Now of course, finishing the engine bay meant treating the hatch to bit of TLC - especially as it had a couple of rust-spots, the light was damaged and the seal was gone too. So now the relevant parts have arrived I have removed the engine lid and touched up the rusty bits: Rusty areas around edge where seal goes: Now cleaned up and touched up: The lid: Looks a bit grotty! Now cleaned and touched up: Just waiting for the paint to dry and I can fit the new light unit and the new seal.
No I mixed it myself, it is ever so slightly out, it is a bit lighter than the original, but not always noticeable tbh. I bought the nearest I could find in the standard colours and added white. It is OK for now as I plan eventually to paint the whole thing a different colour.
It is the king of paints for those of us armed with no fear and a gloss roller. It's an inexpensive paint that you can have mixed to the correct colour that is hard wearing and theoretically stands up to rust well - it's easy to use compared to pap such as Hammerite.
As @Moons says - great easy to use paint which is an enamel paint so needs a little longer to dry hard, but can be painted on rust and bare metal. It has rustproof qualities so is quite popular with those wanting a good yet cheap finish (usual prep and finishing rules apply)
It can be ordered (mainly) from online suppliers and is thinned using white spirit, so can be used in a spray gun. It is also available in aerosols but I think that is mainly in the 'standard' colours.
I guess it depends on cost / ability to do myself etc. If money was no object, I'd probably go 2k for a proper re-spray, however for touching up etc the Rustoleum does me as I can get a decent finish myself. Some people have got amazing results with the stuff on full body paint jobs using a roller, as I say it is all about the prep, as is any paint job I guess.
