So the roof of my girlfriend's Prelude was shot, so we decided to paint it. She was hesitant to do it herself at first, as she had never even held a paint gun, let alone actually painted anything, but she gave it her best and I think it turned out pretty well. We used Omni factory colored base, and Valspar clear coat. We also installed a 5th gen Prelude glass sunroof to round out the roof make over. Here are the pics-


Factory clear coat pealing



My buddy and I (I'm on the right) wet sanding the old clear off with 400 grit


Masking


Carefully masking


And there she goes




She was having a good time!


Wetsanded with 2000 grit on the left, buffed on the right


All finished with glass sunroof installed. Pic in the sun to show the gold pearl


Pic with overcast sky




Inside shot before


Inside shot after

So there it is, I think it's great considering it was her first paint job ever, and was done in a garage.

 

kool ****

 

looks good

 

 

 

she is good. good work guys!!!

 

Came out great! I will be doing this soon as well. Did you use primer at all?

 

Good stuff.

 

Wow! Nic work! How long did it take from start to finish?

 

We didn't use any primer, we just wet sanded (with 400 grit) down to the original base and primer, being careful not to go down to the bare metal. Start to finish it took about 5 hours. Some of that time is waiting for paint to dry, 10-15 minutes between coats, and and hour between base and clear, so approximately 1.5 hours of waiting.

 

not bad at all bro..! I'm impressed. How much was the clear.

 

what did u use to buff?

 

Looks good.

 

I got the clear from a friend for free, but I understand it's pretty expensive stuff.

I don't remember what brand of buffing compound we used, it's commercial stuff I got from work. It had 2 stages of compounds, we used a wool pad for the first stage, and a sponge pad for the second.

 

inspirational

 

u guys are pro's.