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Richard D

05-30-02, 06:37 AM

Planning on finally re-spraying my folding Raleigh Twenty over next week (think approximately BMX sized bike). How many cans of paint do you think I'll need - I was thinking three 300ml cans would probably do it?

Richard

mike

05-30-02, 06:56 AM

Yup, three cans is the right number. You should be able to get three good coats and have about a half can left over for touch-ups.

Richard D

05-30-02, 08:30 AM

Thanks :thumbup:

MichaelW

05-30-02, 10:32 AM

I managed with 2 cans.
One of primer (Finnegans no-9), one of topcoat.
Rather than apply whole coats, I tried to get a speckle effect. This stops driping and runing of paint. A couple of speckle coats achieve a complete coating.