As the topic title says, im thinkin about painting my car Acura Jade Green, and my buddy has a paint sprayer(lol)- Just wondering how much would be needed, as a gallon costs $250


What do yall think about the color-Cause Hasback's RSX is disgusting

 

Including jams?

2.5 would probably be enough, but get three to be on the safe side.

 

holy elephants feet-thats a lot of beans-lol guess a need a grand to do that J_O_B

 

That's about average for decent quality paint. Who makes the paint?

 

P.P.G- I found it online- I might just Sand it down and do all the prep work and primeing myself and then take it to maaco-lol

 

Maaco can spray, and if the prep work is done perfectly, you can wetsand and buff it out and make it look like a $5,000 paint job.

Prep work is 95% of the job, so if you pull everything off the car (trim, glass, door handles) and have it ready for them, they'll do it. The base clear system is nice because as long as it's laid evenly, you can wetsand most imperfections out.

They won't warranty the paintwork though because they didn't do the prep, but it'll come out better than their half assed prep work

Or pickup an HVLP gun and find a suitable place to paint, and do it all yourself for cheap.



Here's a Civic I did a few years ago. I did all the bodywork except the welding of new 1/4 panels (bad rot, chassis has 247K miles) because I can't weld for ****.

 

all my prep work would be hard, since im a roook with most things....i know i can paint as i painted a lot of stuff before,,,,,"shouldn't tag when your young and dumb" but anyways I do have a paint gun- well my friend does and a compresser- its just imma have to do alot of reseach because i have more dents in my car the a 10 year old metal trash can- some i dont even think i can pound out!!!!!plus primer and all clearcoat- jeez sounds like my honda would be off the road for some time-i figure when i get this full-time job imma have to take out a nice lookin loan-to get me some nice things.....