Painting Bullets (yes another thread!)

[123stevevw]

I have done a search and Mish' name comes up alot, I have tried to PM him to get a price for painting my 2.0 16v bullets monaco blue but his inbox is full! Is there anyone else on here who is s**t hot at this?!

 

[123stevevw]

anyone?!

 

[Peejous]

Just do it yourself man.

It's easy

 

[123stevevw]

I want a proper job done matey, like my shizzle to be right naaaahh meeeeeaaaaaan

 

[Peejous]

Never touched a can of paint?

 

[cat171]

I fully understand what the OP is saying. I'm crap at painting !

- Reply in mish's thread about painting.

 

[123stevevw]

Yeah Ive used paint before but I just want my car to be pukka and I'm not a pro at painting. Thanks lolcat

 

[JD]

Middo is the man at this

 

[theduck]

Mish seems to have dissapeared....

Middo cant do any at the moment apparently.

 

[Ronnie R]

hmm i would be intrested in this to!

 

[Will.]

nathj does it aswell. He did mine and is very good. Still lol'ing at lolcat171 lol

 

[cat171]

^ lolz !!!

Middo is the man at this

Middosport is retired iirc mate.

 

[NaGGz]

Might aswell use this thread seen as tho its on topic,

Im wanting to do my bullets. Just painting the lettering to match the car.

Do you just paint onto the silver lettering or sand em down first or what!? Unsure :S

 

[fUbAr]

Might aswell use this thread seen as tho its on topic,

Im wanting to do my bullets. Just painting the lettering to match the car.

Do you just paint onto the silver lettering or sand em down first or what!? Unsure :S

Degrease and sand down the badges.
Primer
sand 1200
Primer
Sand 1200
base coat
sand 1200
base coat
hand paint lettering
laquer
laquer
cure for 48 hours

allow to dry fully between each stage.

result:

 

[NaGGz]

How long to dry after each application? about an hour? lol im impatient.

How do you "cure" them?

 

[fUbAr]

what I did...

between the primer, 1 hour
between the base coats, 4 hours
after the lettering, 4 hours
between the laquer, 6 hours

to cure (harden) the laquer just leave them somewhere warm, dry and dust free for a few days.

The key is in the preperation. Spend time with the primer making sure any imperfections are ironed out at this early stage, and importantly, take your time!

 

[NaGGz]

Thats awesome, cheers!

Nice bullets aswell btw!

 

[Peejous]

Fubar, what did you use to hand paint the letters?

They look ace.

 

[fUbAr]

the brush that comes with the touch up kits from Renault (and a very steady hand)

 

[123stevevw]

b****cks to it, havin a go myself now, all done just waitin for the final coat of laquer to dry

Can't stress enough - take your time

 

[StevenMc29]

I have done a search and Mish' name comes up alot, I have tried to PM him to get a price for painting my 2.0 16v bullets monaco blue but his inbox is full! Is there anyone else on here who is s**t hot at this?!

**her:rasp:

 

[Tigger]

Giving this a shot...
Does the colour of the primer matter? White/Grey

 

[Armani]

result:

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WoW they look absolutely fantastic,im gonna try mine if they come out 1/2 as good as ^^ them ^^ i'll be chuffed to bits..awesome work

 

[richy22]

Giving this a shot...
Does the colour of the primer matter? White/Grey

If you get the Halfords Monaco Blue spray paint (IMO the best match i've come across!) then I think it says to use grey primer

 

[Tigger]

Wat about painting with a brighter colour? yellow, red, orange, silver etc

 

[RichCup]

^^ White!

 

[Damo_Sport]

What paint do you use to actually paint the lettering?

 

[Damo_Sport]

plus sanding down is taking aages... any tips?

 

[fUbAr]

sanding down shouldnt take ages, you're only scoring the surface... not removing any layers.

I painted the lettering with a touch up brush kit from Renault.

 

[Damo_Sport]

sanding down shouldnt take ages, you're only scoring the surface... not removing any layers.

I painted the lettering with a touch up brush kit from Renault.

Whoops. im sounding down to the plastic on my engine cover >.<

 

[rich-6]

Mine took me about 20 mins to get off the car and prep, I then Mixed my paint up, Painted & Laquered them and baked for 25 mins

Result on w**ky mobile lol

Porche Seal grey i believe, The only way i could get all the wax off and stop reactions was to run them under the gunwash, Panel wipe wouldnt touch it Collonites durability for ya

 

[Damo_Sport]

laquered mine today. and its darker in some places then others and runny bits

 

[Tigger]

I painted my diamond yesterday after a lot of playing with the primer to get it right.

The 1st coat was fine, put on a 2nd coat and it bubbled & dried out with loads of deep cracks :S

Back to scratch with the thinners or an easier fix to it?

 

[richy22]

You didnt leave it long enough between coats by the sounds of things?

As for what to do next.. im no expert but start from scratch?? Or wet and dry out the cracks and apply another coat?

 

[Tigger]

Yeah tried to wet-flat it back until the cracks were smoothed out and put on a thin coat a short while ago - FAIL!

Going to have to get the thinners out by the looks of it

 

[richy22]

You should see my engine cover!

Still dont care too much about that. MY spoiler needs sorting big time though!

 

[Coby.]

I left mine 1-2 days between Primer and Basecoat and the same for the next few stages.

 

[calum001]

Mine took me about 20 mins to get off the car and prep, I then Mixed my paint up, Painted & Laquered them and baked for 25 mins

Result on w**ky mobile lol

Porche Seal grey i believe, The only way i could get all the wax off and stop reactions was to run them under the gunwash, Panel wipe wouldnt touch it Collonites durability for ya

That looks quality mate, nice and subtle, is it as good a colour match to the wheels in real life than it is in the pics ?

 

[Tigger]

Yeah tried to wet-flat it back until the cracks were smoothed out and put on a thin coat a short while ago - FAIL!

Going to have to get the thinners out by the looks of it

Stripped it back to standard with the thinners, cleaned it thoroughly and sanded it before primer.

Now the primer is drying out unevenly/rough at the edges :S

 

[rich-6]

That looks quality mate, nice and subtle, is it as good a colour match to the wheels in real life than it is in the pics ?

Its as close as i could find going through the variant chips. The only thing it lacks is a hint of blue but i didnt want to experiment and ruin them other than that its spot on