How much paint???

[jontag78]

Loads of you out there have resprayed your landys.. I am going to give mine a full respray when I have it stripped down. Just wondering how much paint I should order?

 

[adies_v8]

6 Litres of Slate Grey to do my 90 with 4 or 5 coats in places. Everything was resprayed, under bonnet, inside tub, inside front seating...
Remember for a sweet job its all about the preparation.
Good luck.

 

[storm99]

2 litres hand rolled onto a truckcab 90. Still got half a litre left for covering up rust/scratches/crashes/blood.

 

[jontag78]

6 Litres of Slate Grey to do my 90 with 4 or 5 coats in places. Everything was resprayed, under bonnet, inside tub, inside front seating...
Remember for a sweet job its all about the preparation.
Good luck.

That's what I plan on doing to.. is 4 or 5 coats including primer?

 

[jontag78]

2 litres hand rolled onto a truckcab 90. Still got half a litre left for covering up rust/scratches/crashes/blood.

What like is the finish with the roller? Would you use a different type of paint for that?

 

[storm99]

I used metal paint from homebase, oxford blue, came up really nice 2 coats on top of a light sanding...to be honest if your landy is as old and used as mine (1984) then its a cracking job...as said before the more prep work the better...its personal choice...mines used a bit for laning so gets scratched often and i just re-paint...if you want a perfect finish, more prep and more coats. Good look, i enjoyed doing mine.

 

[storm99]

Here you go..

 

[adies_v8]

Primer:
Nichblog » Land Rover – Primer Painting
Topcoat
Nichblog » Land Rover – Top Paint

thats 2 coats of primer on everything and then the 4 or 5 coats ontop of primer on a 1985 90 that had the sandy pain rolled on before, took bloody ages to get the stuff off!

 

[Karlos28]

Here you go..

Hi mate, how has the metallic come out with using a roller? I thought you couldn't really use metallic with a roller!? (looks daft with all metallic bits in roller lines?)

 

[storm99]

Metal paint not metallic..easy mistake to make at my age.

 

[Karlos28]

Ahhh fair play! I want to roll, but also want metallic, not guna happen :-(

 

[jontag78]

Thanks guys, looks like I'm going to be busy over the coming weeks!
Think I'm going to go with the satin black respray, I like that look and I have heard it is more forgiving. Only thing is do I go for black chequer plate or is that too black?

 

[Fur Trapper]

Thanks guys, looks like I'm going to be busy over the coming weeks!
Think I'm going to go with the satin black respray, I like that look and I have heard it is more forgiving. Only thing is do I go for black chequer plate or is that too black?

Us a black primer as it won't show scratches as quickly as a lighter colored primer would. A dark gray like charcoal gray