Triumph 2500 Mk2 painting options

[25v6turbo]

Since i bought the Triumph i have been busy doing bits to the underside of the Triumph,interior bits and a few mechanical items,all pleased and good,but now i have to tackle the outer body,its straight but very shabby,every panel needs preping and painting,but i do intend to replace several panels that i feel need to be replaced(anyone have any Triumph 2000 mk2 panels?)

Now i do enjoy doing some bodywork and stripping the brightwork etc of isn,t a problem,but i do have a major issue

I can,t afford to spend real money on the car and don,t have the time to send it away etc to be done,i need to do it between myself and my Dad,he has read about a way to roller the paintwork on,but requires a well prepped car,i CAN,T have it sprayed its at my house covered up but my neighbours won,t put up with me spraying in the area.

what options do i have,rollering it,hand painting,not sure but i have a budget to keep to and i,am not after any show car,,just a smart looking Triumph that doesn,t look an eyesore,i plan to fit some new chrome and it has minilites on it already that are smart enough.

Any advise or any offers to paint it!! i,am in Surrey and its roadworthy,but want to keep it local.

[sierraman]

Don't use a paint roller for fuck sake... Given time, some decent brushes and the right paint, you could do a lot worse than brush painting it. The added benefit of this is you can do it a bit at a time. A mate did once use a roller to paint a Skoda 120, common sense would have said use a brush for the edges at the very least...

[chodweaver]

There's a thread on www.club80-90.co.uk - 'paint your van for £50' that makes interesting reading. I'm in the same situation with two vehicles and I'm hoping this is a solution.

 

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[Parky]

Ask Vulgalour, he has some experience with the Princess. You can get good results by hand, look for Tekaloid paint

[AnthonyG]

I have a friend who does his cars (mainly Land Rovers) by hand, does involve lots of coats and rubbing down though. The results are pretty good. He just uses brushes. I think there was a practical classics article about painting on the cheap in the last year or so, someone who gets every issue will probably know which month it was.

[xtriple]

Years ago you used to be able to get stuff especially designed for brush painting cars (I think it was imaginatively called 're-paint') and was cellulose and flowed a treat. When I lived ooop North and ran a mo'bike as my main obsession, I used to buy a banger from the auctions every winter and I bought a mk2 Cortina estate 1500 GT - proper rare even then and it was a nice car. Cost me £15 at the auctions with a bit of tandt! I grew quite fond of it and decided to repaint it that funky green that 80s Fords came in, bought this stuff and with zero prep and a paintbrush found under the sink, set to...

 

It came out really well!

 

In the old days, having a hand brush painted car was a sign of serious wealth... lovingly applied with the finest brushes and rubbed down between every coat, some very nice finishes were achieved.

 

If you can find some brushing specific paint I'd buy some good brushes (so they don't leave bloody hairs everywhere) and go fo it.

[castros_bro]

In the past I have brush painted trucks and coaches, there was a company called PPG which made coach paint for brush application and their rep used to call at Unipart in Guildford and I bought gallons of the stuff off him.  For best results the weather and humidity have to be right, we painted one coach in a public carpark in Rochester over a couple of weekends.  You could try finding PPG and if they are still going the sling them an email.

[M'coli]

I rollered the hi-build primer on the Avenger, gave it about 3 coats, then flatted back to smooth.  The topcoat went on by electric HVLP sprayer, as it was a pukka 1970s metallic stuff.

[martc]

... there was a company called PPG.... You could try finding PPG and if they are still going the sling them an email.

 

PPG do still exist and are absolutely enormous (see http://corporate.ppg.com/Home.aspx), and still manufacture car paints at Stowmarket (they bought the factory from ICI (http://corporate.ppg.com/Our-Company/Worldwide-Operations/Europe,-Middle-East-and-Africa/Stowmarket in the 90's). No idea if they still sell to Joe Public though, there's a link to their media chap in the second address above, perhaps he could help.

[vulgalour]

Any gloss roller friendly synthetic enamel will do the trick.  You might not get a super expensive finish but you will get a tidy enough looking machine providing you can spend the time on prep and finishing and have either somewhere to work out of the weather or understanding neighbours.  Preparation is the key to a hand-painted car, the more time you spend getting the bodywork and primer coat smoother than a smooth thing the better the top coat will level out on the car.