That is most impressive. I love the colour. If I could get anything vaguely near that I'd be delighted. I was thinking of rollering mine using Rustoleum paint. You've now convinced me. But, the Dulux paint - is it a metal paint or just household gloss paint? Thanks for sharing.
Hugh
Well I originally started to pain the mini using 750ml tins of dulux non-drip gloss for about £12 to £14 per tin, although it used to be £7 a tin in Wilkinson’s. I say originally as it was only ever meant to paint the inside and floors with it, but it was cheap and the finish wasn’t too bad.
The only problem I had was the colour I’d chosen has not long been discontinued, but being dulux I was able to get a 1L tin mixed up using the pain code for £12. Witch somehow works out cheaper to have a 1L mixed than it does to buy a standard off the shelf 750ml tin for £14 lol.
http://www.dulux.co....olour_gloss.jsp
I know they say with most metal paints you don’t need a primer, but as I’ve found out you do. As without a primer the paint won’t stick and could be scraped back off like a skin once dry.
But even then I’ve only used cheap red oxide primer either by brush or cheap simonise cans off ebay and then sanded/flatted off with 800 wet and dry. As for paint to thinners ratio, I’ve just sort of been making it up as I go along. But it’s only ever been just enough thinners to lose the roller marks as it dries.
