Signwriting paint

[Evo]

I've restored my cratch front board and it looks great, but, its making the rest of the front look shabby.

I dont know what its called but the 10 year old emblem diamond thingy on the bow is multi-coloured blue, yellow, red etc.

 

What kind of paint is used for doing those colours, or even say painting a bucket or Rose and Castles, and where do you get it ? Some water buckets and things you see painted have quite a shine, are they laquered after painting ?

 

For example, I need enough yellow to do 2 4" circles and a couple of 2" diamonds..I dont want to buy a whole litre of Sikkens to do that, but I would like the same final result in terms of finish and durability as the Sikkens, is that posible ?

 

Its the bloody Forth Bridge this boat...

[Tim Doran]

I've restored my cratch front board and it looks great, but, its making the rest of the front look shabby.

I dont know what its called but the 10 year old emblem diamond thingy on the bow is multi-coloured blue, yellow, red etc.

 

What kind of paint is used for doing those colours, or even say painting a bucket or Rose and Castles, and where do you get it ? Some water buckets and things you see painted have quite a shine, are they laquered after painting ?

 

For example, I need enough yellow to do 2 4" circles and a couple of 2" diamonds..I dont want to buy a whole litre of Sikkens to do that, but I would like the same final result in terms of finish and durability as the Sikkens, is that posible ?

 

Its the bloody Forth Bridge this boat...

 

One brand of sign writing paint is called One Shot. It is quite expensive as it comes in relatively small tins. You might find that silkkens or other basic enamels are less for more paint. However the sign writing stuff is susposed to cover in just 'one shot'.

 

Tim

[Chris Pink]

Humbrol enamel is the easy answer for gloss and smaller(er) quantities.

 

Wrights of Lymm do the proper stuff but only in 250ml quantity in cover-it or one shot brands - matt so needs varnish after.

 

Craftmaster do 250ml pots of their coach enamels, again gloss but i believe they do flat enamels also.

[Evo]

aha, excellent. I've just been on that Wrights of Lymm site, exactly what I wanted....cheers chaps

 

My god they do some tackle..superb..I downloaded the catalog

 

http://www.stonehouses.co.uk/index.php

[NBnutter]

this has been really helpful as was going to ask the same question, could I also use the enamel paint to touch up the cans I have?

[Dar Kuma]

I would just use the humbrols, same bloody paint isn't it.

[Grace and Favour]

I would just use the humbrols, same bloody paint isn't it.

No it's not.

 

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