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bardabe · 10-14-2006, 09:59 PM

Hey guys I saw the roler paint thread and it inspired me to paint my car. I mean yeah the roller paint looks clean and all but I am not paitent enough to wait 7+ days just for paint so Im paitning my car. I got a gun, and a compressor, and I got access to all the materials I can ever need. so WTF why not do it right huh?? the cool thing its all going to be done in my garage. this is day one. I got most of the dings out and sprayed coat number one of primer to let it dry overnight

(sorry for the crappy qualaty pics)

slideways2004 · 10-14-2006, 10:02 PM

what kind of paint did you buy?

bardabe · 10-14-2006, 10:04 PM

Dupont Ofcourse

TurK · 10-14-2006, 10:09 PM

great an other paint thread.

midnight zenki · 10-14-2006, 10:22 PM

Ive been contemplating this myself and am very interested to see your results. What kind of compressor and gun are you using?

blackflag_Rms13 · 10-15-2006, 01:37 AM

So you're not not painting it with a roller? Double negative... have fun with your roller job

haha

I was in a similar situation, so I just said fuck it and painted it. No prior experience or anything, but it turned out pretty all right. Good luck bro...

luckyrb13 · 10-15-2006, 03:04 AM

I just finished painting my car and what a pain in theass. it turned out all right but i still have a lot of color sanding to do. I still saved my self a fortune. I did all the body work and masked the car. and had a body shop spray the car. still what a disaster. oh yeah good luck.

randumb_monkey · 10-15-2006, 03:29 AM

Yo man, careful using the newspaper as a cover, the paint may wet the paper enough to have the ink run through and you might get paint all over your windows. Well, juss' lettin you know, goodluck with the job!

**ThatGuy** · 10-15-2006, 06:44 AM

Yes, use masking paper, or paper grocery bags. Newspaper is too thin. Also, make sure to get all the hard to reach places wih your primer and paint i.e. the area around your lisence plate you missed the first time.

Are you painting the door jambs? Trunk? Engine bay? Did you roll your fenders before you started painting?

bardabe · 10-15-2006, 03:12 PM

Hey guys thenkas of rthe support..
Midnight Zenki: I'm using a big ass compressor probably about 6ft tall. (40-60 gal maby?) and a gravity feed Paitn gun not sure what brand and specs but works well

as far as using the news paper for masking its only for primer, I knwo i missed the licence plate area he he woops. btu I looked over all my mistakes in the first spray and it turned out Ok.

That Guuy: yeah Door jambs, Trunk and Engine bay are painted already no fender rolling for me I dun got money for that big of a baller rims yet. and here are some updates on day two:

afyter letting the White Primer dry overnight I sprayed some grey bottle primer over it like so:

after that dries i Blocked it with 150 gritt to expose all of the uneven ness and to my surprice the primer filled in most of th uneveness due to them being so small.

others I had to puddy them in (still waiting for bondo to dry as I type)
but thre was not much to do bumping dings out wise. I hope to do my second coat of prymer today but today with Polyprimer. then Tomarrow PAINT!!!

Ninjabread · 10-15-2006, 03:18 PM

Looking good. I hope you cover all the shit on the side because it WILL get full of paint dust. Trust me, that shit gets everywhere, i know from painting my bike frame. Luckily it doesnt stick, its just like dust, but it's still a major PITA.

Anyways good luck with painting it, its a long ass process!

blackflag_Rms13 · 10-15-2006, 03:18 PM

Even if you don't have rims that require rolling, it's always a good idea to roll before getting painted, so you don't have to deal with it down the road...

zero.counter · 10-15-2006, 03:44 PM

Looks good. Can't wait to see the final result.

**ThatGuy** · 10-15-2006, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blackflag_Rms13

Even if you don't have rims that require rolling, it's always a good idea to roll before getting painted, so you don't have to deal with it down the road...

Yes, this is why I mentioned it. Not for current wheels, but for the future. It's always worth it to plan ahead.

frankist · 10-15-2006, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt89

Looking good. I hope you cover all the shit on the side because it WILL get full of paint dust. Trust me, that shit gets everywhere, i know from painting my bike frame. Luckily it doesnt stick, its just like dust, but it's still a major PITA.

Anyways good luck with painting it, its a long ass process!

he's not lying, its like a woodshop in a wood dust stormm! wear eye protection and a mask.

-E- · 10-15-2006, 05:20 PM

what color you going with

bardabe · 10-15-2006, 06:54 PM

Frankist: yeah I wear a mask but no eye protection because I am a cool guy =p

-E-: Thumbz Down Grey

this is the final layer of primer Polyprimer to fill in any scratches or whatever im happy its a bright ass white Primer ha ha. dosent look too ricer just non glossy white

ms!3 · 10-15-2006, 07:03 PM

looks good, i plan to paint my car after wheels.

-E- · 10-15-2006, 07:12 PM

not bad, if you wanna go something different I can mix you up some my mix for a decent price

bardabe · 10-15-2006, 10:33 PM

Ha ha thanks for the offer -E- I work at a body shop we got hookups. thanks tho. but Thumbz Down Grey is my color of choise. not many ppl have it. its as rare as Top Secret Gold.

Ian · 10-15-2006, 10:40 PM

That's because neither color goes very well on a 240sx

bardabe · 10-15-2006, 11:05 PM

nah I think it looks good won;t U say

LB.Motoring · 10-16-2006, 10:19 AM

did you buy that s14.5 in yellow a while back?

bardabe · 10-16-2006, 01:52 PM

Nah its my friends. he desided to keep it instead of selling it.

articdragon192 · 10-16-2006, 01:59 PM

Is that Eddie;'s car?

TipStylez · 10-16-2006, 02:12 PM

Nice rims, what are they?

statik · 10-16-2006, 02:14 PM

Im assuming you put a filter on your compressor before the spray gun, otherwise you can wind up with moisture in your spray

mr_240sx · 10-16-2006, 08:00 PM

before you paint your car, if your picky about your floor, try wetting down your floor so that the paint doesnt stick to the floor. and then once it dries you can just sweep everything off. btw why did you unmask your car if your not done painting it? what dupont paint are you using? hopefully not centari lol

-E- · 10-16-2006, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_240sx

before you paint your car, if your picky about your floor, try wetting down your floor so that the paint doesnt stick to the floor. and then once it dries you can just sweep everything off. btw why did you unmask your car if your not done painting it? what dupont paint are you using? hopefully not centari lol

most likely chromabase, I dont even think they still make centari

but we still have a couple of gallons of them sitting in the cabinet

bardabe · 10-16-2006, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by articdragon192

Is that Eddie;'s car?

no its Jon Vivo's car

Quote:

Originally Posted by TipStylez

Nice rims, what are they?

I think they are eagle racing. might be up for sale when I have enough to go get me some 4 lug Meisters

Quote:

Originally Posted by statik

Im assuming you put a filter on your compressor before the spray gun, otherwise you can wind up with moisture in your spray

ofcourse

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_240sx

why did you unmask your car if your not done painting it? what dupont paint are you using? hopefully not centari lol

Because the paint would seep throught he news paper its only for primer didn;t wanna waste good masking on primer; im using chromabase (spelling?)

no work was done today due to shitty weather and lazyness. but if weather comes true Final touch ups wednesday and spray it on Thursday. so i cna cruise it on Sunday to my Religious education class. ohhhhhh yeah

10-14-2006, 09:59 PM	#1
bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 31 Posts: 4,716 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	So I'm Paitnning my car... not not with a roller Hey guys I saw the roler paint thread and it inspired me to paint my car. I mean yeah the roller paint looks clean and all but I am not paitent enough to wait 7+ days just for paint so Im paitning my car. I got a gun, and a compressor, and I got access to all the materials I can ever need. so WTF why not do it right huh?? the cool thing its all going to be done in my garage. this is day one. I got most of the dings out and sprayed coat number one of primer to let it dry overnight (sorry for the crappy qualaty pics) __________________ Review Thread

10-14-2006, 10:04 PM	#3
bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 31 Posts: 4,716 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Dupont Ofcourse __________________ Review Thread

10-14-2006, 10:22 PM	#5
midnight zenki Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: CO Posts: 415 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Ive been contemplating this myself and am very interested to see your results. What kind of compressor and gun are you using? __________________ Florida shut the fuck up.

10-15-2006, 03:04 AM	#7
luckyrb13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bay Area CA Posts: 76 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I just finished painting my car and what a pain in theass. it turned out all right but i still have a lot of color sanding to do. I still saved my self a fortune. I did all the body work and masked the car. and had a body shop spray the car. still what a disaster. oh yeah good luck. __________________ ...FFF Club Far From Finished

10-15-2006, 03:29 AM	#8
randumb_monkey Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: California Posts: 50 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	careful Yo man, careful using the newspaper as a cover, the paint may wet the paper enough to have the ink run through and you might get paint all over your windows. Well, juss' lettin you know, goodluck with the job!

10-14-2006, 10:02 PM	#2
slideways2004 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Age: 35 Posts: 1,706 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	what kind of paint did you buy?

10-14-2006, 10:09 PM	#4
TurK Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: FL Posts: 966 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	great an other paint thread.

10-15-2006, 01:37 AM	#6
blackflag_Rms13 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,133 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	So you're not not painting it with a roller? Double negative... have fun with your roller job haha I was in a similar situation, so I just said fuck it and painted it. No prior experience or anything, but it turned out pretty all right. Good luck bro...

10-15-2006, 06:44 AM	#9
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 41 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yes, use masking paper, or paper grocery bags. Newspaper is too thin. Also, make sure to get all the hard to reach places wih your primer and paint i.e. the area around your lisence plate you missed the first time. Are you painting the door jambs? Trunk? Engine bay? Did you roll your fenders before you started painting? __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

10-15-2006, 03:12 PM	#10
bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 31 Posts: 4,716 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Hey guys thenkas of rthe support.. Midnight Zenki: I'm using a big ass compressor probably about 6ft tall. (40-60 gal maby?) and a gravity feed Paitn gun not sure what brand and specs but works well as far as using the news paper for masking its only for primer, I knwo i missed the licence plate area he he woops. btu I looked over all my mistakes in the first spray and it turned out Ok. That Guuy: yeah Door jambs, Trunk and Engine bay are painted already no fender rolling for me I dun got money for that big of a baller rims yet. and here are some updates on day two: afyter letting the White Primer dry overnight I sprayed some grey bottle primer over it like so: after that dries i Blocked it with 150 gritt to expose all of the uneven ness and to my surprice the primer filled in most of th uneveness due to them being so small. others I had to puddy them in (still waiting for bondo to dry as I type) but thre was not much to do bumping dings out wise. I hope to do my second coat of prymer today but today with Polyprimer. then Tomarrow PAINT!!! __________________ Review Thread

10-15-2006, 03:18 PM	#11
Ninjabread Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Age: 32 Posts: 3,492 Trader Rating: (2) Rides Gallery: Ninjabread Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Looking good. I hope you cover all the shit on the side because it WILL get full of paint dust. Trust me, that shit gets everywhere, i know from painting my bike frame. Luckily it doesnt stick, its just like dust, but it's still a major PITA. Anyways good luck with painting it, its a long ass process! __________________ 613DriftWerks.ca

10-15-2006, 03:44 PM	#13
zero.counter Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: At work Posts: 2,003 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Looks good. Can't wait to see the final result.

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-E- Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Florida, Americas Wang! Age: 39 Posts: 2,912 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what color you going with

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bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 31 Posts: 4,716 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Frankist: yeah I wear a mask but no eye protection because I am a cool guy =p -E-: Thumbz Down Grey this is the final layer of primer Polyprimer to fill in any scratches or whatever im happy its a bright ass white Primer ha ha. dosent look too ricer just non glossy white __________________ Review Thread

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ms!3 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Age: 31 Posts: 1,563 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	looks good, i plan to paint my car after wheels.

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-E- Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Florida, Americas Wang! Age: 39 Posts: 2,912 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	not bad, if you wanna go something different I can mix you up some my mix for a decent price

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bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 31 Posts: 4,716 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Ha ha thanks for the offer -E- I work at a body shop we got hookups. thanks tho. but Thumbz Down Grey is my color of choise. not many ppl have it. its as rare as Top Secret Gold. __________________ Review Thread

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bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 31 Posts: 4,716 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	nah I think it looks good won;t U say __________________ Review Thread

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bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 31 Posts: 4,716 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	Nah its my friends. he desided to keep it instead of selling it. __________________ Review Thread

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articdragon192 Post Whore! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West covina/ Irvine Age: 35 Posts: 6,789 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Is that Eddie;'s car?

10-16-2006, 02:12 PM	#26
TipStylez Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 918 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nice rims, what are they?

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statik Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Long Island, NY Age: 37 Posts: 1,358 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: statik Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Im assuming you put a filter on your compressor before the spray gun, otherwise you can wind up with moisture in your spray __________________ 97 240sx esaarr \| Current Status: SOLD

10-16-2006, 08:00 PM	#28
mr_240sx Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ottawa Age: 35 Posts: 6,320 Trader Rating: (4) Rides Gallery: mr_240sx Feedback Score: 4 reviews	before you paint your car, if your picky about your floor, try wetting down your floor so that the paint doesnt stick to the floor. and then once it dries you can just sweep everything off. btw why did you unmask your car if your not done painting it? what dupont paint are you using? hopefully not centari lol

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