Whatt to do with military paint

I have finally decided what colour i want my 110 to be - and it isn't NATO Green.

Being an ex-MOD vehicle, the old beast is slathered in layers of green paint, supplanted by brush-applied coats of crap from subsequent owners. Thing is - how does one paint over this stuff and get a good finish with a urethane or modern glossy paint?

Sanding is trivial and of course I'll be putting on a coat or two of a high-build primer - but I am debating what I need to do to the base paint itself to get proper adhesion and gloss with the topcoats. I really, reallly do not want to have to strip the whole truck...

Let's keep this on topic - no commentary on brush painting or why change it or anything like that - the question here is surface prep for a good finish when dealing with military paints.

ajr

Rough sanding, fine sanding then hi-build primer, etc.

All you are looking for is to key into the existing layers, and you should get a reasonable finish.

Interesting. So no real difference from dealing with other paints, then?

Sounds to me like a bit of experimentation is in order...

I do have to say, though, in stripping the cappings, hinges and such has been unmitigated annoyance. This paint refuses to succumb to a wire wheel without heavy pressure. However, strip the paint, two-three coats of baked on matte black and the cappings look new.

ajr

I didn't say that it would be either quick or easy!

mrchurchill109 said:

Let's keep this on topic - no commentary on brush painting or why change it or anything like that -

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Keep on topic Its a crazy idea:crazy::crazy::crazy: Not sure it'll catch on though

never catch me painting a landy in nato green

My 90 had about 15 coats of brush-applied nato green with the texture of a ploughed field.

I went to Screwfix and bought the cheapest DA orbital sander they had and a load of 40 grit disks, it took less than a day to sand the whole vehicle back to primer/bare metal.