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Painting the underbody

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20 Apr 2012 18:11 #38139 by Dutchjimny
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Hi guys since my jim is raised 3" you can see the underside much better and i really want to paint it pitchblack.. what would be the best way to do this? and will it last?

i was thinking about just buying some hammerite or maybe boatpaint? to wirebrush it

what would you do?

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20 Apr 2012 19:46 #38166 by supergaz
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Black Waxoyl?

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20 Apr 2012 20:12 #38171 by wanderinstar
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No, clear Waxoyl then black Waxoyl. That is what I intend doing with mine once the welding is done.

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20 Apr 2012 20:35 #38173 by supergaz
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Why clear first? I have a tin of clear and a tin of black, but was given the clear so jumped at it.
Another job on the list of things to do, but need to waxoyl a much bigger car first :-( Then the jimny second as mine is very clean underneath until Sunday when it will get extremely muddy. ;-)

Looks like I better get myself a compressor on the next machine mart vat free day.

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20 Apr 2012 20:41 #38174 by wanderinstar
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Can;t remember. Was told that when I restored an MGB GT. Think it was so you could see where you had already sprayed.. If you tried to put 2 coats of black on top of each other, you wouldn't know where you had been.

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20 Apr 2012 20:46 #38175 by supergaz
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I tried some of that dulux white paint that is pink so you can see where you have gone, but it all just looked white to me.
Will see if that works better with waxoyl.

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21 Apr 2012 08:01 #38208 by SOTA
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where do you get it? halfords?

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21 Apr 2012 20:58 #38301 by trextr7monkey
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You should be able to get it from local factors for a keen price, if you want to use underbody wax Machine mart sell it, schulz guns very cheap on e bay assuming you have a compressor, there.
Car shows are normally the place to bag a bargain-e.g. Stoneleigh kit car show coming up at Stoneleigh, 5th, 6th, 7th May
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