Has anyone...

[ade]

ever rollered a car?

What I mean is take the paint in a tray with some thinners and apply it using a roller?

I was watching some program (and also have a book) about the process and it looks incredibly simple with minimal mess. It also seems to go on really well - leveling out to a really smooth finish. Couple of coats was all that was needed. Awkward areas were even brushed on! Once cured you simply cut back using 1500 wet n dry (wet) and buff up as normal using compound.

Might be an alternative way of applying paint rather than trying to set up a booth in me garage. Would also be a shed load cheaper than buying an HVLP system which is about £300!

Also - you can paint in 2pak - no atomised paint mist to worry about - just roller it on - and its sets solid! Could even buyt a littl extra paint to apply a few more layers for extra depth!

Thoughts?

Ade

[novacabrio]

Seen it done before and the result was great. My last spider when it was painted had a couple of faults in the paint around the rear of the strut tops in the engine bay. The painter came out and brushed it which I wasnt happy about but once donne you'd never know.

[Matt Pickering]

Think it depends on the Material or whatever the roller is made from, don't think a B&Q trade roller would do it, i have seen a restoration program where he used a brush made from camel hair and the finish was superb.


Matt..

[Stuart]

now where did you get more ideas for this from.. lol


reading about it you can use cheap "gloss" rollers for the smaller roller frames but have to bin them every 10-20mins... but still you can do most of a car in that time.

all sorts of paint options for doing it, from rustoleum combi-color to 2K as you say.

if you have a clean garage then its well worth trying.

[Jack]

Hmm, might have to see if I can roller my spare bootlid lol

[Rexy]

LMFBO Crazy fool's.....

I used to used 2k roller primer as it was less messy etc, Good luck flatting it with 1500's tho mate and no doubt you will get a lot of snotters all over the place as the paint will be thinish when you put it on... You cant just whap it on as it will run and look pooooop.

I' know it can be done with a lot of time and patience, But if you work on Stu's Hourly rate guide i doubt it would be worth doing as the time it would take to get it looking pretty good will far exceed the actual cost of getting somebody to actually paint it lol.

[Stuart]

lol my magical hourly rate :D

I've got an idea and the only cheap way to do it is with a roller, and the largest time issue is letting the stuff harden off

[hc coupe]

http://www.dulux.co.uk/web/images/img/img_paintpod_video.jpg (http://www.dulux.co.uk/products/paintpod/ydemo.jsp)


Not sure if this would help,but you could get it done in a afternoon !:thumb:

[Prey]

http://www.dulux.co.uk/web/images/img/img_paintpod_video.jpg (http://www.dulux.co.uk/products/paintpod/ydemo.jsp)


Not sure if this would help,but you could get it done in a afternoon !:thumb:

Id love to see if you could paint a car before the thinners ate thru the paint pod ha ha.....

[jimbob-mcgrew]

go for it ade, save u a hell of alot of time and hassle, and it'l protect the panels from the elements. theres an autograss style mini in my driveway thats been there about 10 years, been left in the rain most of the time, paint on that is still going strong, not been cut like you had planned, but id imagine it wouldnt be too bad considering the cost. a solid matt like white would prob come out the best.

[jimbob-mcgrew]

its for sale by the way if anyones interested, hasnt been started in years, but is all there, comes on an old and rickety trailer for £200 ish, can put pics up if anyone's interested.

[craig green]

I've seen a rollered car painted with enamel.
It looked spot on & so long as you are prepared to do a lot of flatting, the results should be good.

[Ben]

A lot of Coaches and buses are painted by rollers, have seen some brilliant finish's with the technique and also so horror's same as gun spraying though, depends on the person putting it on.

I do tend to agree with rex though, will be a lot of work and expense and tbh with painting, you can either do it or you cant and i cant paint happily pay painters to do what there good at.

[mayhem]

there's an american website about a guy who rollered his project (great how-to) i just cant remember the site lol

best is to roller when its colder, so it takes longer to dry, with gives the paint more time to 'smooth out'.

you can use a boat/yacht lacquer. this is a bit more expensive, but works great.

also for thinning the paint, use something we call 'wasbenzine'. (dont know the english word for it). its a degreaser, like thinner, but it takes longer to evaporate. with also gives the paint more time to smoothen.

[burgo]

there's an american website about a guy who rollered his project (great how-to) i just cant remember the site lol

best is to roller when its colder, so it takes longer to dry, with gives the paint more time to 'smooth out'.

you can use a boat/yacht lacquer. this is a bit more expensive, but works great.

also for thinning the paint, use something we call 'wasbenzine'. (dont know the english word for it). its a degreaser, like thinner, but it takes longer to evaporate. with also gives the paint more time to smoothen.iv been through that how to and he did eventually get a great finish but it does take alot of work

[ade]

I had the same worries that Rexy mentioned and its interesting seeing the responses. I'm not that bad at painting and know the basics however paying someone near me to pro paint it is no longer an option. My local body shop guy is selling up gos the landlord he rents the lock up from has bumped the rates up to stoopid money!

Although I'm tempted to enquire how much to rent the lock up for - its huge and would certainly clear my garage of space!

I have rollered before - restored the cab on a 1981 Leyland truck the wife bought for a horse box. Sanded it back and rollered on a lovely shade of racing green. Went on really well too although as mentioned the little sponge rollers need changing regularly as they break up and the snotters that form can be buggers if you roll over the same area more than twice!

Think I need to look more into the HVLP side...