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[Ian Faulds]

can you brush paint the cellulose sold in the club shop, I am thinking off brushing the new floorpans  and interior so they are the correct colour. I don't have spraying equipment  yet. 

[dougbgt6]

Ian,

I just brush painted my floor pans with Hammerite yellow, turns out a surprisingly close match to my original mimosa. However, I ask myself why bother with a close match? I'm gonna cover in Silent Coat sound/heat resistant squares and who's ever going to see it? 

Doug

[Gully]

My floor pans are zinc rich primer grey...

However, I do know the Club Shop touch up pots are excellent and brush easily, so if the tins are the same source (a question for the shop), then they should brush on too.

Gully

[Ian Faulds]

thanks for the replies , I know its not seen and I bought a tin of gloss red (cars pimento) but its a bit too red, just wondered if you could brush the clubs cellulose straight from the tin. I was going to buy the club paint anyway when I paint the car but im years off that yet, but was thinking to buy early to paint the floors, that's another thing does cellolose keep? I would guess best use it when its new .

[Pete Lewis]

all paint can ultimately  'age'   but if tin is sealed , should be fine , so  dont keep opening to have a look 

and for under carpets etc  its a lot less hassle to use a good exterior household paint of a close colour match

pete

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[Colin Lindsay]

5 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:

all paint can ultimately  'age'   but if tin is sealed , should be fine , so  dont keep opening to have a look 

and for under carpets etc  its a lot less hassle to use a good exterior household paint of a close colour match

pete

 

I hope so, I bought Signal Red to paint my 1200 in 2008, it was top quality stuff and cost me about £170, and it's still unopened in the cupboard. I'm scared to open it.

[daverclasper]

I had a part tin supplied with car, of what I assumed was celly (as the brush cleaned well with celly thinners). only thing I noticed when using a brush, was that it starts to dry very quickly (especially in warm weather), so if doing bit more area, than a small touch up it has to go on quick.

Dave

[Colin Lindsay]

Japlac Signal Red is a very very close match to our cars, and it's brush on.

[Waynebaby]

Ian,

I’ve brushed the shop cellulose on the floor of my GT6. It works best when cold and you need a well loaded brush to avoid marks (it’ll start dragging within a minute) I’d recommend you don’t do this on anywhere that’s not going to be covered up though.

 

[Pete Lewis]

Brushing celly needs slow  thinners , 

You dont see japlac around these days but we painted  sons nappy yellow mini red with a white roof with japlac brushed and rollered ,  

Excellent  stuff  and supa  cheap make over   and  done in a morning 

Pete

[Colin Lindsay]

1 hour ago, Pete Lewis said:

You dont see japlac around these days

Aw no, don't tell me it's gone the way of all good things? The red was a great match, plus the green was excellent for Landrovers too.

[Ian Faulds]

11 hours ago, Waynebaby said:

Ian,

I’ve brushed the shop cellulose on the floor of my GT6. It works best when cold and you need a well loaded brush to avoid marks (it’ll start dragging within a minute) I’d recommend you don’t do this on anywhere that’s not going to be covered up though.

 

 

13 hours ago, daverclasper said:

I had a part tin supplied with car, of what I assumed was celly (as the brush cleaned well with celly thinners). only thing I noticed when using a brush, was that it starts to dry very quickly (especially in warm weather), so if doing bit more area, than a small touch up it has to go on quick.

Dave

thanks for the tips about the celly chaps. I think ill just prime and red gloss it as I was going to do. ill keep a lookout for japlac, reckon it was bought by international paints.

next job is body off,  but a couple of weeks away yet as I need to tidy the garage. I was going to put the body on tressles which I was going to get some wood and make, but I picked up  couple of mk1 black& decker workmates so ill use those, they take 165kg each so be well ok. their a lot stronger looking than the new ones. form there ill be measuring up for the rotisserie. so that's my next few jobs.  great advice on here, thanks. when I start in earnest ill do a resto page on the resto chapter. itll be slow though. 

[p7rider]

Years ago I bought a tin of industrial enamel from a farm garage for tractors.its been brilliant on my chassis and floors for 30 years . I think it was a Ford tractor blue . Great match for Pageant blue . The paint company if I remember was from Birmingham