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06-08-07, 09:34 PM
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06-09-07, 12:03 AM
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06-09-07, 04:09 AM
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I painted this car 5 days ago... It cost me about $450 in supplies and several labor-intensive days of sanding, body-work and then the actual painting.
All in all, it turned out pretty good for my first legitimate paint-job.
These pics were before it was "cut and buffed", so the paint looks even better now. It was a single-stage, high-solids paint. I read up on an auto-body forum for about 6 hours before doing the process--it's frikkin' HARD the first time.
Stock s5 paint-code, Crystal White (UC)
All in all, it turned out pretty good for my first legitimate paint-job.
These pics were before it was "cut and buffed", so the paint looks even better now. It was a single-stage, high-solids paint. I read up on an auto-body forum for about 6 hours before doing the process--it's frikkin' HARD the first time.Stock s5 paint-code, Crystal White (UC)
06-09-07, 12:29 PM
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all depends on the paint like House of Kolour for a basic paint cost around 400 to 1000 a colour. There's no such thing as a cheap deal on a paint job, the cheaper the crappier usually. A very good single colour paint jobs cost around 2500 to 5000 dollars. Also quick isn't good. The more time the prep and painter guys has it the better the paint job is gonna be. The long the paint has to dry between coats the more even the paint job will be and less flaws. Gives it time to level it's self out. Only paints I would use is House of Kolour or PPG. There's a couple of other good paint brands out there but those the two I would suggest. I used to paint cars. I would charge usually like 1500 plus paints. I would charge a little bit less due to not having overhead for a shop.
This is in response to whom every asked how much for a good paint job... well i hope my rambling helped give you an idea on what a good paint job cost.
This is in response to whom every asked how much for a good paint job... well i hope my rambling helped give you an idea on what a good paint job cost.
06-09-07, 12:46 PM
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06-09-07, 12:56 PM
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[/QUOTE]Im embarrassed for the both of us.
how could you?
im still on original paint, but will be painting it as soon as i get her out from the shop.
Shes getting a new kit as well as a brigeport!
Click Link --> http://www.angelfire.com/amiga2/aurora0/10ae.htm
06-09-07, 01:16 PM
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I want to paint mine either White with a little bit of blue purl or nice Mazdaspeed Orange with some metallic in it. I might save the orange for the 88 roster rx-7 project. I'm rolling the stock red and its still shinny after cuttin 20 years of oxidation and coat of prime dust. haha should of seen it when i bought it the windows were almost gray and the car looked like red primer, now its shinny thanks to M3 cutting compound and 2 weeks of work.
06-09-07, 01:23 PM
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Im embarrassed for the both of us.
how could you?
im still on original paint, but will be painting it as soon as i get her out from the shop.
Shes getting a new kit as well as a brigeport!
Click Link --> http://www.angelfire.com/amiga2/aurora0/10ae.htm[/QUOTE]
This is why you don't let Mexicans touch rx-7's. Okay my bad I just see this allot of this kind of stuff with cars in Burien, Washington and well its 1/2 Mexican population.
how could you?
im still on original paint, but will be painting it as soon as i get her out from the shop.
Shes getting a new kit as well as a brigeport!
Click Link --> http://www.angelfire.com/amiga2/aurora0/10ae.htm[/QUOTE]
This is why you don't let Mexicans touch rx-7's. Okay my bad I just see this allot of this kind of stuff with cars in Burien, Washington and well its 1/2 Mexican population.
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06-09-07, 02:05 PM
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I painted this car 5 days ago... It cost me about $450 in supplies and several labor-intensive days of sanding, body-work and then the actual painting.
All in all, it turned out pretty good for my first legitimate paint-job. These pics were before it was "cut and buffed", so the paint looks even better now. It was a single-stage, high-solids paint. I read up on an auto-body forum for about 6 hours before doing the process--it's frikkin' HARD the first time.
Stock s5 paint-code, Crystal White (UC)
All in all, it turned out pretty good for my first legitimate paint-job.
These pics were before it was "cut and buffed", so the paint looks even better now. It was a single-stage, high-solids paint. I read up on an auto-body forum for about 6 hours before doing the process--it's frikkin' HARD the first time.Stock s5 paint-code, Crystal White (UC)
06-09-07, 03:39 PM
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Sand the entire car with 320 paper. If you want to fill any "dings" using body-filler like Bondo, sand that specific area using 40-80grit paper down to bare-metal. Finish around it with 150, 200 and 320 to take out the scratches. After the entire car is sanded, you can wash it, but be sure to dry it fully before applying the body-filler and so that the bare-metal isn't exposed to water for any long period of time.
Clean the car with wax and grease remover and then apply body-filler. Sand the filler with 80/180/320 paper after it's dried properly and make sure to "feather" it nicely into the surrounding areas, so that there are no "Bondo edges", where the filler isn't blended. After letting the filler dry, clean the car as best you can WITHOUT ANY WATER. Getting Bondo wet will ruin it, because it acts like a sponge. Use towels, compressed air and then finish cleaning the surface with TACK cloths, which are sticky rags used specifically for cleaning surfaces for paint-prep.
Use a nice "high-fill" primer to seal in the bondo'd areas etc. Once everything is sealed, wetsand the entire surface using around a 400grit paper--you can finish with maybe a 600grit, but no one usually goes any higher than that, because then the paint won't adhere very well to the surface.
Clean using soap and water and then the car is basically prepped for paint. Directly before painting, you'll want to clean the surface again using wax and grease remover and a quick wipe with a tack-cloth.