ukmgranger

ukmgranger

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So I have recently got a Defender that needs work on several bits of the bodywork. I was thinking about getting a cheap spray gun, getting the paint matched (metallic blue) and having a go myself.

I'm not after a showroom finish, just enough to blend in. There are currently lots of grey patches where the paint has flaked away.

I have just had to fork out quite a sum of money on chassis repairs etc. so I would like to do the bodywork myself until I can afford a full respray.

The question:
Will this spray kit (Apollo Spraymate) be up to the job of spraying metallic paint? I don't want to spend more that £100 on the equipment, and I also don't have room for an air compressor.
Apollo Spraymate AS400 in Spray Machines - HVLP from Apollo at MP Tools

I have also thought about the smaller penlike airbrushes too as I read an article about someone doing touch ups with one of these.

Your thoughts please!! ;)
 
If you just doing small touch ups rather than full panels go with the airbrush. Judging by the tip size on that spray system you linked to, it probably more suitable for house painting or spraying of thick paint. It would probably be unsuitable for factory style paint.
I have done touch ups on other vehicles using a modelling airbrush like this one H-SET - SINGLE ACTION by Paasche Airbrush Company which worked well with base coat clear coat metallic.
 
Think the coverage would be a very small area and would therefore take forever

If just after touching up a few bits, pre mixed aerosols (i use Autopaint St Helens, but any paint supplier will do) will be easier
 
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If its a standard paint colour and you have the paint code and you arent looking for a showroom finish then it would just be cheaper to get some aerosol cans to match. Or as said already just buy a couple of litres of paint and some wet and dry and paint the whole thing with a gloss roller. Ive painted my recent one and it came out fine. My last one was done with a roller too and it looked fine.
 
This is the Landy in question.

I'm not after a showroom finish, but I'm not sure that a can of paint and a roller will quite do the job I'm after ;)

I can't find a paint number on it anywhere, so I think I will be forced to get it colour matched.

1. Does anyone know of a company in the Derby area that does colour matching?

2. If I get it colour matched, can they provide spray cans with that colour in it?
 

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ukmgranger said:
Just found this on fleebay!

It's an airbrush kit for £80.

Anyone have any thoughts on using this for car paintwork

AIRBRUSH KIT + AIRBRUSH COMPRESSOR AIR BRUSH COMPRESSOR | eBay
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The compressor ok, but the airbrush rubbish. You should be able to get one of those airbrushes in a model or hobby shop. I would however think about getting the colour matched spray can. Auto shops over here have a camera they put on the paint so they can colour match for you.
 
Understand the challenge - is yours a 1996 plate? If so and original metallic blue there's a few it could be:

Deep Winter Pearl LRC902
Gypsy Blue LRC903
Auckland Blue LRC901
Arizona Riveria Blue LRC588
Biaritz Blue LRC965
Oxford Blue LRC602
Avalon Blue LRCJUV

Any paint shop should be able to match for you, and even the larger Halfords have colour charts (although they sometimes deny it!)

Would suggest going armed with the above codes and seeing if any look right
 
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Thanks for that info Station House.

It's going away for a week for some chassis repairs and multiple welds, so as soon as I get it back I'll have a look into the Halfords thang.
 
Just sprayed the front air vents and surrounds today - used Autopaint supplied MONOFIL COLOUR MATCH PAINT and INDASA 1 coat laquer. Cheap laquers don't seem to last well! Autopaint also supply paint to the local bodyshop, so colour match is good.
It's not factory finish, but you can hardly tell.
 
If you are selling, then I understand tarting it up. Otherwise, why are you bothering? Just do and get muddy and you will not notice the paintwork and wonky bodywork any more!! Seems to work for most on here looking at their photos. Alternatively, but a TT and get a job as a hairdresser.
 
or you could do wat the old man used to do with the older cars on fleet.when they started looking tatty and a bit rough ( Taxi's with 1500000 on them) they got a good spray of shultz to rub strips or coach lines :doh:
 
So - just an update.

Purchased paint in spray can form from Auto Paint St Helens (Along with Etch Primer and Clear Coat).

Just gave one of my window brackets a rub down and spray, and I am relatively happy with the result. I should probably give the clear coat a rub down with 1600 paper to remove a little of the 'orange peal' and bring up the shine.

As it is a component, it is far easier than the blending in that I will need to do on the doors etc, but I should be able to sort out most of the nasty bits relatively inexpensively!!

Result.

Pics attached - no before, but suffice to say that they looked terrible with flaking paint etc.
 

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