Painting Techniques

**GoLfMan** · 07-08-2005, 01:51 PM

im respaying the original colour which is an olive colour. correct me if im wrong, isnt it called martinin olive? and where do you find the paint code?

one more thing. does it matter what temperature you prime a panel in?

**Golf Loon** · 07-08-2005, 04:33 PM

Cold and damp makes the paint not dry. Or have bubbles. Middle of the day only at the moment

Golfwise · 07-08-2005, 10:17 PM

LS's were painted in acrylic
GLS's baked
Any Auto paint shop will have the code for the formula
which is Dulon CLR 622.
Enamel needs warm condition as it doesn't dry off the gun and will pick up dirt and dust as it does slowly dry and the overspray is messy and hard to apply without runs if you are a novice.Good for farm machinery though.

**GoLfMan** · 08-08-2005, 05:49 PM

cheers mate

**Golf Loon** · 08-08-2005, 05:51 PM

Yeah enamels good, I have used a gloss roller to apply it before now. OK for fridges and rippled plastic panels like bumpers.

My mate painted his kombi with a roller and enamel paint and it looked surprisingly good!

Need to be ready to go and wait for a HOT day. Or leave it in a sealed garage for three days.

**gldgti** · 10-08-2005, 08:39 AM

funny that all the rust prone ls'd had the acryillic....

interesting - farm machinery...... well, its a diesel.....not quite a tractor tho

Golfwise · 10-08-2005, 09:24 AM

It was common for LS's to have surface rust through the top coat particularly on real early build ones, they got better but were never up tp the baked e on the German GLS which in their time were some of the best paint finishes around.
Enamel is not unlike modern 2 pac,looks great if painting conditions are good

**GoLfMan** · 10-08-2005, 02:18 PM

so what paint should i use. enamel or acrylic??

brisvegas_golf2 · 10-08-2005, 08:09 PM

hey man i am a spray painter and to answer your question "what to paint it in" i would go either 2k or cobra, cause for enamel to be any good you have to add a special additive which makes it like to 2k,which has a chemical reaction to dry. acrylic is alright i use alot of acrylic at work on trucks and some cars. 2k gives a mush better finnish and it is not hard to paint just do be scared of it. cobra is the best to use cause you put your base colour down which is 50% paint and 50% thinners so it is like acrylic and it dries really quick and then all you have to do is put 2k clear over it to give you the gloss much better to work with and is a lot better quallity paint, and if you are going to respary it i would go with that cause you would have a much better looking car

**GoLfMan** · 10-08-2005, 10:20 PM

hey man its good to hear it from a pro. so a cobra base colour. and a 2k clear? also for a home job bris i was thinking about putting up some plastic sheeting around the car port to create a little spray booth but would i put the panel in the sun first? suggestions? also do you do anything with the base coat after laying it and how many layers?
cheers