Paint sprayers help required...!!!

[andy-w]

Does anyone know of any paint sprayers/suppliers who use pistonheads...i am starting the restoration of my chim this weekend but need some paint!!!

Cheers

Andy

[victormeldrew]

Andy, there is one guy who has a paint shop, sprayed his Cerb yellow if I remember right. Just checking my bookmarks to see if I tagged the thread ...

[andy-w]

Cheers victormeldrew...i am after that colour i was talking about!!!

[victormeldrew]

I think this might be a bit more blue that you were looking for, but it may help : http://tinyurl.com/yaw7oa

These guys seem to do a lot of the "effects" paints and might be worth talking to.

Edited by victormeldrew on Friday 12th January 14:10

[andy-w]

Hmmmm...cheers for those links...now i am thinking of other colours....damn!!!

Nah - i shall stick to my original idea.
I like the look of your car in dark colour and think mine will look quite nice with what i am thinking of going for.

[neejah]

Andy,

I've bought paint from a few places in the past, but more recently MAJ paints over in Sunderland (just over QA bridge) and before that I think Paintshop Supplies (seem to remember also Sunderland.....pallion way).......whatcha going to paint it in 2K?

There were a few places doing candy & flip on t'internet when I was thinking about doing a colour change on the bike........eBay - I kid you not!

[andy-w]

Cheers Neejah...i am not to familiar with sunderland....where about is this paint shop?

I am going for 2k later...i just need to set a few things set up and get the spray booth in place...for now i am just trying to get the car looking roughly how i want it to get an idea...got lots of things planned for the chim...!!!

I have spoken a few times to one bloke on ebay selling flip paint and he is quite cheap but the link victormeldrew gave is fantastic for cheap paints...about £20 for 1ltr of pearl paint is really good...are you on about the lad who is sellling paint for saxos lambretas and vespas???

[IainG]

Maj Paints
Unit 2 Simpson Street
Sunderland
SR4 6DR
Tyne and Wear
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Internet: www.majpaints.co.uk

Never used them but have driven past - website does not seem to work-
or this:

Paint Shop Supplies
01915656722
42-43 Villiers Street
Sunderland , Tyne & Wear SR1 1HA

Edited by IainG on Friday 12th January 20:45

[andy-w]

Cheers for that...i shall have a look over there tomorrow and see if they are open...if not i shall shoot over there next week and see if they have got what i want...

[jeffc]

Just a word of caution , watch out for cheaper makes of paint / primers etc , IF you are looking for a quality finish its worth spending extra.. cheaper clearcoats tend not to hold the gloss like a decent laquer and you end up with a hazey finish .. Its not as critical with basecoats..

Itsalso harder with fibreglass as it does tend to sink anyway and pull the gloss.. when I did my westy I pushed the boat out and used "house of colour flip base" (I wouldnt have used this for a normal colour due to price) and a Standox clear. (pic of car in my profile)

[andy-w]

Cheers for the pointer...

I used to work at daewoo building prototype cars (fibreglass body and steel chasasis) and have quite a bit of experiance in paint spraying but i know where you are comming from. Thing is i have moved up here and i dont know of any paint suppliers so any pointers of a good suppliers is much appreciated!