kev_corsa
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Hey everyone, how much paint would i need to buy to spray the following:
Front Bumper
Rear Bumper
Skirts
Arches
Original Spoiler
New Spoiler
Front Morettes
Rear Morettes
M3 Mirrors
Bonnet
Just need a rough idea of how much paint i need to buy,
cheers guys. 
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antonOO2
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4-5 litres
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Danny_SRI
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it depends on how many coats you want to apply, if you are using a base coat i.e primer and also if you are using laquer. so if you would only want to apply one coat a few times not including laquer i would say 3 and a half and about 2 litres of laquer souposin its 2pac?
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Kris TD
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quote:
Originally posted by antonOO2
4-5 litres
are you having a laugh, u only need 2 litres to spray an entire car.
u would only need 1l of base coat to spray that lot, same in primer and laquer, providing the cars metallic, if not then u dont need laquer
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Kris TD
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yeah use 2pac, it give a much better finnish and comes out a lot thicker. imo cellulose paint is jiz, its very easy to get an orange peel finnsih with it.
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Kris TD
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dont buy anymore than 2l, you will just be wasting money, not the cheapest stuff in the world either at bout 18 quid a litre.
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kev_corsa
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thanks kris
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Corsa_Project
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Where do you buy the paint for spray guns?
I've always done my colour coding with rattle cans, I now have a spray gun for my compressor and wouldn't mind using that to do the colour coding? Cheers.
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Kris TD
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i get my stuff from autopaint international or from the local paint shop.
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Corsa_Project
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Have you got a website address or number for autopaint international. Thanks.
I had another look at your suggestion of putting washers under the strut brace but it needs to be lifted about 1/2 an inch, and then the bonnet will not close, so I will have to buy another type of strut brace instead.
Tahnks again.
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Kris TD
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they used to have a website www.autopaintinternational.co.uk but it says its under construction. they have quite a lot of shops throughout the country, where abouts are you based?
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Corsa_Project
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South Wales. There aren't many proper car shops down this way. The closest is AB Styling near Cardiff and Demon Tweaks in Wrexham!!
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Kris TD
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not a car shop like that, more a motor factors, look in yellow pages for them , alternatively go to a bodyshop and ask where they buy there paint from 
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