You shall have a Fishy

[Wack]

Otherwise, how about a wrap?

That's going to be the cheapest option , my mechanic in Blackburn told me there's guys doing a full car for £600 up there

 

Though knowing Blackburn that's in purple

[richardthestag]

bearing in mind lack of garage to do strip down and / or diy paint + lack of financial justification to lob two an alf bags at it

 

Wrap sounds like the comprimise

 

good out of the box thinking

 

what do they do about door shut faces and stuff?

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

I'd just read almost the whole lot thinking - wrap it fella....... and it's just been suggested up there. For about a third of the spray cost you can have the car wrapped in 'most' colours/shades and nowadays those doing it have a lot more experience and the finish is usually top notch.

After forking out €1500 on a 'cheaper' spray job on the Triumph2500 it was shit from day one - so I'm looking at a wrap too......

 

edit - for door shuts etc... you can specify where they stop - so up to seals can be done - but it increases the cost as they need to trim/stretch/shrink to fit in to the curves.

[somewhatfoolish]

bearing in mind lack of garage to do strip down and / or diy paint + lack of financial justification to lob two an alf bags at it

 

Wrap sounds like the comprimise

 

good out of the box thinking

 

what do they do about door shut faces and stuff?

Ideally the wrap would be the same colour as the existing knackered paint, so the collar and cuffs would match.

[steveo3002]

are wraps ideal on old shit cars , assume they dont hide scrapes and rust bubbles that alot of older cars will have 

 

and if the car has no rust /dents /marks then a paintjob would be much easier with less prep needed

[pshome]

you can wrap yourself, the foils aren't expensive, but it takes time if you want to do it well. Its not very difficult, in the beginning you will redo some parts until you get it right. Doesn't really matter, just peel it off and try again.

 

Beware that the stuff is ultrathin, it doesn't mask any imperfections.

 

Dust is a problem, it sticks to the glue and is quite visible afterwards. For a good job, you need a rather clean garage, or even better a paint chamber.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQDsNKWou3c

[eddyramrod]

- wrap it fella....... 

Wrap it Madam, I think you'll find...

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

deepest apologies - assumptions, I'm a sexist neanderthal - this place - etc......

 

But still - WRAP IT M'LADY

[stephen01]

How does standard one cost gloss paint stand up to being on a vehicle?

 

Asking for a friend who also has a battered van, like

 

Painted my rear doors of my escort van with white hammerite and a gloss roller- okay it wasn't perfect but the colour match was uncanny.