tonypastie

right i got a gte convertable given to me for summer for free the lady has rubbed it along both side at some point and i want to respary down both sides i have a compressor and gun but not sure how to spray really and i have asked so called mates and they want £300 to do it but i really dont want to spend that the car is only worth £400 in my opinon, dont care if its not a great job as long as it looks tidy and road worthy it look really bad at the moment so how do you do it ?

i will use 2pack or celly dont really care


cheeRS

tony

Rs Baz

bloody hell £300 to spray both sides thas a bargin

tonypastie

maybe but i want to have ago myself

cossy abuser

oh dear
start on an old panel first

tonypastie

yep what next if it looks crap i scrap the car thats why i dont mind having a go

bigal1978

speak to chris at hex he thinks he can spray

i have a gun and water trap and compresor if u fancy tryin it ur self

bigal1978

didnt read it proply
if u got a unit tony ill cum over show u

Rs Baz

tony you have pm mate

biqal 1978 how are you mate long time no hear

apples24

well if your a novice and not too bothered use celly just build it up make sure got some heat and if it fooks up ya can stillf flat out the runs with a block and mop it up

Toe Knee

iTrader: (2)

First thing ideally u need to do is flat out the scrathes and re-prime any areas if you go thru to metal.

Then the principle is pretty straight forward, flat all the area you want to spray with 800 wet and dry (im assuming your not gonna be trying to blend it?!)

Once its ready to paint and the parts u dont want sprayed masked(overspray gets everywhere!!) make sure you buy some panel wipe and wipe down all the area u want to spray before you do then tack rag it to remove any left over dust then spray!!! Dont know bout pressure's for celly as never used it but 2pack u want the gun spraying at 2-2.5bar. As said keep where your spraying warm as much as u can!!!

Also what size fluid tip has the gun got?! ideally u want a 1.4 tip, but it'll still work none the less as your spraying solid colour. One thing u might find depending on the size of the compressor is it runs out of steam mid spraying which can be a pain in the arse!!! so make sure if need-be to let it fill up again when u finished a complete panel to save having to pick up again as thats when u can get runs/waves.

Aint difficult to do thou mate so give it a go

tonypastie

thanks for the tips lads

Disabled Account

Tony, rest assured no matter how bad it may look when/if you paint it yourself............

It will be A LOT better then that pink/purple Suzuki jeep thing you were swanning around in last summer

tonypastie

that was great you wanted to buy it