First go at painting a car panel
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First go at painting a car panel
The boss is wanting to sell his Missus mgf now the sun is here and the back bumper was flaking off everywhere and looked horrific. He asked me if I'd have a go at painting it with rattle cans so I thought while we're quite why not. I managed to get enough time to prep the panel before primer but he didn't want to give me the time to prep it after primer for a proper finish so I had to paint straight on top of the first rough coat. Gutted I couldn't do it properly but had fun anyway.
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You can get proper paint made up in pro ish rattle cans for 2 Pak, it is much better.
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Originally Posted by Caddyshack
You can get proper paint made up in pro ish rattle cans for 2 Pak, it is much better.
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Originally Posted by JC600
Looks quite good from here.
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Originally Posted by JC600
Yeah, deffo need to polish the rest of the car lol
The professional range of cans have a fan type nozzle, I can never find them any where.
The professional range of cans have a fan type nozzle, I can never find them any where.
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Looks a good job in the pics so will definitely help it sell. A good polish will do the rest of the car wonders
I had a mk3 vr6 with the rotten wings but got a pair of new vento wings thrown in. Rather than change the whole front end I took the wings off the golf and chopped them under the moulding and then welded in the bottom of the vento wings. Painted them out of cans but the mixed up ones not off the shelf and got a brilliant finish. Guy I bought the car from couldn't belive it was the same original wings with a bit off a fettle
Painted bumpers and wheels etc since then and always come out really good but as you said it's all in the prep and it takes time to do it right but well worth the effort
I had a mk3 vr6 with the rotten wings but got a pair of new vento wings thrown in. Rather than change the whole front end I took the wings off the golf and chopped them under the moulding and then welded in the bottom of the vento wings. Painted them out of cans but the mixed up ones not off the shelf and got a brilliant finish. Guy I bought the car from couldn't belive it was the same original wings with a bit off a fettle
Painted bumpers and wheels etc since then and always come out really good but as you said it's all in the prep and it takes time to do it right but well worth the effort
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Originally Posted by xr2john
Looks a good job in the pics so will definitely help it sell. A good polish will do the rest of the car wonders
I had a mk3 vr6 with the rotten wings but got a pair of new vento wings thrown in. Rather than change the whole front end I took the wings off the golf and chopped them under the moulding and then welded in the bottom of the vento wings. Painted them out of cans but the mixed up ones not off the shelf and got a brilliant finish. Guy I bought the car from couldn't belive it was the same original wings with a bit off a fettle
Painted bumpers and wheels etc since then and always come out really good but as you said it's all in the prep and it takes time to do it right but well worth the effort
I had a mk3 vr6 with the rotten wings but got a pair of new vento wings thrown in. Rather than change the whole front end I took the wings off the golf and chopped them under the moulding and then welded in the bottom of the vento wings. Painted them out of cans but the mixed up ones not off the shelf and got a brilliant finish. Guy I bought the car from couldn't belive it was the same original wings with a bit off a fettle
Painted bumpers and wheels etc since then and always come out really good but as you said it's all in the prep and it takes time to do it right but well worth the effort
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the main thing I found that hugely effects the finish quality is to fight the temptation to put to much on in one go. many light mist coats seems to work better . I'm not in the car trade I'm just a diyer but ive got just as good a finish (to my joiners eye anyway) with spray cans bought from the main dealer as what was on the original panels .
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Originally Posted by fuzzy
the main thing I found that hugely effects the finish quality is to fight the temptation to put to much on in one go. many light mist coats seems to work better . I'm not in the car trade I'm just a diyer but ive got just as good a finish (to my joiners eye anyway) with spray cans bought from the main dealer as what was on the original panels .
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Just bought a 150ltr compressor so I can spray my own aswell
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Looks like a good job that.
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the main thing I found that hugely effects the finish quality is to fight the temptation to put to much on in one go. many light mist coats seems to work better . I'm not in the car trade I'm just a diyer but ive got just as good a finish (to my joiners eye anyway) with spray cans bought from the main dealer as what was on the original panels .
Couldn't tell with the golf. I even impressed myself and I've got raging OCD
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