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robie55

Anyone know where i can buy good quality car paint in ireland

si_guru

touch up? Aerosol spray can? Or liquid for spraying?

robie55

luiqid paint to spray with a gun

FiSe

motorfactors

Graham_B18C

You will probably get better help in Motors TBH

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Big Nasty

To do a full car? Best getting it from the UK. I recently priced 5ltrs paint plus 5ltr lacquer and hardner kit came to almost €600. €236 for same thing in UK including shipping!:eek::eek::eek:

MCMLXXV

MCMLXXV wrote: »

To do a full car? Best getting it from the UK. I recently priced 5ltrs paint plus 5ltr lacquer and hardner kit came to almost €600. €236 for same thing in UK including shipping!:eek::eek::eek:

Was it the same brand ?

Big Nasty

RoverJames wrote: »

Was it the same brand ?

To be honest I'm not sure. Gave them the code in both cases and they gave me the price.

When I mixed paint years ago (happy days, oh to be 16 again) we sold Sikkens and Lesonal, Lesonal was half the price of the Sikkens stuff. Sikkens was mixed off a program that autocorrected (if you wanted it to) if you put in too much of any of the ingredients, Lesonal was mixed off microfish recipies. As a paint they were much of a muchness.

So unless the stuff you got was the same brand the price comparison between € here and £Sterling in not overly valid

Big Nasty

RoverJames wrote: »

So unless the stuff you got was the same brand the price comparison between € here and £Sterling in not overly valid

I'll check with both and report back so. What should I be asking them? Just the brand of paint they use?

Yeah It will be branded like filters, pads etc
If it is the same stuff that's a huge difference.

Big Nasty

Right so,

The chap I priced it with here originally gave me a price of €93 / ltr and that is for 'Nexa' paint, which was ICI apparently.

He also stocks 'Maxmair' @ €72.80 / ltr.

The chap in the UK is using 'Debeers' paint @ £26 + VAT / ltr, i.e. €36.80.

Opinions James?

Bigtoe107

You can get paint mixed at halfords, supposed to be pretty good stuff aswell if you have the code. Think its about 60-70 a litre.

Owen

What colour they'll mix is a different question though.

Big Nasty

civichead wrote: »

You can get paint mixed at halfords, supposed to be pretty good stuff aswell if you have the code. Think its about 60-70 a litre.

I don't know how comfortable I would be with that! :pac::pac::pac:

Bigtoe107

PaintDoctor wrote: »

What colour they'll mix is a different question though.

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I don't know how comfortable I would be with that! :pac::pac::pac:

I heard its generally ok but as with anything it depends who you get to do it.

MCMLXXV

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Opinions James?

Not a clue to be honest, I know very reputable body shops use De Beers though

Big Nasty

RoverJames wrote: »

Not a clue to be honest, I know very reputable body shops use De Beers though

Looks like I'll be getting it from the UK then!

robtri

bebeers is good paint.....

is the paint here locally water based and the UK solvent based??
can explain some of the cost difference

Big Nasty

robtri wrote: »

bebeers is good paint.....

is the paint here locally water based and the UK solvent based??
can explain some of the cost difference

I know the price I got for paint here was definitely water based. Don't know about the paint in the UK but I was under the impression that EU Suppliers could no longer supply solvent based?

robtri

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I know the price I got for paint here was definitely water based. Don't know about the paint in the UK but I was under the impression that EU Suppliers could no longer supply solvent based?

not sure about the EU on it .. i know it is here.. not sure about UK

robie55

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Right so,

The chap I priced it with here originally gave me a price of €93 / ltr and that is for 'Nexa' paint, which was ICI apparently.

He also stocks 'Maxmair' @ €72.80 / ltr.

The chap in the UK is using 'Debeers' paint @ £26 + VAT / ltr, i.e. €36.80.

Opinions James?

Do you have a contact for the guy in the uk 36 euro a litre sounds good

Big Nasty

robie55 wrote: »

Do you have a contact for the guy in the uk 36 euro a litre sounds good

It works out at €36 / ltr plus shipping (£18). Plus if you need lacquer / hardner they're cheaper too.

Some of the lads here have already said they are using good paint (De Beer).

http://auto-paint.co.uk/carpaint/

robie55

MCMLXXV wrote: »

It works out at €36 / ltr plus shipping (£18). Plus if you need lacquer / hardner they're cheaper too.

Some of the lads here have already said they are using good paint (De Beer).

http://auto-paint.co.uk/carpaint/

Thanks, ya just googled debeer there and it sounds like good stuff

robie55

How much paint would i need, I need to spray engine bay and bonnet, would 1 litre of paint and lacquer be enough

FiSe

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I know the price I got for paint here was definitely water based. Don't know about the paint in the UK but I was under the impression that EU Suppliers could no longer supply solvent based?

According to some interpretation of the EU legislation, it's illegal to use anything else than waterbased paint on cars. And supplier should have records with addresses and names of anyone who buys the paint of them, so it could be forwarded to the authorities in case that they want to check upon the punter and how he comply with the environmental laws, handling of the dangerous waste and all that jazz.

What the interpreters of the legislation are not saying is, how come, in the name of jebus, that primers, basecoats, spray fillers and clear coats are still solvent based
Or here, some of the new solvent based paints have less VOC than that waterbased stuff.
Or here, how come that waterbased is double the price of solvent.

DeBeer is a good paint and 1 litre should do. You add a bit of thinner into the basecoat and hardener and thinner into the clear, so you'd have almost 2 liters of it. Plenty of stuff to do a small car.

robie55

Its just another way of getting money out of us, anything that suppose to be enviroment friendly is allways twice the price

And the still expect us to shell out to save the planet, that probally dosen't need saving at all

Thanks man, so you reckon a half litre of each would do

FiSe

Depends on the paint and on the size of the bonnet, is it both sides? and the bay. To be on the safe side, 1litre of the base and 0.5 lt of clear + thinners and hardener should do.

Owen

Jesus FiSe, your website is savage. Next time I'm in Limerick for any reason I must pop in - serious airbrushing going on *drroooool*.

robie55

FiSe wrote: »

Depends on the paint and on the size of the bonnet, is it both sides? and the bay. To be on the safe side, 1litre of the base and 0.5 lt of clear + thinners and hardener should do.

Ya its a new bonnet so will need to do both sides, probaly get a bit extra would be handy to have a bit to spare
Might take the bonnet to a pro yet, will see how the bay turns out first

FiSe

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Jesus FiSe, your website is savage. Next time I'm in Limerick for any reason I must pop in - serious airbrushing going on *drroooool*.

No worries, just not as yet... Getting new workshop ready, we wouldn't fit into my current one