hey guys my car is ready to spray (woo hoo), the question is which paint is best, which is crap, what have you sprayed your cars in?
its getting sprayed in 2pk (theres nothing wrong with acrylic paint i know, but the car has been prepped for 2pk since the start), colors are dove grey body and old english white roof.
the price of what you got would be good too (per litre)
cheers

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

well i have just recently purchased the paint for my mini. i bought the original mini crysatl white for the roof and that cost $40 a litre and i also bought 4 litres of milano red { honda jazz colour} in acrylic paint which cost $205 for 4 litres.
hope this helps

I used PPG two pack. I'll never use anything else. But you need to have a very good quality respirator and your prep work should be spot on (as it always should). But the end job is a very good, hard finish.

I did use a few products in my restoration from a company called K&H. I'll never touch them again. Every time I used one of their products I had problems. Substitued with another brand and no problems.

oh ok yea i had no problems have had my dad spray the roof for me today and yesty and will hopefully spray my body later on this week.

hey 69self,
how much was the 2pac? is that stuff sold to the public? I thought it might be hard to get as its not really good for humans or the environment?
Thanks mate

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I bought 4L of Jet Red 2 pack, hardener, 4L of thinners, also 4L of 2 pack hi-build primer etc, it cost me $543 for the lot.
It is Concept brand, bought from VG Auto Paint.
All still sitting in the garage- daily driver not quite prepped yet.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

My paint recommendations and prices were in TME Issue 9

For 2 Pack Paints I know you wouldn't be disappointed if you used Glasurit.

Might seem expensive in the initial purchase but you'll forget about the cost when your applying it and see the final result.

Other brands I'd recommend are Spies Hecker and PPG

Some of the cheaper brands can produce quite a good finish but majority of them you really have to work them or have a good understanding on how to get the best result from them.

If your getting a qualified spraypainter to paint the car I'd really recommended using the products they use daily as they will have worked out the best way to get the best finish.

cool, thanks for the replies. heres what i've been told, the most expensive stuff is the most hard wearing and leaves the best finish but its the hardest to spray, tends to get runs.
i've heard ppg and cobra are good all rounders.
i wouldnt dream of using anything cheap, if you've followed my resto thread you'll understand.
judging by what the doc said, 4L of grey and 1L of white should be around $500.
the body work and prepping is so good, im not about to take a shortcut on the paint.
thanks guys

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

My car got covered in PPG. Seems to look ok.

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my mk1 is a bitsa!!!

standox primer and high fill,

ppg and dabeer for the greeen

and dabeer for teh rof,

it all comes down to the painters skill, i cant post prices as mine was all at cost from various suppliers. cheers jamie

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