scottonthefen

Well-Known Member

• Oct 12, 2018

• #1

Any recommendations for suppliers of paint in Series Land Rover colours.

I'm looking at £36.45 for 1 litre of Bronze Green from paintman.co.uk (inc. VAT and delivery)

Is this about right?

 

urena

Well-Known Member

• Oct 12, 2018

• #2

yer that's right

 

Bobsticle

De Villes Advocaat

• Oct 12, 2018

• #3

Depends what sort of paint. Paintman ain’t bad for enamel.

 

davebeccles

Active Member

• Oct 13, 2018

• #4

I paid £44.99 for 5 litres of satin Bronze Green from paints4trade on eBay. Maybe I'm a bit tight but it seems OK to me.

 

wireman

Well-Known Member

• Oct 13, 2018

• #5

I bought my paint from Paddocks, see here:
https://www.paddockspares.com/parts-and-accessories/land-rover-series-2-and-3/paint.html
it went on well and gave good coverage.

 

Bobsticle

De Villes Advocaat

• Oct 13, 2018

• #6

I think paintman is very good at colour matching. HMG from paddocks is a good paint and a fair representation of original colour. Most are a generic colour match but can be slightly off if your after true matching. Not that you can tell unless at a show next to an original.

 

wireman

Well-Known Member

• Oct 13, 2018

• #7

I bought some Stratos Blue (not Blue Stratos - that's something completely different!) for my wife's 90 from paintman a few years ago, I agree great match and good application but more expensive than the stuff from Paddocks. (paintman does a wider variety of colours and more modern ones too)

 

scottonthefen

Well-Known Member

• Oct 13, 2018

• #8

Cheers all, some other good options for me to look into there.

 

N

norried

Active Member

• Oct 13, 2018

• #9

I got my.paint from Smith and Allen. I think I paid that for 5 Litres. Can recommend them. Good customer service.

 

sgt wilson

Member

• Nov 4, 2018

• #10

cheapest I found were called black country paints(trade on ebay as TA paint I think) got 5 ltrs BS224 deep bronze green for about 50 quid if remember correctly.Was enough to put about 5 coats on my s11 88 with a brush and gloss roller inside and out.
PS profile pic is a before pic ...will try to post an after pic

 

sgt wilson

Member

• Nov 4, 2018

• #11

 

sgt wilson

Member

• Nov 4, 2018

• #12

above is the after photo

 

scottonthefen

Well-Known Member

• Nov 4, 2018

• #13

Looks great. I hope mine looks like that one day! Thanks for the link.

 

S

suburban

Well-Known Member

• Nov 4, 2018

• #14

I got mine on line from a place in Liverpool https://auto-paint.co.uk/tinned-paint/cellulose.html c£60 for 5 litres cellulose - used nearly ten to do the whole of an 88 (hardtop with side windows) inside and out - better quality that that military paint stuff which marks so easily.

british standard colours only though, their "extra dark sea grey" looks good on a series. only pic I have at the mo

cheap source for thinners, surprising how much thinner you get through just cleaning the gun and stuff.

http://www.express-paints.co.uk/lacquers-thinners/

 

Last edited: Nov 4, 2018

S

suburban

Well-Known Member

• Nov 4, 2018

• #15

it is always best to have more than you need, if you don't get enough the next tin might not be an exact match. plus then you have some for touch ups if necessary.