FTO AUSTRALIA

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.

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

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

are you painting it yourself?

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

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!

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

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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 )

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)