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[Bungle]

5 years in my roof looks like this

 

[Skortchio]

Mines been on nearly a year, gave it a polish last week

 

[Harrison541]

Wow, great finishes and it seems to last.
Reason why I was asking though is I was planning on painting my boot, interior and engine bay with it if I can get it matched to Tahiti blue and then pay someone to spray the shell.

For those who have used it, is there any benefits to using rustoleum over cellulose? Because from what I can understand cellulose is a lot quicker at drying and it doesn't need sanding in between coats.

And is the there somewhere that can match the colour to rover colours? I've asked at my local decorating shop, they can get it but won't mix it.

Cheers

[Bungle]

avenue coatings will mix rustoleum

[lrostoke]

just drag this one up from the depths :)

 

Done all the welding now at the sanding and filling in dints and blemishes stage.

 

Got a mixture of bare metal and old paint..

 

I've put a light etch coat on any bare metal now.

 

Whats the score with rustoleum after panel wipe etc spray on or is there a primer needed.

[Bungle]

no just slap it on

[lrostoke]

They call these $50 paint jobs on youtube.

 

Just spent £111 on paint , thinners , masking tape and a roll of paper.

 

So thats a $73 paint job. :) not counting the other gear I've already got such as wet/dry paper, sanders, spray guns etc

[lrostoke]

ordered paint last week from Avenue the people mentioned further back.

Chased up yesterday they are struggling do the colour

 

I did give them the Code BLVC1000 which is a Flame Red.  Sent them a different code COF BLVC818 

Doesn't have to be an exact colour as long as its in the red range I want.

 

Guess this is the problem with using "industrial paint" rather than car paint

[lrostoke]

been spraying on the rustoleum over the last couple of weeks, just doing the roof first black.

 

says takes 16 hrs dry, so spray a coat on, next day flat back 800 grit, spray another coat.

 

today went for coat number 5, all going well. got the coat on and damn got 2 sections that have crinkled about 10" x 10".

 

did nothing different on this coat

 

stuck now till it drys and get to rub it back.

[BVY]

Here's what you'll need guys (including rollers for Miniboo)
the rollers are 'gloss rollers' (sometimes called high density foam rollers) in all DIY shops good and bad alike lol.

Got 2nd coat on door which i'll put pics up of tomoz along with the wetsanded and 6th coat on the boot lid. close to polishing now yayayayay!

Just a suggestion from a pro decorator. Those foam roller sleeves are a bit crap. You can get good quality ones with very short fuzzy bristles which give a very good finish. Might be worth considering...

[Skortchio]

Foam rollers work just fine.

 

 

 

I suspect that the reason they (foam gloss rollers) have been shortlisted as best for the job by the multitude of people using this technique is because of the very thin coat (compared to a wall etc.) that's applied.

Using a bristled or fleecy roller would  result in the roller surface getting distorted and squashed by the vigorous unloading of the paint before application.

At a guess.

[jaydee]

 

today went for coat number 5, all going well. got the coat on and damn got 2 sections that have crinkled about 10" x 10".

 

did nothing different on this coat

 

 

 

Never used ristoleum, 2k or water based are the only i use, but 5 coats sounds way too much paint, even 4 coats are too much, this is the kind of paint that takes age to harden completely.

I'd let it breathe for a week minimum, flat it back as much as i can then leave it breathe for quite a while, maybe a month. Then sand it with 800 and 1 coat of paint.

[Skortchio]

8-10 coats is the norm for roller painting, because the coats are very thin compared to it's design. 15microns or so.

 

But Jaydee is right in that you're best of letting the paint cure well before attacking it again.

 

Assuming you have more than 15 ambient temps then 18-24 hours per  coat is more than sufficient, if you're getting reaction then there's another problem.

[lrostoke]

we've been getting high 20's ambients here....all was going well  until what was going be the last coat

[jaydee]

8-10 coats is the norm for roller painting, because the coats are very thin compared to it's design. 15microns or so.

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Though he was spraying coats not rollering, a bit confused now