Thanks Noggins, I think it ended up back in the 15 ltrs of way too thick paint and it will get mixed in when I get a chance to have another crack at painting these containers ....
I was hoping to get at least a coat on them before the council gets narky, but the Winnie rego is Tuesday next week and a min of a day's travel in the Winnie, but would feel better if we reached Balranald CP Monday so I could drive to the inspection place Tuesday and have a base to do any minor repairs that might be picked in the inspection ....
So, play will have to be postponed on the containers and play resumed on the Winnie .... need to find a fan motor for an EF/EL 6 cyl, one of the fans has a crook brg in the motor, water must have got in there somehow ..... if I can't find a motor for it, I'll refit the radiator less one fan and motor so it will still have 3 fans to keep it cool ..... I believe I'll be able to remove the fan assemblies without removing the radiator etc due to all the room that will be available without the hydrostatic fan and monster shroud being between the radiator and engine ....
T1 Terry
That was the trigger that encouraged further investigation, the turps didn't mix with the water based paint, so I poured the turps off and back into the bottle .... then I tried thinning it with water till it flowed at the required rate through the viscosity cup ..... it was at that stage I realised I had bought the wrong type of paint gun and also learnt you can't apply water based paint thinned enough to spray paint using a paint brush .... but it didn't leave any runs ... in fact, it didn't leave any colour either 
