How to hand paint a landy(with pictures)

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It's getting there but want to do it once and properly so it's taking a bit of time. I am also replacing bulkhead and turning it into a van style so taking bit longer than expected. Will take some pics 2moz looking good thou!!
 
Hi all. Those are some really nicely done paint jobs. I did my 1989 110 a few months ago in matt black. :cool:
It started off looking like this:
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Used a cheap painting machine jobby by Bosch (ZAR1400 about 130 GBP). I just flatted the existing ugly cream coat and etch primed the bare ally in places.
The paint flew out of the machine in globs and I thought I would have to have the whole lot professionally done. :doh:
I ended up with a wierd sharkskin textured finish but gave that a light sand and then finished with clear laquer.
Added a bit of your favorite, Mammouth 4x4 checkerplate, some refurbished deep dish alloys, etc etc.
Seems okay, definitely unique here in Cape Town, South Africa.
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DFNDR WP said:
Hi all. Those are some really nicely done paint jobs. I did my 1989 110 a few months ago in matt black. :cool:
It started off looking like this:
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Used a cheap painting machine jobby by Bosch (ZAR1400 about 130 GBP). I just flatted the existing ugly cream coat and etch primed the bare ally in places.
The paint flew out of the machine in globs and I thought I would have to have the whole lot professionally done. :doh:
I ended up with a wierd sharkskin textured finish but gave that a light sand and then finished with clear laquer.
Added a bit of your favorite, Mammouth 4x4 checkerplate, some refurbished deep dish alloys, etc etc.
Seems okay, definitely unique here in Cape Town, South Africa.
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I think you missed a bit :eek::doh:











































The roof:D:D:D:p
 
I painted my disco last weekend with a 4inch foam roller, Asda sell 2 harris ones for £1.50 and they done the job really well, when you first start rollering you do get a few bubbles, but if you just roller over them a couple of times they go away.

here's a couple of pictures of what its like in Satin Nato Green. I've still got the roof and the bumper and side strips to do so will post the rest of the pictures and the finished thing once its finished but if anyone has any doubts or lives near me in birmingham and wants to see what its like just give me a pm.

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the pictures arn't the best because I didn't wanna get paint all over my iphone but once I've painted the roof, bumper and side strips this weekend I'll take it somewhere and get some better pictures before I take it offroad and scratch the hell out of it, but if that happens because its rollered on I'll just get the roller out and paint over any scratches lol

just wish i had the week off work so I could mess about with it. Roof is going to be satin black along with the bumpers and side strips, the wheels I'm leaving in their standard gloss black paint at the moment, but might paint them green like the body.
 
Karlos28 said:
I'm in abit of a situation... Well not really but, the prev owner 'got it ready for a camo paint job' but it looks to me like he has got a tin of the ****test paint he could find then just slapped it straight on with a brush.. Some areas are peeling off, some areas arnt covered very well at all, some have quite a good finish.

I was going to just go round it with a sander, then use a lighter paper to key it abit. You recOn that should be ok? Or will I have to go right back to metal and prime it? Il only have a weekend, 3 days max to do it in! :-(
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I used a sander on mine, 120 grit 1st then 500grit to finish, ive never bothered with primer on any of mine.
 
sible88 said:
Dont see the point in doing half a job ???? if your going to sand it all back , why not pick up a spray gun and get a much better finish and will not only look better but will last longer?

Everyone does things different i supose but i would be ****ed off if someone painted my landy with a roller and hand brush but thats me!!!
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I have sprayed a few in the past, but that was when I had a workshop, I do them on the drive now and don't have a comp/spraygun anymore and don't want to upset the nieghbours:)
 
I had a word with my dad last night and he's going to paint the rubbing strips for me today whilst I'm at work :) which should just leave the roof for me to do all being well on Friday and if the weather is good there should be some photo's uploaded over the weekend once the paints dried.
 
DFNDR WP said:
Yeah, the roof. :doh::doh:
See, we get this incredible phenomenon here that we call 'the sun', I hear it passed over you guys a few years back.:D
Dunno how hot it will get in a black roofed 110 and I aint about to find out.
And I couldn't reach.:doh:
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not another virticly challenged 1 :rolleyes:
 
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