Wrinkle/Crinkle Paint

[longshot]

If the trade winds are in my favour I should be receiving a spray can of wrinkle paint today.

I have 4 steel seat side covers to paint with it as the old paint is falling off.

I have read online about spraying this stuff and the general opinion seems to be that it is an absolute nightmare to do and the result can be mixed for what appears to be no reason at all.

Does anyone have experience with applying it and can you offer me any words of wisdom to help me not waste the whole can before I get a finish that looks good.

I've bought a can of VHT wrinkle plus btw.

Thanks.

Edited by longshot on Wednesday 18th May 10:30

[longshot]

Thanks for the advice.

The 4 parts I have to do are around 4 inches square so I will try to do them all together and hope it goes right but I will try to find a back up nozzle.

Your cover looks very nicely done. It is just how I want my parts to be. Nice small wrinkles.

[longshot]

Blimey, you guys are setting the bar high.
Your TT bits look really great too.

It looks like I will have to borrow a heat gun then.

I was planning on wire brushing the old paint off ( a lot of it is peeling or plain falling off) and then I assume thinners would be ok to degrease?

[longshot]

Thank you all for your posts and pics.
I'm feeling a lot less convinced that I will completely balls it up now.

I will heed your advice Sam with the gun. I can imagine it is very easy to overdo it with the heat.

Thankfully my pieces will be inside the car and won't have to cope with engine bay temperatures.

[longshot]

Paint arrived, I followed the advice given and they look great.

I did one as a trial and that has ended up slightly less wrinkled than the other 3 but I'm really happy with all of them.

The bit with the heat gun is great fun and very satisfying.

Many thanks for all your help guys.