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bravo669:
my truck is in a lovely shade of NATO green with NATOblack wheels too!

cant quite see the wheels though!

TwoSheds:
If you really want an authentic NATO paint job then preparation is the key...

1. Check out the paint - as long as you can pierce the skin with a screwdriver it'll be ok.
2. Stir the paint - the same screwdriver will be fine - you know - it's that big one you used to dig out the remains of the grease from inside the gun? The one that's really good for poking holes in rusty bits? Yes - that's the one! No - don't wipe it on anything, you don't want to contaminate it..
3. Prepare your paint-brush - well first you have to find it. It's probably down the back of the bench in a mess of spilled oil, anti-freeze and grinding dust. Thwap it on the gate post a few times to soften it. (You need the biggest one that will fit in the tin)
4. Prepare the area where you will be painting - if it's inside you might need to sweep up a bit first. Don't worry about getting dust on the car, you will be covering that up soon enough.
5. Hose off the car. Don't worry too much about any contaminants, you are about to cover them anyway.
6. Mask the bits you don't want to paint - for a true NATO look that's only the glass bits - everything else is fine with paint on it.
7. Paint the car.

Repeat the above process about ten times (occasionally using NATO black rather than green paint) until every surface has at least 5mm paint cover and...

I'm done! :D

waveydavey:
If you want to know what to do with paint have a look here  :D no cutting corners though  [-X

http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/f47/astra-nurburgring-vxr-3-month-detail-5030.html

I would love to see this blokes reaction to the sheer concept of brush painting!

generation-x:
something like these you mean
simon

pux:
Gen i love that SJ  :D :D :D :D and the vit is nice too :D

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