Painting Parky's GQ with a Roller

[BLKWDW]

Getting there slowly mate. Looks good. Mite have a crack myself. What's the cost compared to normal spraying?

[growler2058]

Got me thinking about rolling the paint on my Torana now

[Bloodyaussie]

Looking good mate.... I once painted my old Nissan Urvan in undercoat with a roller brush, was such a shit job... I was proud!!

[threedogs]

Looking good, suppose it all in the prep work. As a good spray painter is worth gold,
great video TimE, saves buying compressor and all the paint over spray going every where
Two thumbs up for sure

[Parksy]

Getting there slowly mate. Looks good. Mite have a crack myself. What's the cost compared to normal spraying?

What do painters charge per panel? $300-500. At a rough guess,
Id say it has costed me about $30 to do the bonnet.

Gave the bonnet a wetsand before with 600g and a recoat and it's starting to look like glass. Still a few sections that need improving but I think this will come with subsequent coats and wet sanding. Looking promising!

[Parksy]

Coat number 8.

You can see the light in the reflection which also highlights the imperfections. There is also a "dry" roller mark you can see, which I've noticed only happens on the 2nd coat after a wetsand, so just like the video on page one, I'll finish with one thick coat after a wetsand.


Hard to see, but there are the occasional spots of fluff and dirt and what not that is inevitable. Just a matter of wet sanding them off when it's dry.


A bug landed on side part of the bonnet. I was acid!

[megatexture]

Looking good mate, is it time consuming? All the Sanding must suck lol

[AB]

I wouldn't worry too much about imperfections looks good to me. You'll end up scratching the hell out of it in the bush anyway...lol

[Parksy]

Haha true that.

Yes the sanding is a pain! Infact so much so that I risked the last wet sanding effort by using an electric palm sander and a spray bottle, and it was magical. It did the job effortlessly and left no scratches and I didn't electrocute myself or anything.

[megatexture]

Lol lucky for you you have a gq and most of the panels are flat so you can use the sander!