Just got myself the stuff I need to get my a$$ into gear to paint my mini...

I Got

4L Monza Red Acrylic Paint
4L Primer
4L Thinnners
2 Spray Guns
50 120 grit discs
50 180 grit discs

Now to borrow an air compressor and a pneumatic orbital sander.

Will take many pictures along the way...

Cheers Ian

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Ian - My Ve SSV Ute - Looking for a Mini

good stuff ...
how good of a painter are you?

are you doing underneath the car or jus the outside?

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'66 Morris Mini DeLuxe. In pieces.
'88 Honda EE2 4WDWagovan. DOHC.
'94 Honda EG4 Civic. -Daily-
'82 Toyota KE70 Corolla -Drifter- x2
'95 Honda DC2 Integra

good on ya ian,
if this is your first time, enjoy the ride! id tend to get 25 240 grit discs as well, especially as you are not primer-fill"ing.
cant wait for the results

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

make sure you get it straight first with a board file or bog file as some pl call it


good luck mate, remember advice is only a click away

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

Just doing what you see basically, yeah first time at giving it ago....

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Ian - My Ve SSV Ute - Looking for a Mini

what is the board file?? All panel work is straight and has good lines so should be ok....

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Ian - My Ve SSV Ute - Looking for a Mini

No need for a board file as you won't be doing panel repairs. But yes, you will definately need 240 discs. To get your primer nice and smooth. I finish off primed surface with 340 wet and dry as this will help show deformations in your foundation. Use lemon jif in a bucket of warm water as it will remove any impurities before you start with laquer.
Prepsol your shell before you try sanding the car, that way you will be sure that any silicon based polishes will not creep up on you and bite ur arse. Silicon=painters worst nightmare!!
Your gonna have fun doing this...

On my primer it says Mixing Ratio Primer:100 Thinner :100 is that just the same as 1 to 1.

Would you all recommend mixing it as i do in the paint gun pot or mix a big lot up?

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Ian - My Ve SSV Ute - Looking for a Mini

YoungMiniac, Did you check with our resident paint guru??

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After it's all painted get some 1500 and 2000 wet and dry and cut it till it's smooth. (if you get runs and orange peel which you probably will, I didn't get any runs when I painted mine, but tons of orange peel!) Then a cut and polish followed by a nice buff, should look a million dollars!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

Whos this?

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Ian - My Ve SSV Ute - Looking for a Mini

Before sanding to paint the top coats on my car we got an enamel p/pack of black and gave the body the lightest coat ever ie. spray from a metre away and dust it on only. This way when you sand with the fine stuff it will highlight any low spots by leaving the black. Also only used a hard sanding block (rubber I think) as this didn't allow us to sand out the low spots by accident. Found a couple of places to put 1 more coat of primer/filler.
Must admit we stopped at 800 grit.
Good luck

on the topic of painting prep etc what is the best way to cover over rivet holes in your flares, also wouls you try t get the old paint off before fillin or do it after, also what is the besst way to get paint off plastic, also ...........

its called a guide coat mate

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

You can buy plastic containers from any good paint places. I got some 1ltr ones from memory. They have measurements and ratios printed on the sides - and lids.

These make life much easier and cleaner. Plus, I always give the paint a good stir before putting in the gun to make sure the thinners are mixed well.

When doing the roof, I found with a gravity fed gun, don't put too much paint in, as it can spill out the top cap / reg. Much easier to have the containers here for a quick top up! (I only mixed 1ltr at a time).

I'd say you need to buy more thinners too - 1:1 + plus primer + cleanup.

I didn't wear gloves, but I'd probs at least get some washing up ones etc, as long as the thinners doesn't eat them. Paint + thinners + skin doesn't mix well - also the extra getting into your blood.