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In days gone by, coach painting was an art. purpose paint and brushes. and extremely good quality of finish for the time.

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Originally Posted by cluffy (Post 2536482)

Eyup folks, just wondering if anyone has or attempted to paint a car by brush / roller. Just been thinking about it over the past few days ad my focus 2001 is looking tatty and scratched and dented in places, and the arches are rusting. its not worth a respray and i looked into vinyl wrapping as a 'cheap' option only to find itd still cost in the region of £1000 for a basic wrap. been reading up on it but there doesnt seem to be a definative way to do it, theres the odd thing on youtube but it seems to be mainly pickups which dont look too bad if their rough looking. I know the finish isnt going to be anything too great but just for the point of being able to touch it up whenever etc i think it might be worth a thought.

Any thoughts / horror stories / good things on the subject?
Danny

Done it years ago. You used to be able to buy proper hand paint for cars that dried really slowly. It always looked hand painted not matter what. Just do it in a wind free environment, like a garage. You could cut it back using an aggresive coumpund after.

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I had a winter hack car . Needed a bonnet grill etc. Got a yellow one rollerd it with white emulsion let it dry and lasted just fine.

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Unless the Focus bodywork is absolutely knackered I really wouldn't bother painting it with a brush or roller, I can almost guarantee it will look worse than it does now unless you are prepared to invest a LOT of time and effort into the job.

Buy or borrow a polisher and cut the original paint back - it won't remove very deep scratches but it can make an otherwise neglected car look pretty good.

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Cheers for the posts guys / girls, ill have a think about it for now. initially starting it seems a bit daunting because once its started it'll have to be finished i suppose, and if it all goes breasts up then it might not be good, But then again it'd be a gamble as it might look better than it already does.

Danny

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unless your going to invest in prober time and effort dont do it my grandad tried to paint over scratch on his new ish landrover and it looks ****.

how bad are chips and scratches? cant you use that stuff they advertise on tv to get rid of it. it helped on mine!!

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I painted a Mr Bean Mini (was earmarked for the film but never used) with a roller and Do-It-All red metalwork paint. My son who was three at the time painted the roof black for me the same way. It came put very well considering.

There's tagged pictures on my facebook pages

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Talk to electro's mate about getting it sprayed. A bodge job looks worse than tatty OE paint.

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A few people have done it with rustoleum but it does need cutting back afterwards to get a reasonable finish.

Personally I wouldn't bother

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how bad are chips and scratches? cant you use that stuff they advertise on tv to get rid of it. it helped on mine!!

Its not just scratches, theres small dents etc all over it. dont know if its worth the brass to get it sprayed as its only worth £1000 ish anyway and ive been looking into getting another car, but when the cars you want are silly money i wonder wether to run this into the ground and then get something else as its been a decent motor for the past couple years.