so here is my 93 civic i got for $200 just as it sits






body was pretty straight passanger door was the worst took forever.

got her all primered up and lookin good




Starin to shoot this paint actualy lays down really nice the only draw back i see is it taked forever to dry




Here is the final coat of paint



didn't come out to bad i thought for only bein in the paint job $75. I still have to clear coat

 

not to bad! good learning expierience diving in and painting it yourself.

 

I figured what the hell the car was only $200 and at the worst I just have to sand it back off

 

Not too bad I look forward to seeing more!

 

My first paint job was with duplicolor, the paint turns out really good and is perfect for people just starting out. I think im gonna use that for my next car cause its easy and the champ white turns out perfect. your hatch looks good keep it up

 

you should work on your overlap when painting.. it looks extremely dry... other than that... good job on something you're doing yourself

 

X2 try about a 50 /50 overlap but it came out real nice

 

I will work on that thanks for the advice. Car is all cleared now I went overbored on the clear and used two quarts of the prism clear then reg clear. Didn't realize how much metallic was in the prism clear. I will get pics when I get home

 

Here it is cleared car is dust and the celly cam isn't the greatest but oh well


I even strained the prism twice and still got that much over all it's tw0 quarts prism and 4 quarts reg clear like I said I went a lil over board

 

is that rainbow flake???

 

thats some good progress in the paint dept

 

yes it is they call it prism. the colors change at different angle it's actualy kinda cool

 

not diggin it but to each his own...good job the final outcome though

 

I wasn't at first either but I'm to lazy to sand it back off so it kinda grew on my looks alot better in person

 

NICE JOB!

Giving me ideas

 

Is this just the duplicolor that you get in quarts already premixed ready to use?

 

yep bought it at schucks just stirr the hell out of it first and your good to go. The color I used is the deep blue it doesn't say it on the can but it has a silver metallic in it so mix it well before you shoot

 

can you get some more pics of it all together at a distance?

 

yeah I can. I just did the dash last night with the dup vinyl paint came out nice looks almost original I will get pics of that also

 

Try using a single stage paint kit from eastwood co. next time,I think you will be a lot more satisfied with their products and its very economical for the quality of materials they use in their paint. Its a very user freindly paint like that duplicolor you used. I used that duplicolor paint on an engine bay and wasnt really happy about the final result. Heres a pic of my car with their single stage.

 

not bad for a first time paint job...I'm not really feeling the rainbow flake, but it's your car, so you can do what you want

 

just a tip for you, I cant tell if you did, but wet down the floor in your garage next time, only takes ten minutes to do but it will save the dust from going up and getting on the car.

 

WOW!!! I've never seen anybody rattle can a whole entire car before!...well actually I have but only in primer though.

 

I don't think thats rattle can. I think it's Duplicolor's Paint Shop line, which is single stage.

 

yea its a single stage shot out of a gun with a base and clear