A mini roller rustoleum redecoration

You need to be aware bob that the two biggest chips i got on my front panel were when driving in camberidge area , road sweepers might help , wuddy great stones

 

I'd think you need to supply a paint code rather than a colour name......

 

We love chips in Cambridgeshire, we've even got a new chip shop in Ramsey.

 

Hmm, I did but they didn't know that either. Has anyone else used them? Did I inadvertently get someone who didn't know what they were talking about?

 

Bob I did my cargo deck and floor with rustoleum a couple of years back. I bought some big paper mixing cups with a printed measure on the side,from a paint supplier. I then decanted and thinned a few cups worth at a time to keep me going but to also keep the consistency. Thinning is the way forward with it but it takes longer and loads more coats. Also buy a bulk load of foam roller heads from b and q and change them regularly.

 

Thanks for that, what should I use to thin it and what's the ratio?

 

Just normal white spirit. 10% should do it. They say the consistency of milk is how you need it.

 

Gold top or skimmed?

 

I also wet flatted between coats when it had dried. It is time consuming.

But as you are staying red it should need loads of coats. Mine went from green to Jaffa. Outside is red and white....... Don't ask

 

Semi

 

Can't see why not.

Rule of thumb for spraying would be to thin until when the paint running off your mixing stick stopped running and started dripping, it would drip without stringing out.

 

Is he spraying or rolling?

 

Rolling and also brushing around the fiddly bits.

 

Rollering, but I bet the same applies?

 

If you did mix it like that I would say it's the consistency of milk so I thought it might be another aid to judging the thinning?

 

With proper attention to colour sanding and polishing the depth of shine you can achieve is amazing

With regards to rollering I'd put the first coat on without thinning it then flat back when fully dry and slightly thin the following coats
Use good quality brushes designed for gloss paint in the fiddly areas
When your flatting back between coats if the paint starts to roll into little worms on the paper then it's not fully cured

Good luck with it Bob and keep the pictures coming

 

My cunning plan didn't work then, I saw you'd replied to the thread and fully expected you to offer to come down here and do it for me in return for petrol money a a good feed.

 

Avenue coatings mixed some up for me. If they dont have the colour details, do what I did, buy a rattle can and spray something (brake backing pad in my case) and send it to them and they will match it....

 

And you would miss out on learning something new and also miss out on that feeling when you stand back and look at the finished job and say I did that

When it comes to the window rubbers
If you push some plastic coated washing line under the lip of the seal before masking it then you can get the paint to flow and stop so the edge is hidden under the seal
This will also help avoid the paint lifting at the edges
During your initial sanding if you break through to bare metal then just give that spot a mist of etch primer before rollering on the rustoleum combi colour

 

I'm prepared to sacrifice my feelings in order to allow you the warm feeling of standing back, looking at the finished job and saying "I did that for Bob, and I didn't even charge him. I'm a really good egg".