My first try at painting.

Kolk1 · Post by **Kolk1** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:34 pm

Pick up 2 different colors of primer.

After you get it smoothed down where you want it. Spray a light coat of the lighter primer, then a light full coat of the darker primer. Light coat, as in thin, but still full coverage. Now start wet sanding.

You should get a smooth color change, not a spotted color change. A spotted color change is basically going to look like orange peal down the road.

B-Rad · Post by **B-Rad** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 8:01 pm

looks pretty damn good to me

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:24 am

no offense but you should have done more research on howto properly paint.

one thing is a big no no is your painting it outside. there are paint booths for a reason. and yes you can easily make a paint booth in your garage. you know how much dust and dirt flys around in the air ? it all goes right into your paint youre laying down. but thats the least of your worries it looks like.

Silver Knight · Post by **Silver Knight** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:28 am

looks good so far Zach

N2HIFI · Post by **N2HIFI** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:58 am

really i painted my entire car outside and after a quick wet sand to even out some tiger stripes my pain looks pretty even ... but then again satin paint lay's easier and show's less imperfections

chris

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:22 am

mike93hatch;54982 wrote:no offense but you should have done more research on howto properly paint.

one thing is a big no no is your painting it outside. there are paint booths for a reason. and yes you can easily make a paint booth in your garage. you know how much dust and dirt flys around in the air ? it all goes right into your paint youre laying down. but thats the least of your worries it looks like.

I am just painting this to get the technique down, not to make it pretty. I know shit flys around and bugs get in it but if I did it in the garage the fumes would be all throughout the house. I am also using the sun to help me get the angles and lighting to see the orange peal and other stuff. When I do paint the whole car I will have my "booth" setup outside.

Post by **budget_crx** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:43 am

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:59 am

btlfedgolf;55005 wrote:I am just painting this to get the technique down, not to make it pretty. I know shit flys around and bugs get in it but if I did it in the garage the fumes would be all throughout the house. I am also using the sun to help me get the angles and lighting to see the orange peal and other stuff. When I do paint the whole car I will have my "booth" setup outside.

im not talking about bugs.. eh well i guess youll learn on your own.

Waffles · Post by **Waffles** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:05 am

mike93hatch;55008 wrote:im not talking about bugs.. eh well i guess youll learn on your own.

Like I said, its my first try I am here to learn. Besides the dirt(and I guess not bugs) what else do I need to watch out for while painting outside?

mike93hatch · Post by **mike93hatch** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:21 am

btlfedgolf;55009 wrote:Like I said, its my first try I am here to learn. Besides the dirt(and I guess not bugs) what else do I need to watch out for while painting outside?

a paint booth is dust free. there is always a ton of dust floating everywhere in the air inside and outside. you may not see it, but its there. and youll see it in the paint also.

a paint booth will also not allow the smell to exit the booth.

you can make a makeshift paintbooth in your garage. alot of people do it. search around on google on how to set something up. will make all the difference in the world on your paint jobs.