Paint work on a lorry.

Ashgrove

Ashgrove

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I got a new (to me ;)) lorry last year, it's a 1988 Leyland Daf.

It's got good living and does me proud, but.................the paint job on the body work is hand done :eek: in red.

It's coming off in places and is green underneath, which is the colour of lorry I wanted in the first place ;), so should I try to pick off the red paint to reveal a green lorry?
How do I do that?
What am I likely to find underneath?
Has anyone done this before?
 
Ashgrove said:
I got a new (to me ;)) lorry last year, it's a 1988 Leyland Daf.

It's got good living and does me proud, but.................the paint job on the body work is hand done :eek: in red.

It's coming off in places and is green underneath, which is the colour of lorry I wanted in the first place ;), so should I try to pick off the red paint to reveal a green lorry?
How do I do that?
What am I likely to find underneath?
Has anyone done this before?
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A mess sorry!!!! some of the paint will be keyed on and other bits loose so it will end up a patch work ... if its tatty I would Wait until the weather
improves rub it down with sandpaper and re paint
 
Ditto the above - wait till you know you will have a few weekends of good weather ahead (or just one weekend if you're hardworking). Sand down the peeling bits and rough edges and repaint.

We did this to our old lorry (B reg ford cargo - so a couple of years older than yours) and just rollered on Dulux outside gloss onto it. We sold it the year after, and the paint job was still sound then, so it at least lasted that long :D

With an older box I don't think its worth paying for a professional re-spray :)
 
Agree with P11's sorry!!

Its going to come off in some places and probably not in others, I would suggest take off as much as possible and be prepared to rub down and start again. Matching the colour is probably going to be a nightmare.

Out of interest paint nowadays is usually water based, old style paints on landrovers like the enamels can be rollered on if you put them in warm water (the pot not the paint!!), otherwise its a spray job which if you get someone to do a good job will cost in the region of £1-2k depending on colour and finish.
 
Personally i would do anything to have some transport regardless of paint job! Lol

But, the only way you can really make it look better is already mentioned - sand down and respray PROPERLY not by hand!!!! ;)

AND it doenst matter HOW OLD the lorry is!!!!!!!! Not everyone can afford a brand new sparkling all singing and dancing horsebox!! ;) x
 
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I did my old lorry last summer
I wire brushed and sandpapered until it was an ugly BUT SMOOTH mess, then rust proofed any metal bits, then painted by hand with a brush (!!) with Dulux Weathershield :D It's still looking good after a very rough winter and only had one coat as the rain came and spoiled by enthusiasm.
 
A pro respray would cost a fortune and unless they rubbed it all down to the metal, surely it would still look a bit rubbish?

I'd wait til the summer, rub it down best you can and re-paint yourself in desired colour. :)
 
At least if you paint it green, if you do scratch it - make sure you scratch it hard so it goes down to the original green layer, not the red :D
 
Their was a post on here a year or two ago now, saying that Hammer wright are now selling a spray kit for there fab paint. The post had photo's and the job they had done was really good at 1/2 the price :)
 
Gucci_b said:
Any photo's :)
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This is Lawrence :), it's a picture from his advert, so he's looking very smart.

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Thanks again for all the replies :)
 
Gucci_b said:
Nice work :) did you do all the work, how long did it take you and how £££
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No, that's the picture from the advert I bought Lawrence from :). That red is now a bit tatty in places and is a hand paint job that I want to tidy up. The inside of the cab doors are dark green, so I presume the outside of the lorry was originally dark green, I would really like a dark green lorry ;).
 
Lots of canalboats are painted using standard Exterior paint like DULUX, and they look great. The paint is designed to perform well no matter who puts it on - amateur or proffesional. If you do it yourself use a smooth sponge roller. The final result will always look beeter if you`ve done lots of preperation and lots of sanding.
 
Ashgrove said:
No, that's the picture from the advert I bought Lawrence from :). That red is now a bit tatty in places and is a hand paint job that I want to tidy up. The inside of the cab doors are dark green, so I presume the outside of the lorry was originally dark green, I would really like a dark green lorry ;).
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What colour is it on the registration cert?
 
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