anyone know anything about painting cars or what paint is the best?

[jacsfc]

Damien, i paint cars for a living. If you want a quality job you need to leave the paint application process to the professionals. You can prep the car yourself and disassemble the car to save a little money. The process of painting a car has a lot more steps then mentioned in this post. A far as shops being a rip off most people do not realize the amount of prep work and time it takes to deliver a high quality paint job. Or how expensive the materials are to paint a car complete. I work for the top rated shop in town and to repaint a mustang complete including all jambs, underhood, underdecklid, prepping masking and removing and installing all parts and color sanding and polishing the final product could easliy cost between 5,000 and 6,000. The best product to use is a basecoat clearcoat urethane system. The materials for the job will cost about 1,200 to 1,500. Sherwin Williams automotive paint is the most affordable on the market if you want a high quality job that will last. But once again if you are particular like I am I would leave it to the pros.

[Hector]

I obviously gave a simplified account...for I myself am not a painter...but those are things I gathered from my own car painter...and just passed them along to Damien...

[toys2cool]

I obviously gave a simplified account...for I myself am not a painter...but those are things I gathered from my own car painter...and just passed them along to Damien...

naw i understand, i wasn't gonna do it myself anyway but I appreciate the advice as always

[toys2cool]

Damien, i paint cars for a living. If you want a quality job you need to leave the paint application process to the professionals. You can prep the car yourself and disassemble the car to save a little money. The process of painting a car has a lot more steps then mentioned in this post. A far as shops being a rip off most people do not realize the amount of prep work and time it takes to deliver a high quality paint job. Or how expensive the materials are to paint a car complete. I work for the top rated shop in town and to repaint a mustang complete including all jambs, underhood, underdecklid, prepping masking and removing and installing all parts and color sanding and polishing the final product could easliy cost between 5,000 and 6,000. The best product to use is a basecoat clearcoat urethane system. The materials for the job will cost about 1,200 to 1,500. Sherwin Williams automotive paint is the most affordable on the market if you want a high quality job that will last. But once again if you are particular like I am I would leave it to the pros.

I appreciate the help bro ,I'll keep shopping around until I find a good deal...but if you take your own paint will they accept that? or do most make you buy their own paint? thanx

[livnxxxl]

Hey Da, My only experience in painting cars has been customizing Hot Wheels die cast cars. I have a air brush. I could paint it for you. However, it might not turn out too great and it will take a "very" long time. Although it would save you A LOT of money though.

Seriously though - Good luck Bro with getting it done. I look forward to seeing the pictures when all is done.

[toys2cool]

Hey Da, My only experience in painting cars has been customizing Hot Wheels die cast cars. I have a air brush. I could paint it for you. However, it might not turn out too great and it will take a "very" long time. Although it would save you A LOT of money though.

Seriously though - Good luck Bro with getting it done. I look forward to seeing the pictures when all is done.

lol thanx bro

[toys2cool]

what about stripping or sanding the paint out...what's the best way to go about that? thanx

[livnxxxl]

lol thanx bro

Any time Home- E.

[MegoMark71]

Im stilling trying to get over those mustang pics.

[Zemo]

Damien, i paint cars for a living. If you want a quality job you need to leave the paint application process to the professionals. You can prep the car yourself and disassemble the car to save a little money. The process of painting a car has a lot more steps then mentioned in this post. A far as shops being a rip off most people do not realize the amount of prep work and time it takes to deliver a high quality paint job. Or how expensive the materials are to paint a car complete. I work for the top rated shop in town and to repaint a mustang complete including all jambs, underhood, underdecklid, prepping masking and removing and installing all parts and color sanding and polishing the final product could easliy cost between 5,000 and 6,000. The best product to use is a basecoat clearcoat urethane system. The materials for the job will cost about 1,200 to 1,500. Sherwin Williams automotive paint is the most affordable on the market if you want a high quality job that will last. But once again if you are particular like I am I would leave it to the pros.

This dead on. If your going for super tight paint job.

[jacsfc]

The car should not need to stripped down completely if the paint job that is on it now is decent. You will need to sand and feather out all of the imperfections, repair any dents with filler as needed. After this you need to use a catalyzed urethane primer to lock in a suitable substrate for the new paint to adhere to. After priming, sand the entire car with 400 grit andpaper for a smooth finish. Contact a local paint retailer and they can provide you with the materials needed for the prep. Most shops will only use the paint that they use every day. The shop buys in quantity which is a little less expensive than buying individually. For example, if you buy the materials yourself you will have to buy the clearcoat in quantities of one quart at a time, where as the shop can mix the actual amount that is needed to complete the job eliminating waste. same goes with the sealer, and basecoat color. The best way for you to save money and have a high quality job done is to do most of the prep work. I would suggest finding the shop you want to do the job and discuss the work that you can do to save the most money. I hope this helps. The tools you will need for the prep will be a decent air compressor, air sander, sanding blocks, primer gun and respirator.From your previous posts it seems that you are pretty mechanically inclined so i feel you will be able to do most of the dissaembly and prep work. I would suggest to the shop that your car be painted in individual pieces. I try to do this whenever possible. Painting the pieces seperatley ensures all of the edges receive proper color and clearcoat, it also eliminated ugly overspray in areas that are difficult to mask off.

joe

[toys2cool]

The car should not need to stripped down completely if the paint job that is on it now is decent. You will need to sand and feather out all of the imperfections, repair any dents with filler as needed. After this you need to use a catalyzed urethane primer to lock in a suitable substrate for the new paint to adhere to. After priming, sand the entire car with 400 grit andpaper for a smooth finish. Contact a local paint retailer and they can provide you with the materials needed for the prep. Most shops will only use the paint that they use every day. The shop buys in quantity which is a little less expensive than buying individually. For example, if you buy the materials yourself you will have to buy the clearcoat in quantities of one quart at a time, where as the shop can mix the actual amount that is needed to complete the job eliminating waste. same goes with the sealer, and basecoat color. The best way for you to save money and have a high quality job done is to do most of the prep work. I would suggest finding the shop you want to do the job and discuss the work that you can do to save the most money. I hope this helps. The tools you will need for the prep will be a decent air compressor, air sander, sanding blocks, primer gun and respirator.From your previous posts it seems that you are pretty mechanically inclined so i feel you will be able to do most of the dissaembly and prep work. I would suggest to the shop that your car be painted in individual pieces. I try to do this whenever possible. Painting the pieces seperatley ensures all of the edges receive proper color and clearcoat, it also eliminated ugly overspray in areas that are difficult to mask off.

joe

awesome J, thanx again bro

[Hector]

Come on now, Damien ain't gonna do all that...

[Hector]

This dead on. If your going for super tight paint job.

Thanks, much appreciated...

[Hector]

The car should not need to stripped down completely if the paint job that is on it now is decent. You will need to sand and feather out all of the imperfections, repair any dents with filler as needed. After this you need to use a catalyzed urethane primer to lock in a suitable substrate for the new paint to adhere to. After priming, sand the entire car with 400 grit andpaper for a smooth finish. Contact a local paint retailer and they can provide you with the materials needed for the prep. Most shops will only use the paint that they use every day. The shop buys in quantity which is a little less expensive than buying individually. For example, if you buy the materials yourself you will have to buy the clearcoat in quantities of one quart at a time, where as the shop can mix the actual amount that is needed to complete the job eliminating waste. same goes with the sealer, and basecoat color. The best way for you to save money and have a high quality job done is to do most of the prep work. I would suggest finding the shop you want to do the job and discuss the work that you can do to save the most money. I hope this helps. The tools you will need for the prep will be a decent air compressor, air sander, sanding blocks, primer gun and respirator.From your previous posts it seems that you are pretty mechanically inclined so i feel you will be able to do most of the dissaembly and prep work. I would suggest to the shop that your car be painted in individual pieces. I try to do this whenever possible. Painting the pieces seperatley ensures all of the edges receive proper color and clearcoat, it also eliminated ugly overspray in areas that are difficult to mask off.

joe

That's exactly what's being done to my ride...I just couldn't fully express them...since I ain't no painter myself...but at least I tried to give Damien some simplified and generalized pointers...