Spraying undertray & seat cowl

Only if he's as OCD as you, which is really going some.

 

CDO - The way it should be!

 

Thanks for all the info chaps. I'm definately going to give it ago, just need to buy all the bits now. I will let you know how I get on.

 

Right, I have enquired about purchasing lacquer along with the primer and cellulose paint. The paint shop said they can supply the colour in basecoat, so I can then apply a clear lacquer over the top.

Whats the difference between basecoat and cellulose paint? Do you still need a primer with basecoat?

 

Erm.. base coat is just a colour, it could be acrylic, celly or 2k.
If the parts are gelcoated then that's a primer already just a whip over with 6-800 grit to make sure there's no imperfections.
What colour are you painting?

 

Now im confused. First they are telling me to buy celly paint with primer, when I enquired about lacquer they told me they can supply basecoat instead with the lacquer. Im spraying green, the cowl has a white gelcoat.

 

Understandable you're confused, I am too

Could be they only stock 2k laquer, so are giving you acrylic colour so it doesn't react. But calling it 'basecoat' is a little confusing.
With a gelcoat you shouldn't need primer as long as it's not been used of course, just a quick rub over and a tack then you're ready to paint.

 

EB - as Skortchio stated previously in this thread, "You can paint celly over 2k but not 2k over celly, you'll get crinkle cut paint ". As such, you won't want a cellulose paint if you intend to finish with a lacquer, which may be why they're referring to the Kwak green as 'basecoat'.

I suspect that this 'basecoat' is in fact acryllic and is therefore suitable for the paint processes we mentioned earlier.

Are you painting a hugger too, or just the undertray? If you intend to paint two items (even at different times), I'd recommend that you maintain the same primer colour to ensure that the final green is identical. Whilst a gel coat may be ready to paint after a quick gentle rub-down, I'd still recommend a squirt of grey primer as you'll probably be needing this on the hugger too.

Oh and make sure that your garage is nice and warm before you start!

 

Right then, I have spoken to quite few different paint suppliers, all of them recommending different types of paint and primer etc. In the end I gave BSB Paints a call (thanks Finchy) where I got advice from their sprayer. Apparently, they call it a basecoat because it dries matt, hence needing a lacquer. Anyway, i've got primer, paint and lacquer on it its way to me, they were by far the cheapest and to top it off, their rep is down my way next week, so I save on postage costs.

Finchy - I'm just going to paint the seat cowl for now, I haven't got the undertray yet but will prime/paint with all the same stuff.

 

Fair enough, at least they gave a reason.

That said you have to matt the paint before applying laquer anyway, getting them to dobthe picking makes good sense though so you have peace of mind.

Get yourself plenty of music, prep is slow stuff