Tansy

I have treated myself to a spot blaster and will try that for getting rid of oxidation and rust and general rough bits. The benefit is it feathers the edge of the patch or blemish in theory. I don't think my wallop brush has got a dust coat setting just a wet one lol. Just kidding I am probably going to roller the flat bits and cut in with a good brush the fiddly bits. Let me know how you get on. All the best James

Thanks Ted, I already have and its fine it just needed a fair bit of mixing with a plaster/paint mixer in a drill and it was ok. I think the main problem with old paint is evaporation due to leaky tins and also the pigment settles and is very difficult to re-suspend unless you use something like a mixing attachment Funny thing is the chap who sold it to me was a scrap man and he lived on site in a bungalow with some other outbuildings dotted around.He had huge supplies of this stuff and had painted the bungalow all his outbuildings ,fences and car crusher and site vehicles with the stuff over the years so the whole place seemed like a desert scene!!! Thanks for the tip off though. Once I have painted it Ill post some images of my oxidation chariot in its new paint:D

Thanks for the warm welcome:-)

Hello, I am a newcomer to this group and so thought I would say hi, I am interested in British military vehicles but most of all the Land Rover in all of its various formats especially its military and commercial variants. All the best James

Hello, I am new to the site and forum and I saw your post and thought this might help. Some while back I bought a job lot of MOD sand paint to paint my Defender (still waiting for a sunny day) So I have attached a a photograph of the Paper label it gives the colour code and batch number and other information that may help. All the best James :-)