advised that you cannot polish it, it will dull down over the years, you cannot paint over it with anything other than enamel unless you use a sealing coat. I wont be using it again, It looks great when first applied though.

omcgarry said:

I got recommended to used coach paint for repainting my 90 but haven't heard of it before anyone have any feedback on if its a good idea or not?

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It's reasonable stuff if a bit old fashioned, coach enamel as it is known has some fairly good attributes but is probably not going to work out the cheapest option, you are also sort of stuck to using the stuff as it will not work well with other paint systems you may choose to use in the future and if in the future you decide to do a proper respray, you really need to sand it all back off again, it also takes quite a while to dry fully (it really needs baked).

I would go to your local paint factor (not a big chain or car parts paint department) and speak to someone, try and get hold of someone very knowledgeable. I wandered into one of these places about 10 years ago knowing really nothing about commercial paint systems and spray painting so that I could paint my 90 and here I am 10 years later with metallic paint bumper resprays for my wife's VW and wing stone chip repair where I painted entire panels, with fade in etc. lacquered, compounded and final polished it to an as new finish with no evidence of being resprayed - all from talking to a real guru paint technician and practise practise practise!

Did mine years ago and still looks good

Did mine a few years ago and still impressed with the finish. I used rollers and Harris brushes. Can't emphasize enough the importance of preparation.

Guys, you can spray enamel these days, you dont need to use brushes and rollers.