DIY Painting your car with rollers

[russellvx]

Yeah Wilso you are a champ mate. I plan on doing this soon.
I would like to hear from someone who has used the new toplac instead of the old brightside? Or anyone that has talked to the manufacturer international about the differences?

 

[russellvx]

I realised the new toplac is not advertised as being tough, and it doesn't mention being a polyurethane anymore.
However I found this stuff online called aquacote, which I think may be similar to brightside in some ways.
Product Information Pages
Any opinons?

 

[kayesem]

I love this thread : )

 

[wilso]

I realised the new toplac is not advertised as being tough, and it doesn't mention being a polyurethane anymore.
However I found this stuff online called aquacote, which I think may be similar to brightside in some ways.
Product Information Pages
Any opinons?

Hard to say Russell, get a tin and try it using the method, then I guess it comes down to how well it handles the elements (rain, sun etc).

 

[vnsupreme]

awesome i shall try this

 

[Excale]

Im painting my VL white with toplac, which is apparently the same paint as brightside but they changed the name, that's according to the guy i bought the paint off anyway.
Im onto my 3rd coat on my boot and its going well but there are black strokes on the paint, it's hard to explain, i thinned down the paint more thinking that would help but it hasn't, then i thought that i might have been doing my coats to thin? Can someone help me please.

3rd coat (actually looks good on pics but hopefully you can see the black bits!)

 

[sixes]

Looks like the original colour has come through. White will show up deeper colours easily so a couple more coats should fix your problem.

Using a primer before painting is a good idea (especially for lighter colours). Also use good quality brushes / rollers as some cheap brushes have a dye in the bristles which can bleed out with thinners.

 

[azkwazere]

Im painting my VL white with toplac, which is apparently the same paint as brightside but they changed the name, that's according to the guy i bought the paint off anyway.
Im onto my 3rd coat on my boot and its going well but there are black strokes on the paint, it's hard to explain, i thinned down the paint more thinking that would help but it hasn't, then i thought that i might have been doing my coats to thin? Can someone help me please.

3rd coat (actually looks good on pics but hopefully you can see the black bits!)

Prob a combination of colour coming through, slightly too thin coats and maybe over aggresive sanding?
You're only on coat 3 and your meant to do like 8 so i think it should come good.

Where did you get your paint from mate? Who was the reseller?

aZk.

 

[Excale]

Looks like the original colour has come through. White will show up deeper colours easily so a couple more coats should fix your problem.

Using a primer before painting is a good idea (especially for lighter colours). Also use good quality brushes / rollers as some cheap brushes have a dye in the bristles which can bleed out with thinners.

Im using exactly the same brushes/rollers as wilso (The creator of this thread).
Yeah i will do a few more coats.

Prob a combination of colour coming through, slightly too thin coats and maybe over aggresive sanding?
You're only on coat 3 and your meant to do like 8 so i think it should come good.

Where did you get your paint from mate? Who was the reseller?

aZk.

Yeah i think a few more coats should fix my problem! Im using Toplac which isn't what wilso used but it's apparently the same.(That's what the guy in the paint store said!), I phoned around trying to find someone who still had some stock left over of International Brightside but had no success so thought id give Toplac a go!So far so good! i got the paint from a marine paint store in Frankston, but any stores that originally stocked Brightside should now stock Toplac. I will let you guys know how my painting goes with more pics when i get closer to finishing!

 

[blzbub666]

Im assuming this would be easy to do in a matte finish? Would you need a matte paint or just not bother sanding?