The Spray Painting Thread

[o_man_ra23]

Ouch. Agreed with Chuck, the screen will need to be removed. Cut and paste from there. Unfortunately, there is likely to be more under the dash, let alone under the screen, and the stuff under the dash is immensely hard to get at.

Good luck.

[JZA70R_92]

that will need windscreen out dash out best to fix that now rather then let it get worse! please no bog over the top or fibreglass filler!

[japlish]

i have a question.

i have a mx83 cressy that i'm starting to sand but i'm usure of how to prep it for paint? i'll be using acrilic paint cause its easyier

would you sand the whole car back and primer it again or is there no need to?

[o_man_ra23]

You will need to sand the whole car back to give a key that the paint will stick to. A primer will allow the new paint to stick properly, so I wouldn't do without it. But you shouldn't need a high fill primer, just a normal thin coat should do the trick, unless you are fixing up some hail damage or other dings, or rust.

[japlish]

what grit? 400? 800? do i sand the primer before putting on the colour? what grit?

yup i'm a noob with painting

[o_man_ra23]

What is the condition of the existing paint, what body repairs are being done??

[japlish]

has lots of light scratches and the roofs clear coat is GONE!

[o_man_ra23]

800 should do you, so long as you get the scratches out.

[blaq.boi]

just sprayed my 180 today with a can

1st coat. lots fo over sprayhahah but thinners will fix that.. was a rush job

pretty impressed



its a satin grey

["Z" UTE]

Satin grey, do you mean shiny primer.

Brings back memories of painting a TA22 for one of my sons mates. Prepped the car, mixed the silver, went for a leak, and while I was gone the guy drops a litre of white into the silver mix. What the hell it is his car, so I spray away, and it looked like shiney primer doh.

Sent the lad off to get 50grams of white pearl powder, which I added to some clear. Brought the silver right out, the friggin thing was almost chrome in the end.

cheers Chuck.

[blaq.boi]

hahaha thats an awesome story lol had a chuckle to myself lol

yep its satin grey. well IRONSTONE GREY to be exact!
^^ thats what it looks like in normal light dried up. btw dont know why thers a circle aroudn my door handle. must be the camera lol

[o_man_ra23]

You realise that 5 minutes with masking tape will save you 3 hours with thinners, and even then you won't get it all off...

[pac]

these posts crack me up lol , no covers even on the wheels

[o_man_ra23]

mmmm oversprayed rims.... hard to get more than $50 on Ebay for them...

[blaq.boi]

You realise that 5 minutes with masking tape will save you 3 hours with thinners, and even then you won't get it all off...

got it ALL off. took me 35 mins.

just took of the window trims