Average paint + petrol = car paint?!?!

[db_1.2]

The other day my mate was telling me about how he knows someone owns a small garage where he sprays his own things, anyway, he rekons he mixes average paint that you put on your walls with petrol and sprays it on a few of his vans, just wondering if it really works cus if it does ill be sure to give it a go! If anyone knows whats the ratio of the mix spose to be?

Failing this, where can i get cheap proper car paint?

Cheerslol:thumb:

[lee coley]

dont listen to him,thats the daftest thing ive heard in a while,theres lots of places that sell car paint,best off going on google or look in your yellow pages,dont use halfruds its crap,also use 2pack and use the correct respirator.

petrol,haha

[Welsh Dan]

My dad emulsioned an old austin once when he was about 20 lol.

If the above isn't bull**** then the petrol will just be to thin the emulsion down enough to make it go through a spray gun, and will still give a matte finish when dry.

[lee coley]

emulsion=water based

petrol=well its oil

oil and water dont mix.

[Welsh Dan]

Oil and water do not mix, but either way its paint contained in a solvent.

[mikey14sr]

Reminds me of an escort that someone brought in to the garage I was working at about 10 years ago. He wanted a new bonnet painting, said he had some of the paint from the re-spray left at home. Imagine our faces when he brought in a tin of dulux gloss a few days later! We mixed it up with 2-pack thinners and activator, and the finish was quite good! Somehow it was still nice and shiny 2 years later! And there was no sign of it peeling or flaking.

[draper]

there used to be guy roun dhere with a rascal, he emulsioned it once a year lol he was a painter and decorator by trade so changed his logo every year aswell

[db_1.2]

Reminds me of an escort that someone brought in to the garage I was working at about 10 years ago. He wanted a new bonnet painting, said he had some of the paint from the re-spray left at home. Imagine our faces when he brought in a tin of dulux gloss a few days later! We mixed it up with 2-pack thinners and activator, and the finish was quite good! Somehow it was still nice and shiny 2 years later! And there was no sign of it peeling or flaking.

Yeh thats what i thought the petrol would be for, the thinner, so you could get it through a spray gun Lol, i dunno ill give it a go if you like! And like you said it seems to stick well, i have seen the van he claims to have done it on, looks shiney and quite alright really, apart from the paint runs everywhere! Donate some money and ill give it a go!:D

[Jon_nova1]

why not just do it the normal way? petrol is far too expensive to waste lol

[welsh_roadrally]

2 Pack or Synthetic paint isn't that expensive so i cant see the point in just mixing any sh*t :wtf:

Look on Ebay,plenty of shops on there that supply car paint,iirc ?35 for 3ltrs of 2k,with activator and thinners to suit,thats more than enough to respray a nova:thumb: