respray

From 50 quid to about 20 grand.

Peter

While since you had a respray done...

More like £80 - £25k these days.

...mind you I am in Scotland. :)

A

Your questions got annoyingly shit a while ago.

Leave.

Top Gear did one on a Jaguar V12 for about a tenner.

My mate Simon once hand painted a Mk2 Granada with a tin of Dulux.

Peter

You couldn't even buy the paint for that.

More than it's worth. The only time it's sane to do a respray is in the following situations:

a) Newish, expensive car. Anything but a full respray following an accident would reduce its value (say it's a Nissan or an Alfa with flip paint). But if it's got to the point of every panel on the car needing painting, you're probably getting a new shell too.

b) It's a classic car, the old paint's done for, and it's worth it to you or the car's worth more than the painting costs

c) You're restoring a classic, or building a project car. You don't care how much shiney paint costs, and you've already stripped everything out of the car.

d) You can do it yourself.

e) You've got an old banger, and you're not respraying it, you're hammeriting it before it turns into dust.

That's about it. And you could argue against half of them.

I remember a local house painter who had a sit up and beg Ford 'Anglia' van which he'd painted with black household Dulux. Looked as good a finish as any Rolls.

Couple of litres of external emulsion and some 2 pack thinners/hardener

jobs a good un :)

dont knock it find an old school spray painter theres method in my madness

You're right, it was about two thirds of a V12, wasn't it?

V8 paint? Dunno ;-)

Yeah but professionals have those kick arse lambswool rollers.

Fraser

IIRC, he used a brush. But probably some ancient well loved coach painter's one.

havnt a clue but if you find any decent reasonable ones in manchester let me know want to give my lude a new look

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