How much paint?

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Should hopefully have my tatty-but-servicable Defender 90 CSW by tomorrow. I plan to repaint it Nato green at some point. How much do I need? Is one litre enough, or should I get 2.5L?
 
Nomad Z said:
Should hopefully have my tatty-but-servicable Defender 90 CSW by tomorrow. I plan to repaint it Nato green at some point. How much do I need? Is one litre enough, or should I get 2.5L?
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Check the coverage on the tin, it should be in M/squared. that will give you a good idea.
2.5l should be enough I'd of thought.
Which application method are you using?
 
dont use a brush you will regret it, i painted mine with a brush first, it was crap so i sanded it down and did it with a roller, much better finish
get more than you need so you can touch up offroad damage
 
Sounds like 2.5L is the sensible choice. I'll reconsider the use of a roller if brushing gets a crap finish (not that I'm looking for pretty, mind you). Should be quicker in any case.
 
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Hand painted my truck cab took fkin ages wish i sprayed it only need a small compresser and a chepo spraygun and some thinners gonna spray my van next :)
 
I hand painted my yellow 90 in an oil based matt Nato green paint about 4 weeks ago and it looks brilliant. It took me about 4.5 hours to sand the existing paint so that any bubbling / high spots were flattened off, but you shouldn't need to sand it any further than removing the shine / dulling down your current paint. If you sand it right down to bare aluminium, you'll need some aluminium primer to make sure the new paint sticks. I ordered a 2.5 litre tin from this company here, and also bear in mind that Olive Drab is different from Nato Green - Nato Green being a slightly darker colour:

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and it took me about 4.5 hours to cover the whole vehicle (including the roof) using a gloss radiator roller (about 4 inch) and a decent quality paint brush (about £4) for the tricky bits. No need to thin it down, just slop it into a rolling tray and away you go - it will push quite a long way and cover quite a large area. It's a really good finnish, it dried in no time and it only needed one coat to cover the yellow. I still have about 1/3 of the tin left too, it really does go a hell of a lot further than you think. Also, just in case you're wondering - it resists oil spills very well for a matt paint, water pools brilliantly and oil just wipes straight off! I don't know how but it's brilliant stuff.

-Pos
 
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Just need mudflaps, a nato to hitch and a rear wheel carrier now :)
 
That's good to know. I'm about to tackle some rust and was wondering about rollering her afterwards as I really like the matt look but wondered if there's any down sides to it?

How far did you go stripping stuff down, like window seals?

(I've looked to see if you've already mentioned this stuff before in a post, but apologies if I missed it)
 
tochinoki said:
That's good to know. I'm about to tackle some rust and was wondering about rollering her afterwards as I really like the matt look but wondered if there's any down sides to it?

How far did you go stripping stuff down, like window seals?

(I've looked to see if you've already mentioned this stuff before in a post, but apologies if I missed it)
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There will be a few mentions of it somewhere. Basically, I lightly sanded the existing paint down to remove the shininess (about 4.5 hour job). Then I wiped the whole thing down with damp cloths , let it dry thoroughly and simply rolled the new paint on, painting around the tricky bits with a brush. I didn't mask anything off, was just extra careful! It only took one coat to completely cover the yellow.

-Pos
 
pos said:
I hand painted my yellow 90 in an oil based matt Nato green paint about 4 weeks ago and it looks brilliant. It took me about 4.5 hours to sand the existing paint so that any bubbling / high spots were flattened off, but you shouldn't need to sand it any further than removing the shine / dulling down your current paint. If you sand it right down to bare aluminium, you'll need some aluminium primer to make sure the new paint sticks. I ordered a 2.5 litre tin from this company here, and also bear in mind that Olive Drab is different from Nato Green - Nato Green being a slightly darker colour:

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and it took me about 4.5 hours to cover the whole vehicle (including the roof) using a gloss radiator roller (about 4 inch) and a decent quality paint brush (about £4) for the tricky bits. No need to thin it down, just slop it into a rolling tray and away you go - it will push quite a long way and cover quite a large area. It's a really good finnish, it dried in no time and it only needed one coat to cover the yellow. I still have about 1/3 of the tin left too, it really does go a hell of a lot further than you think. Also, just in case you're wondering - it resists oil spills very well for a matt paint, water pools brilliantly and oil just wipes straight off! I don't know how but it's brilliant stuff.

-Pos
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Kinnel their expensive.....14.99 for 2.5l from Bespoke Vehicle Modification, Specialist Vehicle Disposal, Specialist Procurement Services, logistic Support and Logistic Shipping in the UK
 
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