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Paint?
Anyone know where I would get auto body paint? I'm gonna paint my engine bay here in a few days, and I need to know where I can find the kind of paint I'd use to put in a air compressor paint gun (like the kind they use at body shops).
And any idea what it would cost for enough of it to paint my engine bay?
And any idea what it would cost for enough of it to paint my engine bay?
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depens on alot, like what kinda paint. tape, masking paper, removal of everything it wouldn't cost to much,
The coolest thing ive ever seen done, was someone painted there engine bay with truck bed liner, looks great, and easily cleaned, and is hard to scratch.
The coolest thing ive ever seen done, was someone painted there engine bay with truck bed liner, looks great, and easily cleaned, and is hard to scratch.
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Originally posted by chris-reed
depens on alot, like what kinda paint. tape, masking paper, removal of everything it wouldn't cost to much,
The coolest thing ive ever seen done, was someone painted there engine bay with truck bed liner, looks great, and easily cleaned, and is hard to scratch.
depens on alot, like what kinda paint. tape, masking paper, removal of everything it wouldn't cost to much,
The coolest thing ive ever seen done, was someone painted there engine bay with truck bed liner, looks great, and easily cleaned, and is hard to scratch.
But thats for another day, I just wanna get it cleaned up.
Oh, and all I need is the paint, I got the plastic sheeting and masking tape, etc and my engine bay will be ready to go at the time im gonna do it.
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gonna paint it almost to match the car, just to fix up the engine bay a bit. The original paint job missed alot of spots. Currently the car is glacier white (?), and I want to make it a little brighter of a white, which I will later paint the rest of the car to match.
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Originally posted by chris-reed
just a thought, but it would be alot easier to paint it all at the same time.
and you don't know where to find the paint? Have you tried the yellow pages? Phone book?
just a thought, but it would be alot easier to paint it all at the same time.
and you don't know where to find the paint? Have you tried the yellow pages? Phone book?
And about the phone book, thats what I was asking. What would I wanna look under? Body shops? Paint stores? Car dealerships? That was the point of my whole question
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Originally posted by chris-reed
The coolest thing ive ever seen done, was someone painted there engine bay with truck bed liner, looks great, and easily cleaned, and is hard to scratch.
The coolest thing ive ever seen done, was someone painted there engine bay with truck bed liner, looks great, and easily cleaned, and is hard to scratch.
I thought that truck bed liner weighed tons and melted at around 200F.
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and look for paint at the local paint stores, like Sherman williams or frazee. If they don't have it they can more than likely get it.
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where in cali? i know of a few places in san diego. its not that hard to color match if you know the paint code of your car. your engine bay shouldn't take more than half a gallon of paint. and for half a gallon of PPG it costs about $20-25 (thats the lowest price i've found so far) but then you need all the additives so that'll add another $15 to it. If your in SoCal, PM me and I'll let you know the shop name.
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Its not the cheap kind. Its PPG. The shop I buy paint from sells paint and supplies for an autobody class that was offered here. I guess that's why the price is so low because it's a student price. I got my whole paint setup for $100. I got a gallon of base, a gallon of clear, the hardener, and all the additives for that much. I still have paint left for another coat 
I got paint for other people and they seem to be happy with the color matching. Maybe since I'm so close to the border that it's cheaper than other places.
I got paint for other people and they seem to be happy with the color matching. Maybe since I'm so close to the border that it's cheaper than other places.