New Zealand Datsun Club

Now before I get funny looks or told not to attempt this please hear me out.
Im helping a friend with his newly aquired mk1 cortina. It was purchased off my older brother who full stripped the car and then was let down by two panel beaters so he lost interest. The car is tidy for a 65 and has been dry stored since the mid 90s.
Now I have told my friend to do as much as he can him self to avoid what is happening to Flauski with his 240k (16 months and counting) poor c_nt.
I am helping him get the engine bay ready for paint so we can get the engine back in and hope fully find a good panel beater to finish off the body of the car.
Since I have no money, and he does, we want to learn some painting (By we its like I)

I want to know what to use as a base coat and final coat?
Etch primer, filler primer or normal primer? There will be areas of exposed metal.
I have prepped and primed cars before but never had the balls to do a final coat.
I have all the gear so a little heads up would be awesome.
I know when to say no and Im fully capable of pulling off a mint job with the right advice.

I came to you because I like you.

I had heaps of people tell me that they wouldn't do it but I figured the only way to find out if you can is to give it a try. I bought a book called how to paint your car. Sort of sent me in the right direction and the guys at RJ Patterson down here were pretty good with advice to

Well the ute certainly isn't a million dollars but the main thing i did wrong was put the clear coat on to dry so is really orange pealy, needs to be sanded back a little and re cleared. I have had panel beaters comment the the base coat went on good as if you get it wrong it can get a mottled look.

Was also told couldn't spray base coat and clear in a garage (yeah right....).

AND yeah good idea to practice on a ford before doing a real car

good luck with it

Cheers, I have a real soft spot for this car as I remember when I was a kid seeing it doing donuts out titahi bay before my brother got it. Had flipped springs and was on its arse. My brother wrecked a few of these so its kind of staying in the family with the amount of parts that come with it.

More advice the better so keep it coming fellas.

Im also sorry about asking for advice for a ford through a datto website. Due to study this is all I can do car wise. Im about saving old cars and shagging chubby girls.

Hi there,

If you make sure you have sanded all the area that you are going to paint them what ever you put on top will sick after sanding or scotching the surface you want to use wax and grease remover (prepsole) to clean down the surface.
then you want to get your air gun and blow all the dust out of all the seams and the area you are going to paint, then if you need to prime put a 2k epoxy primer down first them a highbuild primer, sand that down with p400 grit then finish the whole lot off in p800 grit if your going basecoat and clear.

then clean it down again with prepsole and then the next stage is painting let me know if you want to know more.....

Cheers Chopper
Id like to know more. Will the 2k be all right over areas of exposed metal and is it best to use high build after the first layer is down. Also the mix of thinnner to primer for a good coat.
Im heading up friday to finsh off the prep so will be hoping to start priming in the next week.
Im aware on the cleanliness off the surface and just unsure on on the steps to get it to the final coat of paint.
Cheers Kane

Dont let me slide off the main page. Im using this to learn for future painting which will be the datto.

16 months grrrr. Im sure you already knew about this,

dont forget "blocking back"

Once high fill primed spray with a black haze coat (there is an actual reason for it not just to make your primer car look ghetto)

By sanding the haze you identify and remove high spots in panels to ensure the panels will look straight and level. Also ensures that you do not miss sanding any areas.

The more times you do it , the better the final panel result.

Thanks flaus. 16 months 3 days and 10 mother f_cking hours.
Me no need steps on how to prep, Me need steps on how much thinners to use per 500ml andIf there was some one that found a better product to use than others (Like ling long tires compared to dunlops, Il take the dunnys thanks brocky)
Engine bay is all cleaned up and should be near first coat this week.
My gift of a large tin of por15 has been filling the spaces to preserve the metal and hope fully give this 65 a few more years on earth.

Gave this painting thing ago and wish I had my old garage at my new place which has no garage. Any ways I sold my starlet to my youngest sister (her first car) which funded the purchase of my 120y wagon at the start of the year. Plans were to do it white but she wanted silver with a purple stripe. Soooooooo...

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Not perfect but for a first car and cheap gear it came out pretty good. The final coats were done in my dads garage but every thing else on the drive way.

crustywhip wrote:Gave this painting thing ago and wish I had my old garage at my new place which has no garage. Any ways I sold my starlet to my youngest sister (her first car) which funded the purchase of my 120y wagon at the start of the year. Plans were to do it white but she wanted silver with a purple stripe. Soooooooo...

Before

After




Not perfect but for a first car and cheap gear it came out pretty good. The final coats were done in my dads garage but every thing else on the drive way.

Paintjob in these pics looks a million bucks!