what colour?

looks really good, how you finding it, any problems? did it take much flating back? what grade paper you use?

the paint is great, the flatting back is a mission, i only spent about and hour flatting it but should have spent longer really. ops: used 800 grit paper. i have ended up doing one coat a day because yesterday i could scrape the 2nd coat off with my nail(after 12 hours) so i thought it best to let it dry well

Awesome colour, love it

What colour is the inside?

Insides black, still haven't decided what colour the leather seats will be though. these are after the car was flatted after the 4th coat last coat goin on today……..



 :mrgreen:

Have you done your final coat? how much paint did it take in all? did you stick with 20% spirit? are you going to 1500 it and mop it? photos?

looks quality so far! :clap:

well, i have done the final coat but when degreasing the body after wet sanding the "Lint free cloth" i used because i'd run out of blue roll was not so lint free, and i now have thousands of tiny bits of fluff in the paint!!!! its typical as the finish was so good i was thinking of only doing 4 coats and not bothering to wetsand and buff the final coats, but decided to do it properly and it gets buggered up!    oh well haven't had a proper look at it since its been dry but i will sort it out………i'll get some pics up soon
i have used about 1.5ltrs doing 6 coats i did use th 20% mix but very roughly to be honest in my experence it doesn't matter too much, it just needs to be thin enough so it levels well and any bubbles pop, but thick enough it doesn't run.

Taster:

What are you gonna do to sort it? flat and recoat? could you post some pics of it outside and some close ups?

looks ace, fancy putting up a how to post as im interested to know excactly how you did this, could be a good, cheap alternative to mine

use 3M 1500 wet and dry to flat it back mate, its a mission but the results are good

im gonna flat back the top coats and do two more. the fluff in the paint comes out quite easily, will take loads of pics once its done but haven't touched it since monday. probably wont be finished until this weekend now.

i must say….i really dont like that colour, i would get a sore head waking up to that in the morning.  Luckily it's your car and you like it so thats all that matters.

:p

right well its all done! not sure about what trim I'm gonna use, think I'm going to leave the rear bumper off, or might try those mk1 escort chrome bumpers? no money to buy anything until the end f the month.
got the drivers seat fixed in today, it still needs some adjustment but its in! also not sure about the roof-rack, but it is going to be used for bikes and boards so its not purely aesthetic! i might mat black it(galvanized at the moment)








Some close ups…..





the finish on the paint is good but i could have got it a lot better! I'm not going to bother with the final wet sand and buff because my prep work wasn't that great and I'm lazy! but for a daily its great, i would definitely recommend it. :mrgreen:

Thats a bloody good hand job  

Get rid of the roofrack, it spoils the lines completely!!!

Otherwise get a single lamp C model grill on it and you will have a sweet ride,  remember LESS is more, keep it minimal dont put ADD ONs .

Nice one

good, stuff, is it hard to do, think its worth doing this way, im wantin to repaint mine black but short of cash so this way could be a good cheap alternative for a while to tidy it up

mind the how to guide

How to roller your car with Rustoleum:

Equipment:
Rustoleum (2.5ltrs should be more than enough for a golf)
Small gloss rollers and tray (Available from Wilkinsons, Homebase e.t.c there a small high density foam white roller about 4 inches long)
White spirit
600,800,1500+ wet and dry paper
Cheap spray bottle(again wilkinsons etc or you could use an old cleaning bottle)
High speed polisher/buffer? Opt.

Prep
Prep the car as you would for a normal job, the car must have no dirt, grease or rust where your painting. I used used white spirit to degrease it, I have some slow degreaser but decided to use white spirit incase there were any reactions between the two.
once the car is completely clean and dry you can start rollering:


Painting

The paint wants to be mixed with the white spirit to about 4:1(20% white spirit). Another tip was to mix it to just thicker than water. to be honest though i was very rough with my mixes and i had no problem and from what i've heard it completely depends on how hot/humid it is where you are so do a test panel and find what works best. I found the best thing to do was mix up a load of the paint in a bottle(i used a used white spirit bottle) because this way you can get a mix you like and not have to spend ages mixing every coat. you can mix different colours!
Once the paint is mixed you can roller the first layer start on the roof and work down to start with so your not leaning in the wet paint. When painting keep it thin it will barely hide the original paint, for hard to reach places use a brush or a foam brush(i used a normal lossles bristle brush and it worked fine).
If you find the paint is running you may have two much paint or its too thin. As you roller you may get bubbles in the paint on the surface this may be its two thick but it will do this sometimes even if the mix is perfect. The best way to solve this is to run the roller over them a couple of minutes after you've painted it, just roll over the paint using its own weight.

I'm not 100% on how long you should let it dry i heard people had done one in the morning and one in the evening but i left mine for 24 hours because i didn't want to risk the paint cracking.
Then time for the 2nd coat as before.



Wet sanding
Start with the 600 or 800 and work the paint to get rid of any orange peal, runs or flys. be careful on edges and don't worry too much if in places you go through the paint. Its better if you can avoid this but there's 4 more coats to cover it up! keep the paper really wet with the spray bottle people have mentioned using slightly soapy water but i didn't think it was a good idea because of residue and TBH i don't think its needed. when your done the cars going to look rubbish the paint will be completely flat.

Paint coats 3 and 4 and repeat wetsanding with 800grit and then paint 5 and 6.(if coverage isn't very good in places the do another 2 coats on the panel in question)

(it might be worth waiting longer between the last coat and wetsanding to let the paint get really hard, i was going to leave mine a month but i'm sure that complete overkill i just can leave it for a month)
for the final wet sanding use 1500 grit or finer. you could use 1500 then 2000 if your extra keen! if you go through the paint you'll have to repaint that section or that panel so try not to! once the car is smooth you can start polishing the paint to get the gloss back from the paint. use a polishing compound(not rubbing) you could use a single grade or you could work your way up the grades using something like G3,G10 etc. this is easiest to do with an electric buffer(halfords among others sell them) using what i thinks called a buffing bonnet? only use the weight of the machine and each panel will take quite a while, if the paint stays dull looking your not polishing it for long enough or the grade of compound it to low. once it shining you can wax it if you want.

this is the 6th coat with out wetsanding or polishing, I have not wetsanded or buffed this and there are a few surface imperfections, so obviously the guide for the final sanding and polishing stage are what i have read but not done, should be correct though. I would advise doing a tester panel first.

That about it!

JimbobJones said

I see you had some left over for the dumper truck. :mrgreen:

well done, looks good in the end, roofrack looks ok but could do with being abit bigger or something

Does this look as good in the flesh??? Is it as good as a spray job?? If so where can i get some and for how much??

Thanks

yradave said

JimbobJones said

I see you had some left over for the dumper truck. :mrgreen:

 

 
nice job that, colours wkd.

r u gonna restore that r/rack? keep it 4 sure

from a couple of meters away the paint looks great, as you get close up you notice all the tiny imperfections and there are a few, but all of these imperfections are my fault for not prepping well enough or rushing with the sanding etc. i also haven't done the final wetsand and buff which would improve things hugely! if you took the time this would be easily comparible to a professional job. the only downside is you can't use metalic paint, they do it but i dont think it would work with this method. :dontknow:

didn't even notice the dumper was the same colour  8)

still undecided about the roofrack? i don't want to be constantly taking it on and off but i might? i might paint it, i might modify it(make it lower and give it some wooden battons instead of all metal) or i might get rid) :dontknow: no hurry to decide!

cheers for the positive(and negative) comments lads! :wink: