Paint help

OK, my hippo is never going to win prizes for looks so I want to spray it badly. There is no real value in the vehicle so I may as well have some fun; have spray gun with no skill

I want a one go paint; matt or satin finish and a couple of colours (black, OD green, sand) and be able to be thinned enough to spray. Fire and forget paint.
Also what is the best way to get the car clean of wax and muck for any paint to have half a chance of adhering to the factory coat. I don't want to have to do it again after a jet wash but then again I'm not rubbing the whole bugggger down.

Sandex and Dulux need not apply.

For what it's worth but we always used "white spirit" to clean the house windows/doors before repainting and after less than a year it came off again, now we started to use ammonia to clean the windows/doors first and since then the paint stays on for several years, so ......

I use Sugar Soap to remove most things; ammonia works well too (jays fluid?). Petrol can work for some things.
Thanks for that.
Paint brand suggestions please.

dulux

methylated spirit as opposed to white spirit.

A friend of mine once repainted his series landy with dulux and a roller as he didn't think it was worth anything better. It pained me to admit it actually turned out rather good. Didn't here of any later problems with it either!

Muskett said:

I use Sugar Soap to remove most things; ammonia works well too (jays fluid?). Petrol can work for some things.
Thanks for that.
Paint brand suggestions please.

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just dunt use a waterbased paint........yer doors might fall orft ....