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I was booooorn under waaaandrin…. No I’ll stop that.
Well as its summer now and we are all spending our time enjoying long hot dry days I decided to get some painting done. Unfortunately I did not get far as the weather seems to have closed in on me. But here is a picture of what I have done so far. I have used semi-gloss polyurethane quick drying paint. That I got from Blackcountry paints. I used a standard RAL colour so I hope it will be easy to match if I run out. I gave the panels a bath, then a quick rub down with some fine wet/dry and then another bath. I did not bother with filler and all that lark, I mean it’s a landrover!.
First coat was put on quite thick with an expensive- ish (£6) soft roller that said it would not drop any fur. Then I left it for 24h ant dis a second coat (I had soaked the roller in white sprit overnight to try and get my money’s worth out of it, unfortunately this made the next coat very thin.) another 24 hours and then I did a top coat with a gloss roller that was cheap enough to throw away once I had finished.
The finish is really good on the flat panels, and not too bad over the dents, I had to fill in some edges with a brush, but I splashed out on a Harris one and that seems to have worked. The paint is meant to go over the top of the old paint, so I did not want to take too much off, unfortunately there were a couple of edges the lifted off and needed to be re sanded.

I’m thinking I might invest in an electric/ air sander before I take on the next bits, ant I may/ may not spray the bits like doors that will come off, although where the panels a flat you would be hard pushed to tell if the paint was rollered or sprayed. Will update with some better photos once we have some more dry weather……. So about 2025 then .

Here is a better before and after photo, well half old half new any way

Started on the rear door last night. Used some two pack etch primer, the man at the shop said to mix it 1:1 which I did (With a stolen measuring spoon from the kitchen … shhh). It seems very runny, it has dried and has stuck, but was hard to apply as it kept giving runs all over the place. I hope I get on better with the next coat.

I have tried to make a start painting the roof, but I came across some problems. Firstly the roof is paper thin aluminium and I was a bit worried that I would break through it. Secondly some one has already had a go at stripping the paint and obviously hit the same problems and thirdly the primer I have seems very thin.


I went over the roof with a wire brush on a grinder, lots of the original paint would not come off and I was scared of going through the roof. Then I went over it with the sander, some more paint came of but not much. Finally I cleaned it all up and then rollered on some of the etch primer…. This is the point that some of the old * %$#* paint decided to come off How is that even possible Any way by this point I gave up , pulled off what I could and rollered over the rest, its only the roof, almost no one will ever see it.

Finally I cleaned it all up and then rollered on some of the etch primer…. This is the point that some of the old * %$#* paint decided to come off How is that even possible

The solvents in any paint are liable to make older stuff lift. etch primer is even more likly to do so as the acid in it is is designed to make sure it really gets in there when applied to BARE aluminum. Putting etch on top of paint is bound to cause a nasty reaction, you'll be better off using normal primer, even if you've got some bare patches.

I needed to use up some good weather, so I have started painting the chassis. I have pained what I can reach of the front end. I went over it with a couple of coats of “Truck Guard” which is a zinc primer, (meant to be good, but I guess I will not find that out for a couple of years ). Then I have gone over the top (some would say literally) with red polyurethane paint to match the roof and the sides, I think it looks quite cool, but I could just be the paint fumes starting to get to me

Next I’m going to brake out the new Aldi spray gun

Are you trying to build a surrey? This reminds me of "Oaklahoma" for some reason.

A draw bar and a few carrage horses...

Does look a bit amish,:D will i still need an MOT if i atach a horse

Not sure I'd want to try and put a horse through an emissions test?