Project Dollywobbler's Foxy little number

[LightBulbFun]

aiming for AC blue rather then Invacar blue then?

 

[GrumpiusMaximus]

Toilet blue!

[dollywobbler]

I'd better not paint the roof white then...

Second coat is looking much better. Ditched the roller, went for a brush.

[AndySnapper]

Looking a lot better than it did I think

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[dollywobbler]

Yes, just a bit worried about longevity. It's just regular household emulsion. I've known friends have good results with the stuff, but that was years ago when it was full of nasty chemicals. Slightly worried this water-based stuff is going to be shite, so may need to find a way to seal it.

[egg]

Maybe just go over it in Yacht Varnish or something!

[Timewaster]

You roller painted it with emulsion?

 

Okay then. Your car and all that.

I wouldn't take it down the jet wash when it gets dirty though.

[dave j]

I roller painted my camper with Rustoluem and wouldn't dare jet wash it! 

[dollywobbler]

Thankfully, my pressure washer is mostly gathering dust...

Yacht varnish is one idea, but I don't want to lose the matt effect I've gone for. I've got one tin of aerosol matt acrylic sealer, which I might try. It'll take a few of them to do the entire car though, and I might actually have to mask bits of it off.

[busmansholiday]

Class !!!

 

 

[LightBulbFun]

3 hours ago, dollywobbler said:

I'd better not paint the roof white then...

Second coat is looking much better. Ditched the roller, went for a brush.

Oh yes paint the roof white, that would be a really fun subtle nod to an early Mk12 Invacar that only pretty me and Egg would get anyway

[DodgyBastard]

7 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Did you ask DodgyFOADknight for tips?

Nope but I would have suggested using actual paint rather than emulsion...

[dollywobbler]

Yeah, here's the thing. So far, the paint job has cost me about £15 - and I've still got three quarters of a tin of paint left. This is a question of just how cheaply you can paint a car. Start using proper, actually-suitable paint and it starts getting very expensive. I think I'll for a few cans of clear matt lacquer and a darned good waxing and see how that fares.

 

Mind you, I must remember that I haven't painted the canopy, bonnet or mirrors yet...

[cobblers]

I don't want to piss on your chips but emulsion isn't even slightly water resistant nor will it stick properly to any non-porous surface.

Clear laquer over emulsion is a "shabby chic chest of drawers ruiner" technique.

[dollywobbler]

Ah well. I'll just wrap it in cling film then.

[chaseracer]

24 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Ah well. I'll just wrap it in cling film then.

That would be a proper Hubnut-spec wrap!

[DodgyBastard]

35 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Yeah, here's the thing. So far, the paint job has cost me about £15 - and I've still got three quarters of a tin of paint left. This is a question of just how cheaply you can paint a car. Start using proper, actually-suitable paint and it starts getting very expensive.

I think this paint job cost me around £15

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I used a generic hammerite knock off through a spray gun. It was a little bit more durable and just as inexpensive.

[Alusilber]

Coincidentally, I noticed while perusing the magazine racks at Tescos that the June issue of Car Mechanics has an article on "budget paint jobs": Plastidip etc.

[stuboy]

we painted a transit swb with exterior gloss... squint it was ok

[mrdelmonti]

I've rollered on some cheap tractor (enamel) paint before but never emulsion. Interested to see how this turns out.

[Timewaster]

I have seen a work van touched up with tipp-ex. 

Surprisingly durable (the tipp-ex that is, the van was an Iveco!)

It probably helped that the van was never, ever washed.

 

[SiC]

Doesn't emulsion have a very low UV resistance? What does blue turn to if you mix yellow into it? 

I'd wager my luck a bit more with a can of narrow boat paint or similar. Alternatively bulk buy a load of cheapish Rustoleum painters choice rattle cans (same stuff Vulgalore used). That's the intension with the 1100 when it's time comes for painting. 

[The Moog]

Norther monkey has got a litre and half of Rustoleum I think sitting on a shelf gathering dust. It is beige!

I am sure we could send it to you if you wanted.

[Isaac Hunt]

Ooooph, takes me back to the days of Cannons re-paint.   I only ever used Cannons re-paint under the wheel arches, it gave a colour match and being quite a soft enamel, it provided good protection against stone chips.  When it got a bit shabby, one just wiped it down with petrol and gave it another coat.

i never painted any of the main body shell innit though.  I did once help someone undertake a quick prep and wipe down with petrol before squirting some knacker lacquer over it, looked OK from several feet away.   

If it doesn't work out, you can always 'bare metal........errrr bare plastic'  it again and run over it with something like single pack coach enamel.  I've seen a few cars painted in the single pack coach enamel.  A very reasonable finish can be achieved with good prep, a really good quality brush and good technique.

I can understand the not liking of the wheel barrow green, did it once belong to a gardener ?

[Andyrew]

Certainly not the right paint to use but it will be interesting to see how it holds up with use. 

The paint wasn't great anyway so it's not really much of a loss.  I certainly would not spend any money putting clear over it. 

I used Montana black graffiti paint on my samurai and that covered really well and dried to a decent finish. 

 

 

 

[dollywobbler]

Dodge - aye, the 305 looks good, but I'd need to factor in the cost of spraying equipment, so it wouldn't be £15. I also don't have anywhere suitable for spraying other than outside.

I field-tested some paint overnight, and the finish seems ok. Have some matt sealer now which I'll use in the most delicate areas (seeing as they only had one can on the shelf). Also got some matt black for the black bits, as they're shite too.

[AndySnapper]

You could alway use the (currently green) rear cover as a test piece to experiment with  various coatings in the Welsh weather. Leaving the fox safely under cover in the meantime.

[captain_70s]

Ah, I'd not realised it was emulsion. Still, it'll be reet provided it doesn't rain...

[dollywobbler]

Seems unlikely...

I cracked on with sealer, but Aberystwyth yielded just one can of the stuff, so I ran out (hence why the door looks a different shade).

Got the matt black out on the bumpers. Looking alright I reckon. Now need to decide what to do with the hardtop, because I'm thinking too much blue might be a very bad thing. Black maybe? Or do I try and track down a cab back so I can keep it a pick-up? That seems a little restrictive in terms of load space.

[LightBulbFun]

3 minutes ago, dollywobbler said:

Seems unlikely...

I cracked on with sealer, but Aberystwyth yielded just one can of the stuff, so I ran out (hence why the door looks a different shade).

Got the matt black out on the bumpers. Looking alright I reckon. Now need to decide what to do with the hardtop, because I'm thinking too much blue might be a very bad thing. Black maybe? Or do I try and track down a cab back so I can keep it a pick-up? That seems a little restrictive in terms of load space.

looking good so far

BTW I noticed in your recent videos, that you tend to use the selfie camera for recording your videos, just curious what thats about? (is it so you can easly see what the camera is seeing via the phones screen?)

I ask because normally the back camera on Phones is of much higher quality then the selfie camera, and I was thinking especially with your focus issues in the 2CV lock video, if you used the rear camera things may focus a bit better etc