Which paint?

That's pretty much what I went for with Burtt - a sort of metallic burgundy. Damned if I can remember the name, but it was a standard Freelander colour at the time and look very nice in the metal. My spraying wasn't quite up to the task, sadly.

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 09:50:44 +0100, Tim Hobbs scribbled the following nonsense:

When the light catches it right though, it does look quite good on the bits where the spraying was okay.

We're still debating the colour scheme. Had a quote for vinyl wrap, as it meant I could get Burt, Ernie, Big Bird and the rest of the gang onto bURRt, but it was £3k without doing the roof...... Might make repainting bURRT a Year 10 GCSE product design project, as they're doing Graphics after Easter ;-)

Well, if that doesn't stop me wanting it back, nothing will!

The spraying was crap, mostly because I did such a good job on the prep that I was thoroughly pissed off by the time the metallic went on! I take some comfort from the fact that it didn't peel or flake off, apart from the rather dodgy bit above the drivers door.

I haven't seen your vehicle, but IMO you are in no position to judge the spraying because you KNOW the bits that are bad! :-) One of my pals was showing me his 90 which is nearing completion and pointing out the poor bits - I could hardly notice them even when pointed out, and when I did they were ALL in places that would be hidden - behind spare wheel and the such like (it was also a metallic).

So, while you automatically look at the slightly dodgy bits, everyone else sees the rest and thinks "oh, that's nice!" My MILs Ford Ka has HUGE runs on paint in the INSIDE when I inspected it.... the big guys don't always get it spot on either.

Regards

William MacLeod

(front wings in my case!)