the bottom line on paint

weeder

ok so, need to paint my scooter this weekend, have all the gear needed and someone who knows how to use it who also needs a scooter painting,hes just moved from the uk so neither of us have a ****ing clue what can and cannot be bought here or how much it will cost, some advice would be A1 if anyone knew the ins and outs of it, what can and cannot be bought and how much per litre we are looking at,

Owen

Generally, 100 per litre of paint here. Waterbased is pretty much your only option over the counter.

If you've any questions, ask away, and I'll do my best to answer them for you.

weeder

jaysus thats a bit pricy, whats the story with 2k and cellulose? ive heard waterbased is very hard to work with so we were trying to stay away from it.

Owen

Waterbased is simple to work with IMHO, you can dry it much faster than 2k. You'll have difficulty sourcing 2k paint, it's not supposed to be sold here only for specific purposes. I work with waterbased myself, I've a bumper corner and wing to paint in the morning. I'll start it at around 9, it'll be done by 9.30 lacquered and all.

weeder

dry and ready to drive? that aint bad at all, i take it your paint tutorial is on waterbase? bit shocked at the price tho, need about 2 litres to do the whole scooter, in the uk the guy im spraying with could buy everything for £60-70 but it was celly/2pack

Owen

2 litres to do a scooter seems extreme - I painted both sides of a whole 47 foot yacht once with 4 litres (Never ever again, waaay too much work). I painted my last moped with less than a 1/4 litre.

weeder

yeah ive had another mate tell me there that 1 litre should be really enough for it,theres a bit more to a vespa than a moped, so a litre of primer and paint and then thinners ontop is going to come near enough to 300 quid?