Hi all, this weekend im planning on purchasing all the stuff I need to purchase for painting my s2 so what I want to know is,
How much hi-build/basecoat/clearcoat will I need to give it a nice coat of each?
Any brands I should be looking to get or avoiding? I've used upol primer and clearcoat and de-beers basecoat before, will these be ok?
How much shutz will I need for underside and arches?
I will be using 2k and painting the outside, underside and the bay.
Any input much appreciated
Liam

 

I'm not a pro just a keen diy sprayer.

You probably know this and have it covered but I'd not spray with the temperature this cold. I have in the past to my cost at getting a white bloom in the paint. Had to strip it and do it again when it warmed up.

You probably know this and have a nice heated garage / workshop. But just saying and potentially saving you a costly mistake.

 

canny paint over shuntz pal need stone chip

 

Heated space is no problem bud, cheers anyway,
Cheers dingla I always thought it was over paintable never done an underside before, so how much Stonechip would be needed?

 

about 4-5 litre should give a decent coverage

 

cheers mate

 

We're just finishing doing a old Nissan PS13 Resto. I used 12 bottles of gravitex on the underside and all 4 arches. It was etched first, then every seam was sealed up before applying the stonechip. It was then painted in 2k, same colour underneath as it's going on top, RAL7011.

 

crikey thats some amount 12 bottles! i must say it looks very well though, perhaps im underestimating slightly lol

 

I only factored for 6 and used twice that ! Just didn't cover how I expected but by the time I got it on heavy it started to look as I hoped it would.

We have used Dinitrol for all the cavitys, hopefully it will be looked after now !

 

2k etch primer 3L
2k high build primer 3L
basecoat 4L mixed 1:1 would do full car inside an out no probs
2k clearcoat 5L kit

try an use good products like debeer/sikkens/glasurit/dupont

 

Cheers Andy, exactly what I was after