Tyler 1

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Question for anyone good at spray jobs, looking to spray my morrete lights myself and also a vortex generator. Anybody done a fairly decent job with rattle cans and also where is a good place to get the paints and do I just need primer, lacquer and the correct colour paint..

Obviously wet and dry paper.. What grades to use as well?

neil-h

You'll want some 600, 800 and 1200 grit wet and dry. The 600 should be ok for keying the piece, then the 8/1200 for flatting back between coats.

As for the cans, try and find somewhere that sells rattle cans with a fanned nozzle. You'll find you get a better result that way. Oh and don't forget you'll want a plastic primer to ensure the paint adheres properly.

bighead

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best result is the use a air compressor and spray gun..but you have to invest a lot of ££, but well worth it if you ask me (as you can do all the other part of the car in the future ) .

scooby283bhp

I've had good rattle cans from paints4u very good consistent spray.

Tyler 1

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perfect. Cheers bud for that answer. That's what I needed..

Would love to bud but as need to keep costs down I can't. I did borrow my dad's compressor a while back when it was working and used it before and the result was good. Apart from a bit of orange peal..
Cheers bud, you are the 3rd person to rate this company to me so think I will give them a go

scooby283bhp

Id also get a rattle can trigger makes spraying easier.

sunny1989

likewise got a few cans from them years back and they were great,would recommend them..

Recently not being in the u.k anymore I couldn't use Paints4u, so got Halfrauds to mix up a can and the match was great, came with a wide fan nozzle too. Think it was Holts..

BLU

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Fab results can be had with rattle cans

I did the bumpstrips, mirrors and blended the side repeater delete all with a rattle cans on my old Fiesta picture below! You'll probably need to 'cut' the paint back after its dry though, I did!