Hi guys

I've had a go at re-painting my Miata. My first attempt didn't hold up to the weather and the gloss black faded really badly. I was using Tremco Metal Armour (an Australian equivalent to Rustoleum) and the paint just wasn't up to the job.

So I'm now using the Brightside Gloss Black and I'm really impressed with it even after the first coat. I sanded most of the Metal Armour off the front of the car down to the original red. The Brightside covered up 99% of the red with the first coat. I rolled it 'straight' and it looks so much better than the Metal Armour, that I had to post a couple of pics.










As you can see, there is a lot of orange peel in the boot (where I started with the Brightside), but the front of the car came out almost perfectly.

I only used the one roller, instead of the two as Marq suggested. But I found that if I kept going over the panel with the just the weight of the roller in a different direction to the one I painted, then it will still come out nearly perfectly.

Thanks Marq for showing us the Brightside alternative!!!!

p.s. Sorry for the grainy pics, all I had with me was my camera phone.