Re-spray

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:57 am

just a curious question.. how long roughly.. (hours) would you guys think it would take. to rub down a complete fto, not to the metal but to the paint ? and also how long it would take to spray it.

Post by **BorepYano** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:53 pm

beats me, but if u r going to do it urself then let me know how it goes, then u can do mine

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:14 pm

yeah been lookin into it. wanna help me ? lol already bought the paint.. black and silver flakes to go thru the clear.

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:46 pm

are you painting it yourself?

be careful with 2pak paint its cancerous and the chemicals stay in your body forever!

noccers · Post by **noccers** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:49 pm

jonowong wrote:are you painting it yourself?

be careful with 2pak paint its cancerous and the chemicals stay in your body forever!

same with chewing gum so dont swallow it!

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:58 pm

if u eat extra sugar free gum after eating a egg the proteins disolve the gum and it turns to mush in your mouth

Post by **BorepYano** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 6:57 pm

dj_ules wrote:yeah been lookin into it. wanna help me ? lol already bought the paint.. black and silver flakes to go thru the clear.

hahah, yeah i think i'll just move interstate to "help" someone paint their car by doing the only thing i'm good at - ordering pizzas lol.

doing it yourself... wear a face mask of course (when sanding and painting, as jono said, it's bad for you), and where are you going to be doing the painting? i hope you have a huge garage or sealed shed cos you'll need to do it somewhere that's dust free (or as close as u can get it to dust free, otherwise sh*t will land in the wet paint and ruin it)

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:23 pm

hahaha atleast il have fresh breath thought..
um nah dont have a garage at all got a front carport thingy .. i was planing .. on rubbing it back myself.. driving it down the road 1-2km. there a panel beater there.. and just geting him to respray my car there.. just payin him for labour and just using my own paint..

but yeah will defenetly have to consider a mask and some safety issues.. im preety stubborn and wouldnt of thought of that stuff lol

oh do u like peperoni ? bring a carton of corona's too hehe

FtoSam · Post by **FtoSam** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:21 pm

I'd only be concerned with:
a) The time it will take. Unless your on holidays it'll take ages to do.
b) Quality. Obviously the prep work done on a car for painting is an important part of the respray. Just make sure you throroughly research the Methods and techniques of doing this. You dont want to save a few hundred bucks by doing it yourself then having a paint job that was a complete waste of money.
c) take plenty of Photos, then do up a DIY... Would be invaluable for anyone who has spare time and wants a respray on the cheap.

Good luck mate.. remember the saying... Measure twice, cut once.

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:57 pm

yeah i will yeh prep work is most important i know.. i got plenty of time on my hands too. so time is not a factor.. just wanna make sure im gonna do it right .. so i dont leave bumps and uneven spots if u know what i mean.
will hopefully start it soon though il keep it posted

sublime19 · Post by **sublime19** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:42 pm

I don't know if u've ever seen a car with a bad paintjob.. but I've seen a couple.

after a few months it goes really really dull.. like no matter what u do u cant make it shine. which is why it's better getting it done by a professional.

all the best though.

Post by **BorepYano** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:14 pm

sublime19 wrote:I don't know if u've ever seen a car with a bad paintjob.. but I've seen a couple.

after a few months it goes really really dull.. like no matter what u do u cant make it shine. which is why it's better getting it done by a professional.

all the best though.

the dullness is normally because the "professional" was a cheap skate and cut corners while doing the paint job, it only looks all nice and shinny when u get it because they cut and polished it just before you get the car back, it's more to do with the painting rather than the prep.

lol, i know cos it happened to a friends car (so he cut and polished it again, then sold it lol)

BTW, dj_ules what colour's your car now?

dj_ules · Post by **dj_ules** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:52 am

haha multicolored

got grey primer on back bumpr from a litle nudge.. some primer on the front bump .. and grey primer on the roof from when i repaired it from rust bubbles.
but its original black. wanna keep it black and add the flakes thru the clear

Post by **BorepYano** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:06 am

dj_ules wrote:haha multicolored got grey primer on back bumpr from a litle nudge.. some primer on the front bump .. and grey primer on the roof from when i repaired it from rust bubbles.
but its original black. wanna keep it black and add the flakes thru the clear

lol at multicoloured (it sounds like the car looks a bit sad right now eh

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ok, i was just checking that u r not going to paint straight over another colour (cos it might show through if u dont do enough coats)