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[Skortchio]

Excellent! (Not about the peeling).

 

I was lucky in that I didn't have an exact colour in mind, but I did decide that if the Dulux didn't hold out well I'd go Rusto next time (because I'm a masochist) and pick something specific.

[craig 1010cc]

Looks like you got a good finish, but I'd get a 2nd coat of rustoleum on before you sand it back to make sure you have enough depth of paint on and don't go through to the dulux below it

[Ben_O]

This thread is brilliant. I think that half the concern is getting the paint on evenly without reactions. You will probably find that with enough effort you can get the shine on any paint really.

I painted a mini years ago with Dulux Black paint thinned down with petrol!! and it came out ok. I also sprayed a P100 pick up with white hammerite and an electric spray station.

But more recently I sprayed a couple of cars with proper car paint and lacquer at first with a spray station and then with a cheap compressor with great results and the proper car paint isn't that expensive and won't react if future painting is required.

Here is a Corsa that I did a front end crash repair on before respraying the whole thing under a marquee.

This was taken before polishing and was done with 2 pack celly.

 

Cheers

Ben