08-16-2008, 02:18 PM
Hello folks,
Haven't added to the log of repairs in a while, got busy and lost a couple of weeks. Main thing accomplished which took me many hours and elapsed time is painting the side skirts. I have done some 'spray can' painting on a couple of cars before but only simple parts like trim or fiberglass bumper covers and only on cars that weren't quite so important to get right. But this time I bit-the-bullet and tried to do a real professional job using a spray gun / compressor (I already had these from an attempted home project last winter).
So we go with some pics.
Before (they were a mess, lots of scrapes and pock marks, even some old paint that flaked off down to the plastic:
Weapons:
Ammunition:
- Degreaser (remove oil, wax, silicone)
- Primer
- Practice paint (a left over at the auto paint supply shop)
- Color coat 92E Polar Silver
- Reducer for color coat
- Clear coat
- Clear coat hardner
- General purpose cleanup solvent
- Stirring sticks
- Pouring filters
- Tack rag.
- Polish
- SEM Rubber bumper filler / repair
- latex gloves.
- various sand papers.
(and probably about 10 other things I didn't list above).
First round of wash, degrease, sand, fill, first layer of primer:
Color coat completed, no shine yet.
I lost focus for about 2 seconds!!! (Sanding down a run in the clear coat is a #$*#@@#&)
Done, ready to install.
So I am very happy with the results so far. Are there minor imperfections, sure. But 98% better than they were with all the road chips and stone pock marks.
You can do this too! I'll write up a better DIY if anybody is thinking about trying it. I don't think you'll need a compressor / spray gun. This place sells all the same stuff in spray cans (www.paintscratch.com); I spent a lot of time here and on other web sites reading first, and then did some practice spraying as well. Matter of fact my local auto paint supply shop will load spray cans also, but their machine was down, and I wanted to try the spray gun method for my own learning.
Roland
Haven't added to the log of repairs in a while, got busy and lost a couple of weeks. Main thing accomplished which took me many hours and elapsed time is painting the side skirts. I have done some 'spray can' painting on a couple of cars before but only simple parts like trim or fiberglass bumper covers and only on cars that weren't quite so important to get right. But this time I bit-the-bullet and tried to do a real professional job using a spray gun / compressor (I already had these from an attempted home project last winter).
So we go with some pics.
Before (they were a mess, lots of scrapes and pock marks, even some old paint that flaked off down to the plastic:
Weapons:
Ammunition:
- Degreaser (remove oil, wax, silicone)
- Primer
- Practice paint (a left over at the auto paint supply shop)
- Color coat 92E Polar Silver
- Reducer for color coat
- Clear coat
- Clear coat hardner
- General purpose cleanup solvent
- Stirring sticks
- Pouring filters
- Tack rag.
- Polish
- SEM Rubber bumper filler / repair
- latex gloves.
- various sand papers.
(and probably about 10 other things I didn't list above).
First round of wash, degrease, sand, fill, first layer of primer:
Color coat completed, no shine yet.
I lost focus for about 2 seconds!!! (Sanding down a run in the clear coat is a #$*#@@#&)
Done, ready to install.
So I am very happy with the results so far. Are there minor imperfections, sure. But 98% better than they were with all the road chips and stone pock marks.
You can do this too! I'll write up a better DIY if anybody is thinking about trying it. I don't think you'll need a compressor / spray gun. This place sells all the same stuff in spray cans (www.paintscratch.com); I spent a lot of time here and on other web sites reading first, and then did some practice spraying as well. Matter of fact my local auto paint supply shop will load spray cans also, but their machine was down, and I wanted to try the spray gun method for my own learning.
Roland
