Here's what we started with:

Paint on the car looked like ****.. you cant really tell from the pictures. There is cancer on the roof and dents and dings all over the car...

Bodywork:


Primer:


Base Coat:


Before wetsand and buffing:


Orange peel seen while wetsanding:


Some parts wetsanded and buffed with the help from one of my friends:

 

very nice man. if you feel like giving any pointers or your procedure and materials, feel free

good work though. no ****


Modified by Mr. Wonderful at 10:51 PM 9/21/2007

 

 

you wetsand and buff after clear coat right?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. Wonderful &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">very nice man. if you feel like giving any pointers or your procedure and materials, feel free

good work though. not ****</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wetsand with 600 too get it very smooth
Wetsand with 1000
Wetsand with 1200

Buff with a wool pad with 3m extra cut compound

Repeat with 1000 and 1200 if necessary and then buff again

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yea

 

what kind of paint did you use? and how long did you wait to apply the clear

 

PPG Shopline... its the cheaper paint by PPG i was going to use the more expensive paint but there is no need to because i was painting the whole car. If you are going to paint only panels than you want to use a better paint by PPG so it blends correctly. Also i waited about 20 minutes between base coats over night for clear and then 30 mins in between clear coats.

 

how much did the paint cost you?

how much did you purchase also
thank you

 

1 quart of primer sealer
2 quarts of base for painting the car
I bought an extra quart yesterday just to do some touchups
1 Gallon of clear
Reducer
Hardener

Whole paint project cost me about $250 after buying sandpaper and everything

 

Well I'm gonna be painting this weekend and this is also my 1st time, so any walkthrou's or info you have?

I plan on (this is to both my fenders and drivers door that i just got replaced silver, my car is black)
1.) Wetsanding the car with like 320 grit or somthing...
2.) apply primer
3.) base coat
4.) wetsand again with (grit???)
5.) probly a few more coats...

Would you recommand any dry times?

What to look out for and fix's?

How much wetsand you need'ed?


Thanks

 

i am going to be doing my first FULL paint job and some body work on saturday/sunday. what me and my friends dad(who owns a bosy shop) are going to do are blend the quarter panel rust repair panels/rockers, apply filler sand filler, remove all other dings on the car, apply urethane primer/sealer, wetsand with 500, wax/grease remover, then tack it and lay 2 base coats, 20 mins in between coats he says, then 2-3 coats clear with an hour between base/clear and 15 mins between clear coats, then wetsand buff only if i sprayed it on too dry.

 

Real nice work. Can't wait to see some more pics....

 

wow that seems like a lotta orange peel for a spray job. I don't have any experiencing with spraying. I rolled on my paint and it has orange peel just like your car...but thankfully that can be gone by wetsanding like you did.

Looks nice now!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by radeonboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow that seems like a lotta orange peel for a spray job. I don't have any experiencing with spraying. I rolled on my paint and it has orange peel just like your car...but thankfully that can be gone by wetsanding like you did.

Looks nice now! </TD></TR></TABLE>

he sprayed it on too dry( too fast)

i just spray with half the speed of spraying base coat and overlap 25%, works well, nice, slow, and even, takes some thinking and concentration to get it right

 

looks great. nice work

 

NICE!..do you have pictures of that woolpad you used to buff it?and where can i get the wool pad? thanks

 

looks good

 

nice job

 

Really nice work man, that looks awesome. I'm sure you are gonna but post up the finished product too.