Spraypainting

[Benny]

Wow!
Great job!

[fung9420]

Nice job Green

Im not a pro spraypainter.
like to do it as hobby.
Just did some research and painted 4 cars in these few months.

[rupewrecht]

Just finished fitting it up, and took a few pix...

WTF he has a 'badboy bonnet'?!?

You need to send him over to AstinaGT!

[green_comet]

Yeah he had it modded after some boke hit him a few months back. I dont think he is into forums though, he is in his 50's now and a pretty busy guy. He has also fitted a whiteline rear sway, whiteline springs, had it unichipped, extractors and full exhaust, and a few other things.

It actually goes pretty good, and is his daily driver. He just had slimline plates fitted last week too.

[rota1300t]

ive done stacks of cars, you would probably find the last few pics were 2pac???

what you have to watch for is this, make sure you keep your oily hands off the item b4 you paint it wax and gress remove heaps,

if painting acrylic you can paint straight over 400 grit primed surface, in a couple of shops i worked in years ago thats as fine as they went unless it was a show job or it was 2pac,

if your using a compressor and not a can make sure if your spraying acrylic you use a gun with a 1.7 to 2mm tip make sure you mix it 50% ajust the paint amount at the trigger to half and use a medium fan setting, your first coat should be not a full wet coat but dont just dust it ion , do a medium coat it will bond well and let you see if there is any reactions in the paint, if its just striaght white and your going to polish it any way forget the clear it wont make it anymore glossy, all the clear will do for a back yard job is lock dirt or floating matter under the clear u will see it but not be able to rub it out b4 polishing,

if your using a can buy a few because the cans attomise the paint alot and the coats are very thin, you would need around 7 to 10 coats to have enough paint to rub back and polish and evenb then i bet you rub throu on the corners,

if you dont know what grit sand paper to use etc, maybe do the maths a little it will cost you if using cans:
1 primer can $15
1 small wax and gress remover $5
3 cans of white paint matched $45
sand papers $5
proper cutting polish $20

total = $90

most crash shops would spray it for about $120 to $150 go to a shop that does half insurance work half private, if its a big place they will charge an arm and a leg


But all that aside if you want to give it a go because you just want to try it then follow step by step from a book, but if its about saving cash , for a small part like that, you could get it done professionaly for not much more then a home job without the head aches. good luck hope that helps a bit, ps if you want to use 2pac its not cheap and you need a good gun

[rob323]

ps if you want to use 2pac its not cheap and you need a good gun

But once you get the knack of it, you won't go back .