Flat Paint Jobs

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:14 am

CmeltoN;238206 wrote:To each their own I guess....I guess it's just the collision repair tech in me that makes me cringe at the thought of spray bombing a car....

Or you could be like me, a broke ass, who rattle canned they're car becuase they are sick of being judged by people for driving a multicolored shitbox. Rattle can paint looks good when you, prep correctly, wetsand, and use even light coats. Keep in mind it's a cheap solution for people on a tight budget.

CmeltoN · Post by **CmeltoN** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:21 am

yeah i understand...but if you ever do decide to give it a "real" paint job it creates that much more work...

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:22 am

I would roller paint it before I used spray paint.

CmeltoN · Post by **CmeltoN** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:29 am

yeah ive had VERY bad experiences with spray paint making my paint work fail...i had to do a motorcycle for a guy and he had a very small budget so i thought id use some spray bomb primer....after three basecoat colors layed down i reallized the primer didnt set up properly making all the paint i just put on it completely fail...

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:31 am

My car has rust I'll never fix so a real paint won't go on this car during my owning of it.

CmeltoN · Post by **CmeltoN** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:38 am

yeah thats one thing that sucks about these hondas..the sheet metal sucks balls.... http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pi ... 0634932725

Theres the bike after it was all said and done....

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:59 pm

CmeltoN;238201 wrote:Well I think if you spend good money on something it should be on a decent paint job....you can get a gallon of decent paint for 150-250 on the Internet...you can't buy a gallon worth of spray paint for that.....so why do all that work rattle canning a car and it lasting 1/10 as long as one done right...

a can of krylon is 2.83 a can X 12 cans = 33.96 (no tax) a cpl rolls of tape i pirated from work and a cpl packs of sandpaper = under 50.00 in materials to paint a whole car.... not even close to the 150-200 you stated JUST for the paint. That dosnt include a compressor, paint gun, booth and all the stuff you really need to paint a car correctly.

My paint is nowhere near real paint quality BUT it's wet sanded so easy to dry and touch up. Trust me id like to have real paint on both of them again , but im more worried about driving them then anything... and besides the 240 is a drift bucket... i dont want to have to worry about scratching the paint when im inches away from a wall or other car

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:34 pm

I had a really nice custom paint job complete with perl flake and all. in the end some vandals ruined that and I ended up with a flat black CRX. I will say taking care of a flat car is alot easier. I now have the equipment to lay down a halfway descent paint job and i will be giving it a try myself. The costs should lay out something like this(not including sprayer):

$100 single stage paint with hardener and reducer
$25 particulate Mask(reusable)
$50 masking supplies
$50 sanding disks and sand paper for the orbital
$10 Cleaning supplies to keep my gun nice and clean

$75 bondo, misc sheet metal, welding gas, and welding wire
$20 grinding pads
$200 extra set aside for whatever I forgot because projects like this never end up costing what you plan.

Lets hope....

JustRob · Post by **JustRob** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 2:53 pm

crxlilmikey · Post by **crxlilmikey** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:40 pm

ask turbo freak his civic was flat black and it looked hella good