the paint, primer and clearcoat all for $259
this paint job took me aound 4 weeks since i had to work and only had time on the weekends.

all of this was done in my 20 by 12 garage

hope you enjoy the pictures















































more pics of the final product soon to come

hop you guys like it.

 

hmm it doesnt look shiny at all, is that jsut the base coat??? or with clear too>??

btw good job so far, make sure wet sand and buff, it really make a home job look like professional job, and it takes out runs and imperfections that occur in most home job, just need a 30 dollar buffer from walmart, a 3m polish 10 bucks, and a scratch remover, i used turtle brand was cheap 6 bucks, and a nice wax, like mothers or about same quality

 

jeez, I hope you're wearing a mask. If not get one at Harbor Freight at least.

 

What kind of compressor you working with?

 

Damn thats an old skool gun. Didn't know people still use them. You might want look more at your spray pattern especially when you shoot the clear. Why did you prime the entire car? I just prime the repair area and seal the entire car before I lay the base down.

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SneezinCD5 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Damn thats an old skool gun. Didn't know people still use them. You might want look more at your spray pattern especially when you shoot the clear. Why did you prime the entire car? I just prime the repair area and seal the entire car before I lay the base down.</TD></TR></TABLE>well, this is wat i heard from PROFESSIONALS PAINTERS.. That u have to primer the whole car if ur changing the original color and if ur doing the same base coat then only put primer on the damage area... i can see that he went from RED base coat to WHITE base coat.. So that means he knows the METHODS of primer and painting! hope the settles it

 

Coming from one of the people that trains "proffesional painters" - You DON'T need to prime the entire car.

Now you might want to prime it.... so you could block it down some more and make sure it's nice and straight, or if you have something abnormal going on..... would I seal it before I painted it? Very possibly..... but you don't need to either. Spot priming is fine.

 

Good work so far to the OP.

Id recommend taking the gas door off for final paint as well as the bumpers.

 

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Nope, didn't settle anything. Its not going to hurt anything priming the entire car but it is just unnecessary work. Also the towel over your face will not save your lungs from breathing the chemicals in, maybe overspray but you need to get a respirator. That's about the dumbest thing you can do to yourself.

 

We finished the car were just gonna wait 2 weeks to wet sand it and buff it,
We did take the bumpers, side moldings, gas door,and side skirts off the car
and we did use masks . We also painted the door jams, trunk area and were gonna paint the engine bay when we swap the motor.

 

and the towel on my head was so i would not get over spray on my head. we used a good mask

 

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Glad to hear, now post some pics of the car completed.

 

yup wat my boy said ha ha

 

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thank god, I seriously shat bricks when I saw that towel over your head.

for any other future painters, a good 3m respirator only costs $20 and is disposable:



they are good for about 20 hours of painting and MUST be kept sealed in a ziplock bag when not in use

SAVE YOUR LUNGS, please! Even painting 1 car can do SERIOUS irreversalable damage to your lungs.

 

maby wear a mask haha iam sure ur fine i paint without one sometimes. and iam doing ok "cough cough"