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How much skill needed to repaint your own vehicle?
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<blockquote data-quote="ShiningBuick" data-source="post: 6803182" data-attributes="member: 578641"><p>Sandblasting CAN screw up your panels. You sandblast to vigorously and you end up warping them. Honestly unless the vehicle has paint / rust issues, just a color change is better off done by thoroughly sanding the stock paint, then shooting some primer, sanding that, then shooting your base and clear.</p><p></p><p>I've seen a harbor freight gun lay down a good paintjob, but the guy working it was pretty good. I would find a buddy with a decent gun you can borrow. My first paintjob was with a $100 HVLP gun, and since then I upgraded to an Iwata LPH400, and I don't know if my skills are better or the gun is, but it lays down much better clearcoat.</p><p></p><p>But, to answer the original question, yes you can paint a car. My first paintjob was with no experience when I was 17. It turned out a little orange-peely, but wetsanding and buffing fixes any issues like that. As long as you're not afraid to do some sanding on the clear afterwards it should turn out good.</p><p></p><p>Keys to success:</p><p></p><p>Prepping the surface, clean and fully sanded, especially in little body lines and cracks</p><p></p><p>Prepping the vehicle, remove the bumpers, trim, headlights/ tail lights, the less you have to mask right up to the paint,the better/less chance for chipping later.</p><p></p><p>Lighting, make sure you have lots of light at all angles when you spray clear, otherwise you won't see dry spots and such</p><p></p><p>Clean, vent the area, don't spray at night (bugs), do everything to can to get rid of dust, wet down the floor when you shoot as well.</p><p></p><p>Practice, dial in your gun on some paper or cardboard so you know exactly how it's gonna spray before you actually shoot on the panels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ShiningBuick, post: 6803182, member: 578641"] Sandblasting CAN screw up your panels. You sandblast to vigorously and you end up warping them. Honestly unless the vehicle has paint / rust issues, just a color change is better off done by thoroughly sanding the stock paint, then shooting some primer, sanding that, then shooting your base and clear. I've seen a harbor freight gun lay down a good paintjob, but the guy working it was pretty good. I would find a buddy with a decent gun you can borrow. My first paintjob was with a $100 HVLP gun, and since then I upgraded to an Iwata LPH400, and I don't know if my skills are better or the gun is, but it lays down much better clearcoat. But, to answer the original question, yes you can paint a car. My first paintjob was with no experience when I was 17. It turned out a little orange-peely, but wetsanding and buffing fixes any issues like that. As long as you're not afraid to do some sanding on the clear afterwards it should turn out good. Keys to success: Prepping the surface, clean and fully sanded, especially in little body lines and cracks Prepping the vehicle, remove the bumpers, trim, headlights/ tail lights, the less you have to mask right up to the paint,the better/less chance for chipping later. Lighting, make sure you have lots of light at all angles when you spray clear, otherwise you won't see dry spots and such Clean, vent the area, don't spray at night (bugs), do everything to can to get rid of dust, wet down the floor when you shoot as well. Practice, dial in your gun on some paper or cardboard so you know exactly how it's gonna spray before you actually shoot on the panels. [/QUOTE]
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