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[minimk1]

I'll do a video of me doing it on Saturday if your interested probably easier to show you than to explain in words hahaha

[Archived4]

Haha, please. I love video fast forwards of a days work. Makes for good watching!

[minimk1]

haha ill try my best 

[minimk1]

decided that the video will be a time-lapse hahaha hope it goes well 

[minimk1]

paint stiring sticks and paint mixing pots arrived today although i think i have more than i need hahahah anyone for a paint mixing pot ? 

 

[minimk1]

prize for somebody who can guess how many paint pots are in that box there are another few in the box which are under the first three by the way 

 

prize is a paint mixing pot hahah 

[alex-95]

Good work mate.

 

100 paint cups?

[minimk1]

Good work mate.

 

100 paint cups?

 

thanks and ......... yes you won a paint mixing cup hahaah

 

terms and conditions apply 

cups are collection only

Edited by minimk1, 18 December 2013 - 08:18 PM.

[minimk1]

cheat it says it on the picture earlier on i just checked hahahah   thought it was too good to be true 

well there goes the end of that little contest haha

Edited by minimk1, 18 December 2013 - 08:19 PM.

[alex-95]

 

Good work mate.

 

100 paint cups?

 

thanks and ......... yes you won a paint mixing cup hahaah

 

terms and conditions apply 

cups are collection only

 

There was a clue on a previous page But I did count them and geussed there would be 42 on the bottom.

 

Damn, bit far for a paint cup

Edited by alex-95, 18 December 2013 - 08:21 PM.

[minimk1]

cant argue with the T and C's 

[minimk1]

just brought all my paint for the car 

 

come to around £450 

 

5l bespoke inca yellow 

5l high build primer 

5l thinners 

400 grit paper 

800 grit paper

 

all in celly, the colour had to be custom made to match the inca yellow as they only had inca yellow in 2pack also the celly is more expensive, however the 2pack is far too dangerous for me to spray at home

 

happy christmas to the car, once again making me poor hahahah should have just rustoleum painted it, pictures of the paint tomorrow 

Edited by minimk1, 20 December 2013 - 11:04 AM.

[Ben_O]

5L of paint to do a Mini!!! Are you mad?

No wonder it was so expensive!!

[minimk1]

5L of paint to do a Mini!!! Are you mad?
No wonder it was so expensive!!

Why how much is needed, also not forgetting that it is celly which will use more paint anyway and the fact I am a first time painter, also the fact that it is a bespoke paint which would be incredibly hard to match again so if anything were to go wrong then I would have to get a whole new batch and spray the whole car again

[minimk1]

A quote from the member AVV IT with his first time experience.

"As a guide, I'm an amateur who sprayed my car at home in my garage and I used 5 litres of top coat celly mixed 50:50 with 5 litres of thinners to spray just the outside of mine. I also used a further litre of celly mixed 50:50 with 1 litre of thinners for the roof as that was done in a contrasting colour. The result is reasonable, but some people would have used more and others used much less. You will also need to factor in the amount of primer you will need too, as well as top coat though. "