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How much paint is needed for a VW pan
1303Steve - November 22nd, 2010 at 07:50 AM

Hi

I'm just finishing off my pan in the next few days and I'm going to paint it with White Knight rust guard epoxy enamel.

It comes in 500 ml, 1 litre, 4 litre size packs, would 4 litres be too much or 1 litre too little?

Steve


Craig Torrens - November 22nd, 2010 at 08:15 AM

I think I used 1lt on my pan....maybe it was 2...............you certainly wont need 4lts though.


1303Steve - November 22nd, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Hi

Thanks Craig, I will see what 2 x 1 litres will cost compared to 4 litre.

Steve


Sides - November 22nd, 2010 at 10:14 AM

Yeah, 4 liters would be WAY more than you need Steve.

I'm doing my car trailer with it at the moment... so far everything has had 1 decent coat, and the mudguards and side rails have had two coats, with a bit over a quarter of the 4 liter can used... so I'd say 1.5 liters max to do a thorough job on a pan.

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annosL - November 22nd, 2010 at 11:55 AM

I only used 1 litre, but that was POR15 and put on with a brush, had a little left over(only one coat)


1303Steve - November 22nd, 2010 at 04:02 PM

Hi

I just priced the paint, 1 litre is $30, 4 litres is $79. I'm going to to use satin black, it looks more natural than gloss or matt.

I think I will buy the 4 litre pack and then I can do my son David's pan as well.

Steve


cam070 - November 23rd, 2010 at 12:06 PM

Sounds like you might have enough to come around and do my pan as well :smilegrin: