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Anybody mixing 2 pack paint anymore?

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  • 16-04-2016 12:21pm
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    naulpolan
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭


    Hi all I'm looking for some 2 pack finish paint to do some small repairs on my car but all the local motor factors only mix water based now.
    I really don't want the bother of water based drying/lacquering etc. because I'm not set up for it and it would cost too much to go to a spray shop.
    I'm in carlow so anywhere in the south East would be great.

    Thanks


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    kev1.3s
    Registered Users Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    naulpolan wrote: »
    Hi all I'm looking for some 2 pack finish paint to do some small repairs on my car but all the local motor factors only mix water based now.
    I really don't want the bother of water based drying/lacquering etc. because I'm not set up for it and it would cost too much to go to a spray shop.
    I'm in carlow so anywhere in the south East would be great.

    Thanks
    George Mahon auto parts in Gorey did it until very recently, I bought a can of colour matched paint off him less than a year ago so he's worth a call.


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    naulpolan
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭naulpolan


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    George Mahon auto parts in Gorey did it until very recently, I bought a can of colour matched paint off him less than a year ago so he's worth a call.

    Thanks I'll give him a call


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    gavman1
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭gavman1


    Jl bradshaws still do it AFAIK.worth giving them a bell.

    O'Brien Road
    Carlow
    Co. Carlow
    Ireland
    353 (0) 59-9140966


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    hi5
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    Halfords used to do it, metallic only though.


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    naulpolan
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭naulpolan


    gavman1 wrote: »
    Jl bradshaws still do it AFAIK.worth giving them a bell.

    O'Brien Road
    Carlow
    Co. Carlow
    Ireland
    353 (0) 59-9140966

    Bradshaws are not doing it anymore I phoned them on Friday and they didn't know of anybody else doing it either.


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    naulpolan
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭naulpolan


    hi5 wrote: »
    Halfords used to do it, metallic only though.

    Thanks, I'll give them a try it's metallic I'm looking for.


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    gavman1
    Registered Users Posts: 101 ✭✭gavman1


    Don't take this the wrong way but are ye sure it's 2pack your looking for.halfords only do cellulose in aerosols.2pack refers to mainly acrylic paint that uses an activator/hardener to cure the paint, celly uses evaporation on solvents.just thought I would mention it cos people tend to confuse 2pack with 2stage paint I.e clear over base.

    If it's celly your looking for its difficult to get now.there was a place in kilkenny that sold it but that was a while ago.can be got online from the UK but postage is a batch.


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    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    naulpolan wrote: »
    Bradshaws are not doing it anymore I phoned them on Friday and they didn't know of anybody else doing it either.

    EPT mix cellulose and 2k, was in with them last year in regard to getting paint for a restoration project. Think its 'trade' only, but if youre looking for a few litres for a resto project I'm sure they'd mix it.

    As it turned out they couldnt make the celly colour I wanted so I went up to Vinny Byrne in Dublin (he has a website by the same name) and got a colour matched perfectly to a sample. They also supply 2k paints. Kind of a one stop shop with great service!


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    naulpolan
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭naulpolan


    I have a few touch up pieces to do on a mk2 golf and (as far as I know) I need to use a 2pack to save all the hassle of messing with heating water based paint to cure it, and then lacquering to finish. I have used 2pack in the past and it was much easier to use, just 1application and I'm finished. I'm not too fussed about colour matching as it will all be covered by wheel arches and bumpers and a few bits under the bonnet.

    I tried EPT a few weeks ago and was told that they don't mix 2pack anymore!

    Please correct/advise me if I'm wrong on any of the above.
    Many thanks.


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    mountai
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭mountai


    AFIK You get the paint in separate tins and mix it yourself . When mixed, you have a time period before the catalyst starts to set the paint so only mix what you can use within the time period. That's how it works with 2 pack primer anyway.


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    kev1.3s
    Registered Users Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    mountai wrote: »
    AFIK You get the paint in separate tins and mix it yourself . When mixed, you have a time period before the catalyst starts to set the paint so only mix what you can use within the time period. That's how it works with 2 pack primer anyway.

    I think by mixing he means mixing up the colour codes, not the actual paint + hardener.


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    SpitfireIV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,504 ✭✭✭SpitfireIV


    naulpolan wrote: »
    I have a few touch up pieces to do on a mk2 golf and (as far as I know) I need to use a 2pack to save all the hassle of messing with heating water based paint to cure it, and then lacquering to finish. I have used 2pack in the past and it was much easier to use, just 1application and I'm finished. I'm not too fussed about colour matching as it will all be covered by wheel arches and bumpers and a few bits under the bonnet.

    I tried EPT a few weeks ago and was told that they don't mix 2pack anymore!

    Please correct/advise me if I'm wrong on any of the above.
    Many thanks.

    They still mix it alright, just not keen I guess on supplying to the general public :rolleyes: Vinny Byrne in Dublin is your best bet for small amounts, give em a buzz or drop up and they'll match the color ot have it on file....

    http://www.vinnybyrne.com/mixed-colour-1k-2k.html


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    naulpolan
    Registered Users Posts: 85 ✭✭naulpolan


    CroppyBoy1798 wrote: »
    They still mix it alright, just not keen I guess on supplying to the general public :rolleyes: Vinny Byrne in Dublin is your best bet for small amounts, give em a buzz or drop up and they'll match the color ot have it on file....

    http://www.vinnybyrne.com/mixed-colour-1k-2k.html


    Sound thanks. I haven't had a chance to do anything with it since last weekend but I will suss it out now.


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