im going to have a crack at painting my car. how do i go about getting hold of the paint and thinners.
are most paints cellouse now?

not really sure where to start tbh. but there is only 1 way to learn and i have a car im going to get scrapped. so i'll nick the panels off that and practice.

ive been told that i should start with about 50/50 paint and thiners.
and for the final coat give it a nice thin one something like 70% thiners to 30% paint.

does that sound about right?

 

find a paint suppliers mate


get the paint you want, 2pac or cellulose

and get a mixing ruler on this is the paint mixtures for the above

4-1 mix on celly and 2-1 on 2pac

obvioulsy it measures where you put the pain upto then activator and thinners

this is also for primer aswell

id buy some mixing cups aswell as once you work the measurements out on the ruler and in the cups its the rite amount for the gun aswell

 

cheers mate.

i think there is one not to far from me. i'll pop down there and get the stuff as soon as the weather improves a bit.

so i'll need:

paint, thiners, primer, mixing cups, mixing ruler

along with various wet and dry and i think i have a tub of filler in the garage already.

 

also activator (hardner)

im new to this aswell

and my paint suppliers helped me out a lot and gave me all the info i needed

 

if you are using 2k paint guys you WILL need to wear an air fed mask, DO NOT use these paint types without, or you will end up with work related asthma, which you wont even know you have untill you cant breath in 20 years time, i have seen it happen!!!

If you dont have air feds use celly paint as it has no isyacyanites in it, you may get away with a carbon type mask with this paint.

 

ok i'll stick that on the list.
how many litres do u need to spray a small car?

does the hardener go in with the paint when u spray it? or do u spray it on after?

 

50% paint, 25% thinner, 25% hardener with a build coat for 2k. bake at 60 degrees for 25mins., with 10min flash off intervals.


Note celly has no hardener, hence its not deadly like 2k

 

you should paint a whole car with 3 coats, 2.5 litres of colour , you may find coverage is better if you colour the primer first ,this also stops stone chips being as noticable.

 

Hi,

There is a mask out now that is not airfed for 2k. Ł20,


Dave R.

 

i think im going to use cellouse paint.

seams like an easier option for now.
i just wana to blow it over and smarten it up a bit.

need to do some filling so that will need painting. also most the panels are different colours, different colours of red and some have gone orange.
as long it it dont go really bad it will come out better than it looks now.