Hi, I'm considering respraying my car either matt or satin but can't decide which, could you please post any pic's of cars you have saying which is which and giving any tips or help.

Do I need to undercoat it or just key the origional paint?

How many coats and how long should I leave between them?

Exactly what type of paint do I need if I'm planning to use a spray gun and compressor?

Cheers

Edited 18 October, 200718 yr by fathands

Mines satin black. Be aware that it never stays clean for long but the upside is minor scratches etc can be covered very quick with a quick balst of spraypaint!

if you are gonna spray it yourself, make sure you get a nice even coat otherwise it looks shit! I'm still covering up the effects of what the last person did when they sprayed mine (was dark blue) I'll post a pic up in min but my cars not exactly everyones cup of tea!

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Is that your Polo in your sig? Never seen that green colour before, personally I'd leave it like that.

It is yeah, its already been resprayed on the cheap but its starting to fade and no1 can match the colour so cant even get paint for touch up stuff and To be honest it in the flesh it really isn't a nice colour at all!

Edited 18 October, 200718 yr by fathands

This is my matt painted car, the colour is 'shock green light' yes, the paint was pretty bad before lol. Don't know if you are going for the usual black or whatever.

All ideas (colours) welcome!

Matt Nato Green

Love that colour!

I'm thinking of buying a passenger door and tailgate from a scrappy's. So I will need help on how to respray too! I've heard that if you're going to do it by yourself, its quite difficult to remove the original paint. Is this true?

can't see it being difficult tbh. For a 100% perfect job, you'd want to go back to bare metal to start again anyway.

I'd use nitromors paint remover but DON'T try it until you know for sure it'll give the result you require.

this myvbe a stupid question but how do u stop the car rusting and paint bublin with matt finishes

looks like a cool rare colour. but here's mine if its any help. matt black and matt silver I beleive.

dont mind the bonnet thats chalkboard

Edited 20 October, 200718 yr by jholtz

this myvbe a stupid question but how do u stop the car rusting and paint bublin with matt finishes

matt paint is no different to normal gloss top coats. the nly time you would have a problem is if you painted it in primer, because primer is porous

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