Hi all, just wondering if spraying is as hard as its cracked up to be? I've seen alot of spray jobs by people on hear who have just done it in therer garage!

I always thaught you needed a propper spray shop where you could bake it after?

Can sumone just run a few tips by me about spraying "At Home"!!!

Cheers, Dan

Depends on what your spraying and how good the finish you want it to be.

Me and my mate do spraying in his garage on things we want but we haven't done anything major yet.

After a few attemps at practicing its alot easier than trying not to F up on your first go.

Not too sure about the baking after though to be honest

From what i am aware baking hardens the paint a little more and i guess speeds the process up ..

To be honest Spraying is mainly affected by how clean your startinf surface is and how much time you are prepared to put into the job .

Lots of thin coats with cutting back inbetween and a clear coat ontop .

1 day i will spray my own car .. Need the tools and the space first ..

Good luck iff you do though I'm sure some people on hear will be able to advise you on the best techniques for giving a good finnish to paintwork .

i did a car, well half cos it was two toned and i didnt need to do the upper bit! did it outside on my drive with good quality rattle cans from a paint mixing company. spraying isnt the hard part, its the prep that is most important. its vital to key the old paint beofre spraying, which is something a lot of people fail to do. without it the paint will flake off in no time

to get a good finish its hard put spraying is mostly prep work..

Key the paint before ie sand it down...

the a few coats of primer flat it back inbetween coats

then do the same with the paint. if u dont flat it back inbetween coats u will proberly get really bad orgnage peal.

also dont forget to falt the laquer back once its all painted.

id use 1200 grit on the laquer.

then u will need to buff it with compound

It all depends what you want from the spray job. If you want awesome/amazing paint then you really have to pay a professional. If you just want to get it on the car so it looks OK then plenty of people manage on their own.

I have been contemplating this for quite some time but i have decieded to consider the running and important side to my car and then concentrate on bodywork when i have it exactly how i want it in every other way. Also my cars paintwork is not half as bad as i think it is. I'm just really piccy.

Spraying this time of year will be hard for anyone outdoors as spraying in the cold weather is not a good idea at all!! So unless you can get indoors and raise the temp to a suitable spraying temp then i would wait until summer rolls in.

Good luck with what you are doing. Quality material, as much prep time as you can with no cut corners, and the rest will be just learning for you if its your first time.

:-)

Practice practice practice!

Good prep work makes good paint work. If you skimp, cut corners or get lazy with your prep work your overall finish will be effected.

Best thing you can do is get a panel and start laying down some paint on it. Get yourself a small compressor and a half decent gun and just give it a go. Fortunately my mates a painter so I'll have a good tutor

The more prep u doo the better the finish dude

I paint cars and aslong as its clean dry and theres no dust in the air youll be fine make shure you have plent y of light to cover all of the pannel/car and take ure time

baking paint is only used with 2pack paint and water based paint if you use cellulose (normal paint from halfords..etc) you dont need baking with it i suggest before painting put the can/s in a bucket of warm water it makes the paint expand and itll adhere to the surface easier

if you have a heater it helps to dry paint it doesnt have to be roasting just warm

the main thing is if u mess it up it can allways be fixed and if you are stuck msg me and ill try to help my best. :-D

The more prep u doo the better the finish dude

I paint cars and aslong as its clean dry and theres no dust in the air youll be fine make shure you have plent y of light to cover all of the pannel/car and take ure time

baking paint is only used with 2pack paint and water based paint if you use cellulose (normal paint from halfords..etc) you dont need baking with it i suggest before painting put the can/s in a bucket of warm water it makes the paint expand and itll adhere to the surface easier

if you have a heater it helps to dry paint it doesnt have to be roasting just warm

the main thing is if u mess it up it can allways be fixed and if you are stuck msg me and ill try to help my best. :-D

"if you can piss you can paint" - haha send me photo's of the mess.

now i paint cars in a bodyshop

it's important to note that the heater in a spray booth is not only used for drying paint, most paints are sparyed at temperatures of 20 to 25 oc.

so winter is not the time for it my freind

the pics you see of the kids with there home jobs never keep there cars fact. paint cover all kinds of shit + it will be coming off in a year or two and that bit of rust they just DA (dual action sander) will be coming back through, or where they cut through the paint when sanding and didnt spray etch primer over the metal bits.

I painted my cars on my driveway (and panels in the house when its too cold in winter) and its possible but not easy as they conditions need to be right.

painting is the easy bit, its all the prepping in advance that needs to be done, that makes or breaks the paint job.

I use cellulose paints, and one of my hobbies is watching paint dry, because of the solvents dispersing into the different layers of paints and cause high spots and and sinking and then 6 months later after the solvents have evaporated and the paint looks decent again, and just needs cutting back.

if you've seen the paint on my mk2 though, its still drying out years after I painted it, but I put the paint on too thick and in too many layers, and thats whats caused the cracking of the paint on the panels.

it wasnt like that when the paint first went on.

to get a good finish its hard put spraying is mostly prep work..

Key the paint before ie sand it down...

the a few coats of primer flat it back inbetween coats

then do the same with the paint. if u dont flat it back inbetween coats u will proberly get really bad orgnage peal.

also dont forget to falt the laquer back once its all painted.

id use 1200 grit on the laquer.

then u will need to buff it with compound

Hay Bud many thanks for the info, And the usefull tips, I seem to get better results on plastics at the mo.

regards

Howard

hey I'm still trying to paint my car on my drive lol

That weekend when we had really bad fog that dropped down ruined the panel i was painting.. it turned like a matt colour... tried to t-cut it as i have layered the car :p

Ill show you a pic if you wanna see? also my chrome bumper haha :p

Thanks so much for all the feedback, plenty of fact's for everyone to learn fomr,

once again cheer's

Dan

90% of a good paintjob is the prep work

I painted my wheels last week and also removed the rust from the polo.

My best mate is a very good painter, and i just listened to what he had to say, and use his advice, as long as you key the piece properly, then the paint job will be good.

That was the result of the fog and cold which ruined the freshly painted panel 2 hours after i painted it.

Its much shiney now as i T-cutted it.

That is an example of what can be achieved :p

My paint is Gloss black though so it will vary for other kidns of paints and laquer :p

Edited 15 November, 200718 yr by scrobert