hand paint or spray!!!

hi new to this... sooo pickd up a defender 90 from scotland, been after one for ages!!! my god nearly s--- myself when i came to first roundabout rite in middle of edinburgh! (where that hand brake gone)!!! iv only drove my fiesta until then wot a change from driveing that that was 3 weeks ago now i wouldnt change it for the world few questions first would like to do it in nato green had 3 prices over 1000 quid can u hand paint these things? also i live in the north east, northumberland can anyone recomend a good garage up here that knows what there talking about with lrs? just read u can paint and by the sounds of it can make a good job! any tips on this would be a help now back to reading my 300tdi work shop manual!

Welcome to the joys of land rover driving! I read an artical in lrw not long back where the challenge was to paint two landies. One hand brushed the vehicle the other used a roller? To be fair, they both came out looking ok. If you're going to hand brush paint your landie, buy the best brushes you can afford. The finer the better. Try a door first to see how you get on. Give it ago, if it doesn't look right when you're finished, just rub back and start again. Good luck!

well got my metal brush goggles and waxoil so going to tackle underside tomorrow then friday getting a few bumps knocked out and filerd then when get back off hols going to see if i can get sum nato green paint and do it part by part starting with back door thats the worst part with the elec started bubbleing! will try get as much as i can before winter starts thanks for the tip fishface