mightymetro
RMS Regular
Am about to start work on some welding on my MX5, what was supposed to be a sill and arch repair is now looking like something much more comprehensive after I went poking with a screwdriver. All things being equal its going to be a full respray (likely panel at a time) so I'm thinking I might change colour while I'm at it. The paint on the car wasn't great and it's had a poor respray in the past by the last owner. My objective isn't concours condition, just a fun weekend car that doesn't look like a heap,so it's looking like a lockdown project
I've sprayed bikes etc and helped my dad and brother spray classic minis in cellulose. I'm not as well up on painting other than celly or touch ups with rattle cans which I assume are acrylic or water based. I know little of acrylics other than 2K needs breathing apparatus and isn't a home job. I have good covered space and a decent compressor, spray guns etc.
If I'm going to tackle the job at home as a lockdown project, is the consensus that the best available way to do it is with 1k acrylic and 1k clear, the main limitation that it sounds like 1k clear will always be softer than 2k and takes an age to cure? Or would celly and polish still give a comparable finish (knowing that cellulose will always be soft and need more work to retain a finish)? I've read of others putting acrylic clear (not sure if it's 1k or 2k) over celly colour with decent results, but my own experience of any mixing of the 2 has never been good with bad reactions and blooming.
Id be confident getting it up to a passable standard with celly and know that it's more forgiving, acrylic would be a leap into the unknown both in terms of what's safe and how hard it is to get a result...id just like to hear any experience from others re how they've produced decent results at home without a paint booth, any recommended paint / clear combinations etc.
Any advice appreciated!
I've sprayed bikes etc and helped my dad and brother spray classic minis in cellulose. I'm not as well up on painting other than celly or touch ups with rattle cans which I assume are acrylic or water based. I know little of acrylics other than 2K needs breathing apparatus and isn't a home job. I have good covered space and a decent compressor, spray guns etc.
If I'm going to tackle the job at home as a lockdown project, is the consensus that the best available way to do it is with 1k acrylic and 1k clear, the main limitation that it sounds like 1k clear will always be softer than 2k and takes an age to cure? Or would celly and polish still give a comparable finish (knowing that cellulose will always be soft and need more work to retain a finish)? I've read of others putting acrylic clear (not sure if it's 1k or 2k) over celly colour with decent results, but my own experience of any mixing of the 2 has never been good with bad reactions and blooming.
Id be confident getting it up to a passable standard with celly and know that it's more forgiving, acrylic would be a leap into the unknown both in terms of what's safe and how hard it is to get a result...id just like to hear any experience from others re how they've produced decent results at home without a paint booth, any recommended paint / clear combinations etc.
Any advice appreciated!
