Hi, I have an old beater, a Mazda MX6 which I have done some body repairs on the sunroof and a small bit of the roof. I want to paint it to some basic level so its not primer for the rest of its life.
Whats my best bet, can I get some paint mixed to the right colour and have a crack with a air spray gun, or am I best to get a spray can - if thats possible! I'm in Wgtn.
dinosaw88,
May 30, 2:50pm
Any paint store can match the paint. Take in your petrol flap or something. Its cheap as anything too.
gunhand,
May 30, 3:41pm
IT IS!
lookoutas,
May 30, 3:52pm
What is!
attitudedesignz,
May 30, 3:54pm
Painting ya car apparently lol.
gunhand,
May 30, 3:55pm
The Paint! Cheap as anything apparently.I supose if you only wanted 100mls it maybe though
petermcg,
May 30, 3:56pm
Make sure you get laquer paint as you cant touch up with any thing else. Rubbing compound a large area around the wound,, and when finished rubbing compound (cut) the whole area.
rob_man,
May 30, 4:06pm
It is in New Plymouth, there's this guy called John down there.
attitudedesignz,
May 30, 4:15pm
Don't remind me
gammelvind,
May 30, 5:37pm
He did say he wanted to paint it to a basic level, a $30 matched spray can will do just that. Solid colours may look ok (ish) just wait till he does a silver, that will look special.
attitudedesignz,
May 30, 5:43pm
Didn't some of those MX-6s come out in Passion Rose Pearl (J4)! That will be even better LMAO
blackcat17,
May 30, 6:24pm
Its a Dark Green with sort of a blue tinge the colour code on the VIN says VQ which google reckons is "Nobel Green". Actually not a bad colour.
gammelvind,
May 30, 6:43pm
You will probably find that it is what we call basecoat/clearcoat. Get a spraycan made up in the colour (basecoat) the with a spraycan of clear finish the job with a couple or three coats of clear. Will be a pretty basic job but will look better than just the primer. Good luck.
johnf_456,
May 30, 7:26pm
Really
supernova2,
May 30, 8:24pm
Maybe Bunnings and some roof paint perhaps!Really!
blackcat17,
Jun 17, 10:50am
Update; I took in the petrol flap, plus the colour code but they said the paint had not faded so a colour match wasn't needed, got a couple of sprays cans and so far the finish is really good. The only problem is it shows how shit my bogging and sanding is! I guess being dark green doesn't help. Looked and felt smooth-as to me, I've got a bit to learn I guess.
ceebee2,
Jun 17, 3:19pm
It's cause you haven't built up the primer coat thickness and "blocked" it back several times.
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