Car paintwork issue.

[Drago]

Hammerite. Roller. Masking tape.

 

[Biff600]

Jeez @Drago , your timing is perfect !!!

 

[NorthernDave]

I'd live with it.

Or if you want to disguise it without spending a load of cash, get a bottle of colour magic polish in the nearest shade to the paint and spend an hour or two rubbing it in. Not sure how long it would last though.

 

[fossyant]

Only a repaint will sort it. My wife's Yaris did that. We had had it 17 years although not as bad as yours but it was starting to go on all the panels (Red colour and it was regularly polished and waxed). We did sell it on as she wanted something bigger. As you say it's been a good car, I'd get it repainted on the roof.

 

[slowmotion]

Go for a lasting solution. Mosaic tiles.

 

[screenman]

It is bad..and a 15 year old 300_ 500 quid car ..so not really worth painting

I agree.

 

[screenman]

I'd live with it.

Or if you want to disguise it without spending a load of cash, get a bottle of colour magic polish in the nearest shade to the paint and spend an hour or two rubbing it in. Not sure how long it would last though.

two minutes or less if it was raining, that stuff is useless.

 

[NorthernDave]

two minutes or less if it was raining, that stuff is useless.

I suspected as much.

But the OP could get this: http://www.creative-vinyl.com/roof-graphics/682-chequered-roof-graphics-universal.html

£29.99, available in a choice of colours, universal fit, problem solved.

Or there are more expensive designs available on the same website

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4804724, member: 9609"]I think you can still buy the coal tar based creosote, but some rules about not selling to the public, local farmer bought a 50 allon drum of it last year - just love the smell of it[/QUOTE]

You are correct in that one. About £8 a gallon.

 

[Drago]

This creosote substitute isn't brilliant, but fortunately it can be pepped up a little bit.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4804775, member: 9609"]I have never tried it either onto bare metal, can't imaging it is a good idea putting water based stuff onto metal. But I would have thought if you used a descent barrier paint on top of the car paint (after been well rubbed down with wire wool and white spirit) water based stuff would be OK, it dries fast which would be the big plus point. In fact you could probably paint it and be back on the road in under an hour.

I have been experimenting with hammerite special metals primer straight onto bare steel and it seems to bond really well (it is only supposed to be for non ferrous)[/QUOTE]

I have used water based on metal and bare metal since it first came into the trade, I certainly prefer it over solvent, however without a twin pack lawyer it will not last long or look very good. Now you can buy additives to make it more resistant to moisture, I actually import and distribute it, but it still does work well as a brushed paint. Slow curing solvent brushes better as it goes off slower and gives it more time to flow.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 4804777, member: 9609"]the oil based imitation stuff aint up to much but I think the coal tar stuff available to farms etc is the same, or may be not ?
https://www.creosotesales.co.uk/product-category/traditional-creosote/[/QUOTE]

The imitation stuff needs your car to have an oil change to pep it up a bit.

 

[Moodyman]

Where would you stop investing in it?

Surely £150-£250, depending on timing belt changes or not per year is more economical than getting a new car. Engine has always been spot on and still low mileage. Could tank on to 200 000 could explode tomorrow.

I have a 23 year old Corolla. I'd happily spend £150 the odd year to keep it going. Toyotas, if maintained will last a long time. And the ones from the 90s and early 2000s are free of the electrical gremlins that pervade later cars.

 

[Drago]

The imitation stuff needs your car to have an oil change to pep it up a bit.

Very, very well used engine oil, a bit of white spirit, and a heaped dessert spoon of underseal stirred into the mix until it dissolves.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I could crochet you a roof cover