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[johnnyboy]

I am about to get my old CJ7 repainted.


I fancy doing it in its original colour - 1979 Bordeaux metallic, Paint Code 9P.


But the panels are not exactly perfect, so maybe I should be going for a matt or semi-mat finish? And maybe a different colour? Any suggestions?


And paint has changed so much since I last painted a car... eg. what is this water based stuff?


I need it to be cheap, hard wearing (a bit of green laneing in its future...) and easy to repair.


What paint should I be getting?

[wildwood]

Cellulose is what I use. Also cos it's the only thing I know how to spray.
I get it from eBay and it's a company in Ireland.
They will match stuff and you can get semi Matt that I used on my Jeep and it hides the undulations.

About £12 a litre and then the thinners so for about £20-40 depending how much paint you plough on.....tis a cheap job.

And you'll always have stuff for repainting a damaged panel.

At least that's the way I roll......(unfortunate word to use but there you go)

[Dutch]

I resprayed the CJ in my own garage with water based metallic and a hard wearing clear coat to finish.

At least with water based you don't have to snort all the solvents and shorten yer life by 5 years.  The clear coat can take a beating and prevent trail rash.   (edit: yes, the clear coat was vile to spray)

I got my local Morelli branch (very, very helpful) in Bodmin to match a panel and source a paint to match the original factory colour.

 http://morelli-group.co.uk/

I ended up with a ford USA colour I believe.

Ask Willo, it still looks the dogs dangelies.

[Dave69]

mine will be in the boat paint, 2 pack hard wearing stuff. well thats the type of paint Jo is painting it