Deni – No worries, as
Jerome/Rob’s use of a roller on his build inspired me too.
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With hindsight, my top lessons learned from hand painting my car are:
Buy twice as much paint as you think you might need as a single batch.
- Due to some bad paint reactions and other problems, I ended up running out of top coat.
- Then the small extra tin I bought to finish the job was a slightly different shade of BRG.
- So I then had to buy even more paint to get the same colour all over from a single tin.
Use paint that is something like Rustoleum or the narrow boat stuff, rather than the synthetic paint I used.
- As whilst the synthetic paint went on shiny using a brush, it didn’t look as shiny when sanded back flat.
Use a proper polishing machine (see
JaguarTVR’s suggestions on my build thread).
- As the problems I had with sanding back may have been made worse by using the wrong tool.
Try to avoid painting during the hottest summer since the legendary heat wave of 1976.
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The fact you have a garage to do the painting in will be a big help and should make your life easier.
As the fact I need to cover my car with a tarpaulin is making a real mess of my paint.
Overall, the fact my paintwork is less than perfect doesn’t stop my enjoyment of the car.
Good luck, Paul.
