Spray painting at home , paint choice etc

[kevlar]

Some help needed, I have some experience having done most of a ww2 jeep and also spraying furniture
when I was an apprentice, I have the gear but my questions are
What are the right paint products ie high gloss (no lacquer) that will dry happily at room temperature
I don't particularly want to use two part for a number of reasons,

Is it possible to send paint flakes off to get a colour match or is it done by chart?

can you put successive coats of gloss on nowadays without wet and dry on the previous layer?

Kev

 

[dazza1975]

Have you thought about cellulose? Easy to apply at home and dry's at room temperature!!

 

[Eeza]

If it’s a home brewed "Pro" type of job cellulose or 1K is your only option IF you value your health, I am sure there are plenty of people that have sprayed 2K or isocyante hardened paints for years with just a hanky over there nose and holding their breath but it’s not for home use.

I guess it’s like unprotected sex in the 80's, you take the risk, some didn't have a problem others died a few years later having paid a very high price.

Have a look at this

http://www.sp2.org/newsletters/sp2vol1iss8/sp2vol1iss8topic.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=14051" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

For a very long time cellulose was the paint to use and it’s what was applied at the factory, it’s cheap and fairly forgiving and is fine for home use provided you use your loaf. :?

There's a paint thread on the late bay *Spit :mrgreen: with some good info

 

[kevlar]

Thank you for your sound advice. I had no idea re the health side, What about a good supplier who will colour match? Kev

 

[Eeza]

I think most local paint suppliers can match the paint provided you have the code, an alternative would be to use one of the standard colours availiable in the RAL standard, mixed paint costs a premium over the standard colours and I guess it depends on how "standard" you want the vehicle.

Jawel have a good rep but to be honest just have a surf of the web to get some prices

http://www.jawel.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_26" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[kevlar]

Just spent a good hour in halfords using their colour charts, and bingo I found the blue, its a fairly modern VW colour called sea glass green , something like a duck egg blue really, The nearest i can find for the roof is a skoda taxi cab biege (cream) so at least i have colour codes now, thanks all for your help

 

[Eeza]

If you use the M plate from your van and key it into the MPlate decoder it will tell you the actual vw codes, the Mplate is behind the passenger or driver seat :mrgreen: and looks like the picture at the bottom of my thread

Look here for the details of your vehicle http://www.vw-mplate.com/mcode.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[bigdaz]

Sounds like you Niagra blue or Marina blue if you want 70S Vw light blue
L53d for Niagra L54d for marina.
Pastel white is L90d
Did mine to original as per tge m code. Used cellulose.

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[Eeza]

And very nice they look too

 

[kevlar]

agreed a very nice job, The original colour of my bus was a dark reddish shade , (I call it Ron Burgundy} , its under several layers and visible in the engine compartment , Im'e matching its last re spray (Wife loves the colours)

 

[bigdaz]

Thanks
ive always sprayed cellulose at home, as im always on a budget, i like light blues, my previous devon was Orange and i sprayed that Marina blue, this one was Niagra but had been sprayed a darker colour so i rubbed it back and resprayed it back to original.
The pickup was originally White but had been hand painted in a greenish blue, i stripped that off and painted it in my second favourite colour, Savannah Biege
same colour as my 1970 1500 bug.