Diy Respray

[adamskill]

I have mucked round doing front bumpers and gaurds for a while, and recently gave a whole car a go. All the above advice is very good, but at end the day it was very satisfying to be able to stand back and look at it and say I did that. My points of advice would be to put on a couple boxes of beer and rope your mates into the sanding. Makes life a bit more easier. Lighting was the biggest problem I had especially when it came to clearing. A friend followed me with a bright lamp in the end, because as you spray the clear, it's very hard to see where you have been with poor light. And wet your entire floor before starting. I did mine in my garage, and there's always a bitta dust etc, but as the air starts moving from the gun and movement etc, the water stops whatever comes into contact with it. Not perfect but helps a bit. And as long as you aren't expecting a showcar, you'll be happy with your results, and you only get good at things by trying and practising. Good luck.

thanks mate. thats the sort of reply's im after. did u pull the doors and front/rear bars off to do the whole car?

[mawzy]

Yeah we pulled the doors off (coupe), front and rear bumper, bootlid and bonnet, and skirts and endcaps were all done off car as well. Basically 1 day we painted the shell, inside jams boot engine bay etc. then next day did one side the other parts, then 3rd day did other side of parts. Could have done more in 1 hit, was just space that limited us really, and there wasn't a major rush. Just take your time and sand sand sand. Another mistake i learnt afterwards was I used too bigger a nozzel on the gun, ended up with cuple runs and some "orange peel" effect. But can all be wet sand off after, just time consuming. Here a cuple fotos for ya.

[nismo_d'luxe]

G'day guys hopefully you see this before i do the job but, im doing a repair on a silver (KV2) R34, to the LHS quarter panel, it's all sanded back, and I've just applied bog to a small area that i decided was waaayyyy more of a pain to try tap out that to just slap a small smear of bog over the top and respray. so my question is, what is the best way to get any residual bog off from the paint that hasnt been sanded back to be resprayed??