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I'm far from starting to mount my Series LR body as I don't even have a rolling chassis but I'm thinking ahead how this paint scheme would look. My original plan was to polish the aluminum body but my LR's body is not straight and it would look bad. Plus my polished test panels were too bright in the direct sun light. The few parts I polished over a year ago were not coated and developed a white corrosion film substance. I have read that coating the bare aluminum with a product like POR15 Glisten PC would keep it looking new. One could spray or brush this product on. I'm going to order a small pint with the recomended prep cleaner of this product and test it on a few scrap panels first.
I'd like to do a hand brushed aluminum pattern using 100 thru 240 grid sand paper as it will not be as shiny and the brush lines might look okay along the dents. My current doors were done using 400 grit sand paper and you can see the sand lines. I didn't use a straight line guide and my sanding lines were free hand and came out uneven. I would take my time to get these brush lines right and must be coated within 24 hours to prevent contamination before coating. The POR15 Glisten product comes in a semi gloss finish and I have read that it tones down the shine just a bit and if thinned out with Xylene and I might get a satin finish instead. If my test panels work out, I'll do the entire outer body along with all the inner doors and hood underside. I like the two tone look, the lower silver half with dark gray top and orange pinstripe between the colors. This paint job will look close to the one off the Defender Aznom and Icon FJ40 as it is also comes in hand brushed aluminum.
I think I could spray this in my garage if Icome up with a make-shift paint booth. Not looking for a show finish and would like to do most of the work myself. I'd like to paint the bulkhead dark gray along with the interior of the Series truck. The hard top will be dark gray and the entire hood, engine bay and top of the wings like the Defender Aznom. I'll leave the safari sun sheild white to keep things cool inside. The wheels would be painted dark gray like the D-Aznom and i'd apply a small orange pinstripe along the bead edge to match the bodies stripe.
I'd like to do a hand brushed aluminum pattern using 100 thru 240 grid sand paper as it will not be as shiny and the brush lines might look okay along the dents. My current doors were done using 400 grit sand paper and you can see the sand lines. I didn't use a straight line guide and my sanding lines were free hand and came out uneven. I would take my time to get these brush lines right and must be coated within 24 hours to prevent contamination before coating. The POR15 Glisten product comes in a semi gloss finish and I have read that it tones down the shine just a bit and if thinned out with Xylene and I might get a satin finish instead. If my test panels work out, I'll do the entire outer body along with all the inner doors and hood underside. I like the two tone look, the lower silver half with dark gray top and orange pinstripe between the colors. This paint job will look close to the one off the Defender Aznom and Icon FJ40 as it is also comes in hand brushed aluminum.
I think I could spray this in my garage if Icome up with a make-shift paint booth. Not looking for a show finish and would like to do most of the work myself. I'd like to paint the bulkhead dark gray along with the interior of the Series truck. The hard top will be dark gray and the entire hood, engine bay and top of the wings like the Defender Aznom. I'll leave the safari sun sheild white to keep things cool inside. The wheels would be painted dark gray like the D-Aznom and i'd apply a small orange pinstripe along the bead edge to match the bodies stripe.
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