project: paint the 7
ok, so now that ive finished a few things and shes finally running very well. i thought why not paint her?....myself...yes im crazy. i know somewhat what im doing. i have a compressor and im going to go buy a hvlp gun today after im done tearing her apart. if anyone has any tips let me know ;)
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nice..good luck and take lots of pics =)
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are you going with black like you said in your other post
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yea, that black is what im going for. should look nice with the rims i just bought.
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do you got any pics of the rims
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you might want to buy a sander when you get the paint gun
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Just remember you can't spray metalics very well without a high end compressor. You can get away with a HVLP gun & smaller compressor with regular paints though.
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how high end?
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Originally posted by vaughnc Just remember you can't spray metalics very well without a high end compressor. You can get away with a HVLP gun & smaller compressor with regular paints though. :bsflag: |
why wouldnt it be able to spray metalics?
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Originally posted by apreludem why wouldnt it be able to spray metalics? |
dont' forget to take pictures of everything .... i wanna see you through your progress.....been wanting to do this myself but was too scared to mess something up...and i dont have the tools..yet! :p
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grrr!
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Good luck.
It's ALL in preparation! get the body SUper smooth and fix every dent or imperfection. Mask off the interioir,windows,any opening to your radiator(don't want a black one right?) Make sure to do the door jams at the least. Are you going to do the engine bay? A little harder to do. I'm staying black because color changes are expensive and hard. Also buy good paint AND Primer. Why spray awesome paint on Krylon spray can primer? |
Originally posted by apreludem why wouldnt it be able to spray metalics? Without a larger compressor and having a solid, stable stream of air, that can be fine tuned- its harder to get the metalics to lay the way you want. Not to mention if you guys are spraying- GET a air dryer!!! Ever drain your compressor? Notice the cup or so of water that comes out (5gal tank)? Thats being sprayed onto your paint. I really need to write the basic howto paint your own car. |
Originally posted by Digi7ech Also buy good paint AND Primer. Why spray awesome paint on Krylon spray can primer? 2. NEVER use automotive paint ontop of rattle can primer. Paint strippers, metal cleaners, primers, top coats and clear coats- should ALL be from the same brand or be known to work well with eachother. I have seen one too many great paint jobs go wrong because the stripper was not compatible with the other paint used. |
since my compressor is smaller, im taking as much off the car as i can. fenders, hood, doors, etc and doing them seprate. im going to to paint everything minus the engine bay. ill do that this fall when i swap the engine out. ill take lots of pics dont worry ;) . im going to order paint primer and everything tomorrow.
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The hobbiest & "bulk fleet" spray guns work ok with a decent portable compressor with 8-12CFM, but the top end guns are what you want to spray thick clearcoats & metalics. Those top end guns usually require near 16CFM, and that takes ALLOT of air volume, not PSI.
Now that being said, my neighbor painted his whole car out of a can, and it came out decent. But he was A SANDING FOOL and his right arm is like twice as big as his left :D He managed to get it fairly even and it looks decent. |
i found the gun i wanna buy. its a nice hvlp gun. i think i might rent a bigger compressor tho.
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As was mentioned above, it's all in the prep work.. I spent about three months prepping mine.. about two weeks shooting it. It is easier to do a color swap with the engine out, and everything off.. mine was red. :) I don't know what the "Dont' do metalics without a heavy duty compressor" is all about, but I do have a decent sized, 45 gallon, 135 PSI compressor, and I used a gravity fed gun..
One tip for you: Get a primer gun, they'er a special gun that only costs ~20 bucks, but it will make your life a helluva lot easier when you go to spray the primer.. I was having trouble with mine being too thick for the normal gun, but it went on beautifully with the primer gun. Another trick: If you've never painted before, do extra layers of primer, not because you need it, but because it gives you practice ;) you can always sand down primer cheaply. One last tip for now: If you did want to go with a metalflake black, you can always do it like I did my green. It was a House Of Color Flake, that is mixed in with the clear coat, so shooting went: primer, basecoat black, (mask area), clearcoat with green flake, clearcoat for entire car. We're probably going to do the same thing with black metal flake for the whole car for my dad's new 85 GS :) Good luck! take your time! |
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man the main thing to painting a car is patience... dont be in a hurry,, when i paint cars i go with 5 coats of paint,,, just mist it each time so there are no runs,,,, and then about 7 coats of clear,,, the more coats of clear coat you put on the better and more shiney it will be
good luck john p.s. pm or email me if you need to know anything else about painting it later |
Originally posted by 86project man the main thing to painting a car is patience... dont be in a hurry,, when i paint cars i go with 5 coats of paint,,, just mist it each time so there are no runs,,,, and then about 7 coats of clear,,, the more coats of clear coat you put on the better and more shiney it will be good luck john p.s. pm or email me if you need to know anything else about painting it later |
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