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| sealslayer:
Here's where it starts to cost money, if you go to a regular car spares shop they may have 50 or so cans on display for regular cars like ford etc, you may have about 3 or 4 different shades of each colour but that's about it. If you go to a dedicated car bodyshop supplier they will have colour charts for almost any shade of colour you want. Over here a regular can of spray paint will cost 4-5 Pounds ($10) for 500ml, to get one made up for your exact colour it costs 12.99 ($25) that works out to be very, very expensive, I don't know it may be cheaper for you. I worked out I would need at least 20 cans to do my cab so it was cheaper for me to buy a compressor and spray gun and buy the paint in litres that I could dilute with thinners at a 50:50 ratio, it cost me 25 pounds for 1 litre that I thinned down to two litres. It still worked out at over 100 pound ($200) in paint but I saved in the long run and have a compressor for any jobs in the future. I took a section of T-Molding with me to the body shop suppliers and they made the paint up to the exact colour, when you look at the cab you can't seen any difference at all in the two. If you can get the paint cheap enough then great, but do consider getting a compressor if you can, the finish will be much better giving you Less work at the end and you'll always have it for other jobs should the need arise. |
| javeryh:
I'm going to go for it this weekend! I'm just going to test finish a scrap panel and see how it comes out. I've got to buy a spray gun. Will this do the job? http://tinyurl.com/yn5q6b Or can someone recommend a somewhat inexpensive spray gun to use? Do I just pour any old paint into the container or so I need special paint made to be sprayed on? Now I'm thinking I should figure out a way to paint and finish everything prior to assembly but that might be more trouble than it's worth... |
| Xam:
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 17, 2006, 12:50:35 pm ---I'm going to go for it this weekend! I'm just going to test finish a scrap panel and see how it comes out. I've got to buy a spray gun. Will this do the job? http://tinyurl.com/yn5q6b Or can someone recommend a somewhat inexpensive spray gun to use? Do I just pour any old paint into the container or so I need special paint made to be sprayed on? Now I'm thinking I should figure out a way to paint and finish everything prior to assembly but that might be more trouble than it's worth... --- End quote --- Harbor Freight has a paint sprayer that they frequently put on sale for $12.50. I purchased one some time ago, but have yet to use it. I cannot say if it works well or not. I should know soon as I am getting ready to paint this weekend (if the weekend goes well). Xam |
| sealslayer:
I can't see what that link goes to, it showed laptops lol, I believe you can buy electric sprayguns but I'm not sure how much pressure one of those gives out. I used a small 2hp compressor and a spray gun that was designed for spraying car paint. You can probably use any paint as log as the viscosity(sp?) is correct, to thick and it wont spray, too thin and it'll run. I'm sure you could use regular paint and thin it down as needed, although I've only ever used compound and fine wet n dry on paint that it was designed for, I have no idea if its even possible to compound domestic house paint or paint that's regularly used for cabs. |
| MartyNg:
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on November 13, 2006, 07:13:59 pm --- --- Quote from: javeryh on November 13, 2006, 11:46:45 am ---Fozzy - is the PVA really just regular old white glue (like Elmer's)? --- End quote --- Sorry I have no idea what Elmers is... I live in the UK and we don't have that brand over here --- End quote --- Did anyone figure out what an equivalent to to "PVA" is in the states yet? |
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