Painting my own car!!

[Hksuperman4000]

Planning to pant my front end. Anyone know where to buy stock burgundy paint? Not really sure how to paint my own car anyone got a guild and intrustions. I know im suppose to sand and primer my car first, but ya. I also hearded I needed to rent a pint gun or something any help willl be great thank you

[alexchanman]

you can find the factory paint codes form the dealership and then go to any paint sotre and grab some butckets of it. if your nto sure on how paint your car, read up on it, like buy some books and study.

[ms!3]

you dont need a paint gun. alot of people have done it with krylon. sand it down, primer it, sand it down, primer it again, sand, then add small coats of paint and in between each coat wet sand, and then when your done clear coat it whole bunch.. and it should come out pretty nice if you take your time.

[spdfreek0o]

no offense to anyone who has used krylon to paint their car. If you want it back to factory condition, leave it up to a painter to do. It's taken me years of gun time to get where I am and I'm nowhere near perfect. If you want a quick DIY job, that doesn't look factory and/or you don't really care about what it looks like. By all means, krylon it.

[infinitexsound]

u dont necessairily need to prime a part if it doesnt need it... u could get away with it just by easily sandin it with 500 grit.. and seal and paint on top of that.... honestly dont bother take it to a shop or unless u know someone who can do it right get it done that way... my 2 cents

[TokyoNights]

stock burgundy paint?
might as well just repaint the whole car a different color

[240shorty]

If you've already got the equipment and some time, you can get the codes off the forums if you search. I have seen the colors and codes a number of times on here. You can purchase pre-mixed paints from Matrix systems online. I really like their basecoat. Very easy to spray and it was a close match to my factor Emerald Blue (a tough paint match). It also has no shelf life, you can leave it on the shelf as long as you want. I was somewhat less impressed with the universal clear. It is much harder to apply without texture. It's not exactly cheap, but cheaper than some and alot cheaper than a body shop. It is probably a good idea to source a local jobber.

You could also get decent color matched paint online and Dupont jamb and trim clear both in aerosol. If will be close, but not a perfect match. At least it is the right color. It's all in your budget.

Pretty much anything you need to know you can find on the Autobody101 forums regarding tools and techniques. It is not something you can do by renting a gun, point and shoot. It does take practice, but good results can be achieved the first time around.

[Vatche]

i agreed , repaint the whole car and maaco or whatever. burgundy is disgusting....and the money you will spend renting a gun and buying the paint, diy is gonna be terrible if youve never done it before. just take it to a one day paint....and the time you save doing that read up on some english

[infinitexsound]

nissan paint codes are usually foun in the engine bay against the firewall, or on the door jamb driver side.... ants its usually some thing similar to this "WKO"

[JDMB0iKT]

you could always just wet sand the clear coat off and paint over the original paint. and yeah the paint code should be in the door jam.

[180sExy]

Wow krylon paint job. holly underwear batman! I cant belive all the low ballers on here. gheez just ssave sum cash an go get a decent paint job. Come on maaco??? They do a pretty crappy job I had a friend take his car too them an it was chiping an cracking all over the place, but you get what you pay for.If you dont have the cash for a paint job an really really want your car painted just read up on how to paint a car an just learn like you want too. At least if it comes out crappy its your FREE crappy job an you can say you did it an your learning!

[monkey7]

I used this as a guide and it worked out well.

http://www.thebugshop.org/bsfqpnt.htm

[exitspeed]

Wow krylon paint job.

If you got skillz Krylon does a good job. My flat black came our ballerific.

[mashloh]

i was thinking of painting my car too but i think i'm just gonna start small and start with the rear bumper since it looks like ass anyway with all the faded paint and what not, I figured i couldn't make it look any worse.

Any tips on painting the bumpers though? same process as the body?

[REDSH!FT]

Wow krylon paint job. holly underwear batman! I cant belive all the low ballers on here. gheez just ssave sum cash an go get a decent paint job. Come on maaco??? They do a pretty crappy job I had a friend take his car too them an it was chiping an cracking all over the place, but you get what you pay for.If you dont have the cash for a paint job an really really want your car painted just read up on how to paint a car an just learn like you want too. At least if it comes out crappy its your FREE crappy job an you can say you did it an your learning!


Well after you purchase a Compressor w/ large enough tank, proper spray gun (gravity feed, HVLP...helps to have 2, base and clear) all of the solvents to properly prep your car...rent a booth (unless you want to do it at home which is generally illegal and more or less cancerous) and all of that other shit, you'll end up raking together a solid $1200 tab or so on your shitty paint job...

If you go the super cheap route and do it illegally you can probably manage it for 500, and it MIGHT come out slightly better than the $499 Maaco/Scheib special.

[180sExy]

llegally???? I never herd of an illegal paint job unless it was insurance fraud. How do you get an illegal paint job????And I would rather spend 122 and start to get the experience an learn rather than pay maaco or any one day paint shop too mess up my car.

[240trainee]

llegally???? I never herd of an illegal paint job unless it was insurance fraud. How do you get an illegal paint job????And I would rather spend 122 and start to get the experience an learn rather than pay maaco or any one day paint shop too mess up my car.


Illigal, as in, using alot of these products releases toxins in the air, and the government eviromentalist people tend to frown on that. Especially in CA.

[az_240]

Painting yourself is not that hard if you have all the equipment and read up on it and TAKE YOUR TIME. LOTS AND LOTS of sanding is required for a good paint job.

I painted some parts on my probe gt with a hvlp gun and my dads big ass air compressor. It turned out decent for a first time job. It is my daily driver though so I didnt care as much about the sanding part and just sanded it once to make the paint stick to the body. The paint didnt turn out as smooth as a factory paint job but I guess thats what happens when you dont sand between coats. that was about 2 years ago and it still looks good except for the pieces I didnt paint:(

I recently painted some wheels and they looked GREAT when I first painted them. After getting my tires mounted though there were a few small chips.

Just in case anyone is thinking about painting nice rims I would HIGHLY advise against it. Get em powdercoated even if it is $200

I would also advise against going to maaco or any other cheapo place if you care about your car

[IWantRWD]

i really cant believe all of the things people do to their car while painting it..wow..i mean, i am no master and i dont have too much gun time, but i am michigan state certified and i did paint a tempo that looked dead on stock, even with single stage paint

First, you dont need to sand between every coat..just after primer to get it smooth, called block sanding (you can use a guide coat)..and show cars use a thing of sanding after the base...but then u sand the clear with 1200 then buff.

I just bought a paint kit..a decent one that ive sprayed with before, it wont last as long nor give as good results..but it was 89 bucks with 2 HVLP guns and a jamb gun..then rent a compressor

Painting isnt hard to do by any means..getting it right is the hard part..if you want a more detailed/step by step, you can PM me, i was in the middle of writing a bodywork/painting How-to for this site and another 240 forum but i got sidetracked and went driving..haha

[OdessaS13]

DONT DO IT, it will look like shit. like other said if you dont care what it looks like then diy. Dont mis-understand me, im not trying to bash or anything but it will seriously look like shit. If not now then later. you can go get a 300$ macco (sp?) paintjob that will look like ass and still be better then a diy.

[supaslidz]

DONT GO TO MACOO THEY SUCK sand down whole car with 600 gritt. For the chips you need to fethear edge everything primer only the bare metal and bondo spots sand down all primer with 600 gritt wash car very good to remove oil and dirt remove lights molding everything you cant remove or just dont want to tape up dont use news paper use real paper from a auto paint store use a tack cloth to wipe the whole car down and spray your base let flash dry 10-15min between coats let tack dry spray clear first coat thick the thin for the rest thin let dry if you want sand down orange peal with a 1500 gritt the buff i woudnt you paint job wont be perfect any way trust from ive done before

[ThatGuy]

^PUNCTUATION!!!

Trying to read someone's thoughts when they don't use punctuation is quite difficult. Please take the time to properly add commas and periods into your thoughts. Thank You.

[Pank]

I tried reading the post above ThatGuys outloud, and i almost passed out from lack of oxygen.

[stinky_180]

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

'nuff said

[JVD]

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

'nuff said
Oh god... not that again. Have you tried it? No matter how much you prep/wetsand afterwards/polish it won't even look close to factory paint. I tried it on my spare trunk and it looked like sheit.

[lilredstiffy]

Out of all of you that are saying it 'will look like shit' how many have actually tried painting a car? It is seriously not that hard, just take your time, read up, if you have the surface prepped properly all there is to it is having the gun and pressure set properly for primer and paint. Clear is hard, but just but down 2 or 3 coats and you will have enough to wetsand. The magic is in wetsanding and buffing.

It is a decent investment to buy a gun and a compressor (mainly the compressor) but a compressor is awesome to have anyway.

I say go for it if you have somewhere to throw up some sort of booth.

As far as Krylon that is a nightmare. No way in hell I would want to sand that much. If you want to do it cheap use a single stage paint with compressor.

[az_240]

Honestly you dont even need a booth... I painted my car outside in 80 degree temps on a clean tarp with NO wind and it was fine
I live in the county where people dont care as much though

[240shorty]

I've done mine with homemade plastic and 2x4 canopies because my garage is always full of junk. Stuff still gets in the seams, but it keeps the majority of the stuff out, including larger bugs and debris. The big thing then becomes ventilation and respiration. I used multiple box fans and a homemade fresh air system. You can get by with cannister filters assuming the concentration is not too great so as to clog your filters. Isocyanates are a b*tch and not to be messed with. Mostly the catalyzed stuff and the clears especially you need to watch out for.

It's not for everyone, but if you have access to the equipment, it can be done pretty effectively. A decent gun beats the hell out of an aerosol can every time. The techniques are all learnable and the info is available if you look.