Rattle can recommendation

allenh said:

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Good point yes that probably would be helpful.

Unless I'm going for a very specific colour I tend to go for value for money here so for plain colours I use 151 paint (which was used on this one), my local pound shop stocks it in a reasonable range of colours.

Other than that I can get Silverhook paints from a local market which cost me £5 for 3 big cans, although there is a caveat with the Silverhook metallics as the red is more like magenta, I like the colour but the guy I get it from will only get it in as a special order as he gets so many complaints about the colour.

Both of these are very cheap but give very good coverage and most importantly are consistent between cans and batches.

For primers I use Silverhook or even the stuff from the pound shop

One caveat with pound shop paint is the gloss white from poundland which does not like lacquer over the top as it cracks and crazes so I avoid this but the black, silver and primer are fine.

For metallic white I use the one from Paint factory and I get this in bulk from ebay. This must have white primer underneath but you can get some very interesting effects by having a light dusting of this metallic white over different base colours.

For coloured lacquers I use Canbrush, it is a bugger to put on a frame and must be built up from thin coats but is worth the effort

The Paint factory coloured lacquer goes on well but the colours dont match the can, the blue is actually mint green and I thought I'd give it a try as it';s stocked locally but it meant I had to start again using Canbrush with my French bike which almost ended up Italian because of it.

Pictures below of the various paints mentioned above

For specific colours if pushed I go to Halfords but I have a good car paints mixer nearby who will mix cans for me so I much prefer to use him.

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