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Thank you lads, didn’t mean to post just to Marq, I’d been reading his website looking for quantities as I believe Marq found the Brightside alternative to Rustoleum.
I also meant to say 70% of my car will be in original black paint, the rest will be in primer, I am hoping to paint the whole car.
Brightside is my last chance to find a paint here in Poland to do this job, if the Polish agent can supply, which I am still waiting to find out? If I draw a blank with the Brightside then I’ll have to bite the bullet and use the local paint shop

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One nice thing about Brightside is that Interlux, the manufacturer, does have global distribution. So it should be locatable anywhere in the world.

It's odd that you are encountering difficulty locating a distributor within Poland.



I was taking a quick look at a map of Poland and you have quite a few cities located along the Baltic. The odds are that if there is going to be marine paint suppliers... then they should be located near one of those coastal towns. I see that you may be able to fall back to looking for something along the German Baltic coast as an alternative.

I would tend to think that a town where there is more recreational boating is the most likely town to find an Interlux distributor with stock readily available.

Hope this helps

Marq

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I'll buy 4 litres so if he doesn't stock maybe he'll get some, my problem is I leave here beginning of September, so the clock is ticking.
Let me ask whilst I'm writing, do I need any of the #333 thinners for anything whatsoever, if I do I'll get some, I don't want to get stuck for lack of something simple?
By the way, very helpful forum and it's been a pleasure reading all this regardless of how my project turns out. I really have learned a great deal about the "mysteries" of painting a car.

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Now here is a question that's had me thinking. It seems to me that when I roller a thicker layer of paint I'm going to get an orange peel effect. I am wondering what percentage of a coat of paint comprises this orange peel paint. I'm simple thinking that if a thick coat is applied and say 30% is removed then it might be better than removing 30% of a thinner coat. I know some guys don't get much of this orange peel, but being a rookie I'm just not sure I'll achieve such skill. If I've a decent thickness left I've the patience to polish and have a Porter-Cable and Farecla polishes. I think the rollering of paint is going to be my weak point, so I'm thinking how to achieve a decent job if I don't get the rollering quite right. Hope I've explained myself correctly here?

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Ok, because the orange in Rustoleum is limited to the Safety Orange, (So far and not sure about that color) I'm pretty much leaning to trying to mix the yellow and red to get the "Harley" orange. Not being much of a paint guy, I'm guessing that a 50 / 50 mix of red and yellow will get me the basic orange. Needing a red orange, maybe the 45 /55 red mix will get me close. Any paint gurus out there have an opinion of what rustoleum red I should use and maybe a starting point of the mix if I'm going in the wrong direction?

Option #2 would be to buy a Gloss white and try to get Home Depot to tint it based on the color card that matches the paint. Would the Tint mix in with the white like a base?

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Ok, because the orange in Rustoleum is limited to the Safety Orange, (So far and not sure about that color) I'm pretty much leaning to trying to mix the yellow and red to get the "Harley" orange. Not being much of a paint guy, I'm guessing that a 50 / 50 mix of red and yellow will get me the basic orange. Needing a red orange, maybe the 45 /55 red mix will get me close. Any paint gurus out there have an opinion of what rustoleum red I should use and maybe a starting point of the mix if I'm going in the wrong direction?

Option #2 would be to buy a Gloss white and try to get Home Depot to tint it based on the color card that matches the paint. Would the Tint mix in with the white like a base?

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You might also look into Van Sickle tractor paint (another alkyd enamel like Rustoleum) ...they carry "AC Orange" as a stock color:



Don't trust that card though...on this monitor the colors are way off from what I've seen in person. The colors are actually a lot brighter. They also list a bunch of "custom colors" here:

http://www.vansicklepaint.com/mntcstmclrs.htm

They list Kubota Orange, which might be closer to what you're looking for...they also have about 15 other oranges.

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Ok,I hit the car with some 400 (only stuff I had that could be used with water) and it came out really smooth. There are some imperfections but Ill let the picture do the talking. I rubbed it down with spirits and Im about to go mix up some more paint and do a second coat.

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/Ghia109/?action=view&current=P1040726.jpg

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Looks like you'll have a much better restart. From the picture you seem to have a good base. Do invest in finer grit for the remainder of your progress.

I'll start rolling over the weekend. I'll post some pics as I go. Hope it will come out as nice as Roadster's Vette.