Paint your Midas with a roller
Posted:
Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:06 pmby Stuart
This looks like a nice option for an old faded Midas. I believe Stan painted his Red car with a roller
A rather long thread here with a few links
http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=18751
Re: Paint your Midas with a roller
Posted:
Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:56 pmby Rich
This is exactly how I'm planning to paint both the Beetle and the Midas..
Re: Paint your Midas with a roller
Posted:
Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:10 pmby stan1396
Hi Stan here,just to put the record straight-MY WIFE PAINTED THE CAR WITH A ROLLER! phew ,that was a close one,but then she doesnt read this anyway! To recap,it is painted with coach enamel from www. craftmasterpaints.co.uk This worked really well with a foam mini roller,but you have to pick a point on the car to start and come back to for a 'wet edge' as by the time you get round the car it will have started to dry,so you need to pick a small area ,or probably start at a wing ,in front of a door and continue round the car.Hope that makes sense! We used primer,undercoat,gloss,and lacquer-in all 12 coats-but we started with a purdy brush,which was not successful and just left brush marks,so I probably rubbed 4 coats back off.you cannot rub down the last coat of gloss as it will leave marks in the paint,just apply the lacquer straight on top.After approx 6 months the paint was hard enough to rub down with g3 and plenty of soap and gives a nice polish.Of course it does help that Margaret is a professional decorator and has the ' knack'-I would reccomend you have a try on some panel first.