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Title: NATO paint!!
Post by: jamiesj on February 15, 2009, 22:03:04

Hi all,
Recently bought my first off roader a 1988 Suzuki Sj hard top completly unmodified, just looking at doing some little mods and just beefing it up a bit as it will be my road car aswell as my off roader any who, its blue at the minute and have had the notion of painting it with NATO paint nice and green ha ha ha never done anything like this before so any advice is welcomed pretty sure its going to be a hand job (steady on) and will be looking to do inside and out, has anyone done this before and does anyone have any close up pics of the finsih of a hand paint job
Cheers Jamie

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: Dave123 on February 15, 2009, 22:14:55

Hand paint jobs can come out really quite well as long as you out in the time to prepare the surfaces, Earl, in the Avator is hand painted! Yes there are a few brush strokes but that's because the brush got a  little contamination from the corners. Matt paint is alot easier aswell becuase it's generally alot more forgiving. So the more you prep the better the finish will be  ;)

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: jamiesj on February 15, 2009, 22:20:24

What sort of prep should i do, ive read that the genuine NATO stuff doesnt need too much prep as it will stick to a non stick pan ha haha but i am a total noob to all this

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: MudRat on February 15, 2009, 23:00:21

done a series 2 with 2.5l. of paint, orbital sander to get a good key and a couple of gloss rollers and a brush for the corners, 2 coats jobs a good un.

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: zacspeed on February 17, 2009, 23:23:19

Try THIS (http://www.mud-club.com/forum/index.php/topic,40918.0/topicseen.html)   :dance:

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: bravo669 on February 18, 2009, 10:53:42

my truck is in a lovely shade of NATO green with NATOblack wheels too!
(http://i525.photobucket.com/albums/cc337/bravo669/DSC00317.jpg)
cant quite see the wheels though!

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: TwoSheds on February 20, 2009, 06:17:15

If you really want an authentic NATO paint job then preparation is the key...

1. Check out the paint - as long as you can pierce the skin with a screwdriver it'll be ok.
2. Stir the paint - the same screwdriver will be fine - you know - it's that big one you used to dig out the remains of the grease from inside the gun? The one that's really good for poking holes in rusty bits? Yes - that's the one! No - don't wipe it on anything, you don't want to contaminate it..
3. Prepare your paint-brush - well first you have to find it. It's probably down the back of the bench in a mess of spilled oil, anti-freeze and grinding dust. Thwap it on the gate post a few times to soften it. (You need the biggest one that will fit in the tin)
4. Prepare the area where you will be painting - if it's inside you might need to sweep up a bit first. Don't worry about getting dust on the car, you will be covering that up soon enough.
5. Hose off the car. Don't worry too much about any contaminants, you are about to cover them anyway.
6. Mask the bits you don't want to paint - for a true NATO look that's only the glass bits - everything else is fine with paint on it.
7. Paint the car.

Repeat the above process about ten times (occasionally using NATO black rather than green paint) until every surface has at least 5mm paint cover and...

I'm done! :D

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: waveydavey on February 20, 2009, 08:15:23

If you want to know what to do with paint have a look here  :D no cutting corners though  [-X

http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/f47/astra-nurburgring-vxr-3-month-detail-5030.html (http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/f47/astra-nurburgring-vxr-3-month-detail-5030.html)

I would love to see this blokes reaction to the sheer concept of brush painting!

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: generation-x on February 20, 2009, 18:34:39

something like these you mean
simon

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: pux on February 20, 2009, 18:43:48

Gen i love that SJ  :D :D :D :D and the vit is nice too :D

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: generation-x on February 20, 2009, 18:51:01

they were both built by the offroad armoury on the south coast

this is there new jimny

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: winchman on February 21, 2009, 18:04:25

I did the Vit for £40
Bought the paint here
http://auto-paint.co.uk/carpaint/
£10 a liter acrylic mixed to any colour for the green
£10 under coat
£14 for two aerosols of acrylic matt black
£6 for a 2" brush and a couple of cheap gloss rollers from B&Q
I rubbed it down with a pan scourer
Masked it off the kids did all the big bits and I did the fiddly bits.
I would do it again as its dead easy and looks vastly better for very little out lay

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: J_K on March 02, 2009, 17:05:58

Don't do green.
try something different...



(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/joekont/DSC_1613.jpg)


Bought from these people. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Fascinating-Finishes-Ltd

Title: Re: NATO paint!!
Post by: bravo669 on March 02, 2009, 20:10:42

i like that, there were a sand coloured RRC at Shipton Bellinger not far from i. it were for sale not long ago but havent seen it for a while, missing presumed sold!lol