Re- Painting But Same Colour

[frankige]

good afternoon all. Can someone please give me a brief run down on preparing A car for painting. its my first time attempting such a task and i hope i didn't make a meal of it so far. I have replaced a panel and bar, filled a couple of dents and sanded the whole car in 240.

[FIRTY2]

good afternoon all. Can someone please give me a brief run down on preparing A car for painting. its my first time attempting such a task and i hope i didn't make a meal of it so far. I have replaced a panel and bar, filled a couple of dents and sanded the whole car in 240.

the dents must be primed over and properly sanded or it will shrink back and you will see the repair under the paint work

but apart from that if everything else has been sanded, throughly blow all the dust and grime out with a air hose, then you can go two ways about this.

1) wash the car with a hose making sure you get the water pressure into every nook and cranny then dry and use air nossle again to remove whats left over

2) or if you have enough use prepsol and the correct rags and wipe down the whoel car and everywhere else you are gonna use masking tape other wise it wont stick...

mask up car depending on how much youve taken off your car, there are certain types of tape for different things...

such as

the seal mould at the tops of doors; there is a tape with plastic edging that slides underneath the mould then pulls upwards when you stick it down**make sure you blow out under here if you use this***

ot you can get fineline tape which is plastic and very flexible which can go on the egde of your mould make sure you dont get the tape touching both surfaces or when you go to take it off you could risk pulling the paint of the panel NOT COOL!

mask the rest of the car as nessecary then a once over again with prepsol...

you should be ready to paint now

depending on where you are painting i.e. shed or garrage....spray all the walls and floor with water first (before cars in there) to prevent dust and shit in the air as much as possible if not do it right and put it in a booth you can hire them off most workshops on a weekend...

hit the car over with a tack rack to remove any last particles laying on the surface and your ready to put your bases down...

anything else you need just ask:)

[frankige]

the dents must be primed over and properly sanded or it will shrink back and you will see the repair under the paint work

but apart from that if everything else has been sanded, throughly blow all the dust and grime out with a air hose, then you can go two ways about this.

1) wash the car with a hose making sure you get the water pressure into every nook and cranny then dry and use air nossle again to remove whats left over

2) or if you have enough use prepsol and the correct rags and wipe down the whoel car and everywhere else you are gonna use masking tape other wise it wont stick...

mask up car depending on how much youve taken off your car, there are certain types of tape for different things...

such as

the seal mould at the tops of doors; there is a tape with plastic edging that slides underneath the mould then pulls upwards when you stick it down**make sure you blow out under here if you use this***

ot you can get fineline tape which is plastic and very flexible which can go on the egde of your mould make sure you dont get the tape touching both surfaces or when you go to take it off you could risk pulling the paint of the panel NOT COOL!

mask the rest of the car as nessecary then a once over again with prepsol...

you should be ready to paint now

depending on where you are painting i.e. shed or garrage....spray all the walls and floor with water first (before cars in there) to prevent dust and shit in the air as much as possible if not do it right and put it in a booth you can hire them off most workshops on a weekend...

hit the car over with a tack rack to remove any last particles laying on the surface and your ready to put your bases down...

anything else you need just ask:)

thank you very much

[FIRTY2]

haha your welcome...

painting one of the subjects i know about glad i can be on this forum and help someone for once

currently going through this process at the moment with my car but not a full respray.

all im doing is sanding back the repairs that need doing (no bog needed) using a roller to prime the sections as small as possible then painting the base as small as possible blending it in same with the clear instead of clearing the whole panel i only clear what is needed the buff the outline so it blends in:)

[frankige]

dude its my first attempt and i got some bad advice. i got told to use 240 first then 800 then 1200 but apparently thats not the case

[FIRTY2]

paints these days are desinged to be painted over dry surfaces instead of the old way where everyone used to go wet, if i was to do your car i would started in 320 not 240, then finished in 800

[nvsA4]

you can't go from 320 to 800 anyway it wont get the scratch marks out properly, even starting in 240 you should go 240, 320, 500, 600 then 800 but 800 and 600 isn't really need because base and clear will be fine over 400 and a solid would be fine over 320

[FIRTY2]

you can't go from 320 to 800 anyway it wont get the scratch marks out properly, even starting in 240 you should go 240, 320, 500, 600 then 800 but 800 and 600 isn't really need because base and clear will be fine over 400 and a solid would be fine over 320

sorry missed the 400 out. with your other suggestion i wouldnt waste my time going with 500 and 600 and in regards to the rest if its solid we leave it at 400 but all other metalics we take it to 800 leaves a better finish

[nvsA4]

solids i used to go the 500 and 600 just case we always didbut now i leave them at 400, but just letting him know how to try and fix it without stuffing it more

[jeffworld2]

i just want to know where to get the paint from these days- look it up on yellowpages.com and its all dulux weathershield. Just wondering if Autopro etc could mix me up a colour if i bring them a petrol cap/paintcode