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10 foot paint job - Printable Version

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10 foot paint job - Andy - 10-19-2007

Hey, I'm kicking around the idea of painting my car. I don't want to spend more than 500 bucks to do it. Some of the Maaco stuff doesn't seem that bad for a track car. Any of you guys have any suggestions or knows a guy . . .

- Evan - 10-19-2007

Alan got his racecar painted for $500 and it looks good, ill ask him where

and I have an HVLP gun and a compressor.......

- Andy - 10-19-2007

Evan Wrote:and I have an HVLP gun and a compressor.......

You'd paint my car pink with a hammer and sickle. No thanks.

Please ask Alan though. His car does look pretty sweet.

- PDenbigh - 10-19-2007

Yeah, and share the results here please...

- Evan - 10-19-2007

Andy Wrote:
Evan Wrote:and I have an HVLP gun and a compressor.......

You'd paint my car pink with a hammer and sickle. No thanks.

nah, red (as in state) with a silhouette of Reagan and an elephant hood ornament.... Tongue

- WRXtranceformed - 10-19-2007

Just get us drunk and we'll paint it like we painted Maeng's Miata's hardtop :lol: :Looool:

- Maengelito - 10-19-2007

beware the wrath of mikey though. one "MM" of spray paint will kill all the trees in a 100 mile radius

- Andy - 10-19-2007

This is my car this past weekend. It's pretty beat. It's much worse than I thought.

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- Scott - 10-19-2007

Andy Wrote:This is my car this past weekend. It's pretty beat. It's much worse than I thought.

Your passenger door and fender look nice.....

- .RJ - 10-19-2007

Andy, you want to give buffing it a shot?

- navin - 10-19-2007

.RJ Wrote:Andy, you want to give buffing it a shot?

Yah, wheres the thread with Evan's miata where he buffed it. Looked pretty damn good.

Andy - you need to paint over the interior too, and clean up that left over tar residue Big Grin

- Evan - 10-19-2007

i think one of andy's fenders is mismatched color anyway. might as well repaint.

- navin - 10-19-2007

I THINK they are all pink.. but i can barely remember seeing the car last weekend, and what i did 4 hours ago.

- Andy - 10-19-2007

The front passenger fender and door were resprayed by a previous owner when a tractor trailer's tire separated and scratched the whole side.

The front driver fender and headlight cover met VIR's tirewall.

So far as I can tell, there's about 6 shades of red on the car.

RJ, if you want to see how much magic you can work, be my guess. If anything else, it'll be a good excuse to drink beer in the daylight.

- ViPER1313 - 10-19-2007

I think a good buff would do that car magic - I have seen cars with way worse paint look great after a good buff.

It won't last long though.....

A good rattle can job would be perfect :twisted: .

- Steve85 - 10-19-2007

My bmw looked just like that, a few shades of red. We had it done at Maaco and here is an after shot. I had the clear coat done so it was a little more around 800 I think. It's a good way to go. It had 2 very minor oversprays and one tiny run.

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And yeah buffing is temporary lasts about 2 weeks after all the effort.

- .RJ - 10-19-2007

Steve85 Wrote:And yeah buffing is temporary lasts about 2 weeks after all the effort.

Evan's car still looks great 8 (?) months later.

If you do it correctly it should last quite a long time as you'll remove the layer of oxidation from the surface of the paint.

- Jeff - 10-19-2007

cut it down with compound, polish it, wax it...good for as long as you keep it that way.

- HAULN-SS - 10-20-2007

Have you ever thought about just re-clearing it? Strip it of all wax and oils currently on it, and clear everything. it'll look pretty good, and last a lot longer than a buff.

- Andy - 10-20-2007

Toyota's didn't have clear coats for red, white and black cars in the early nineties. The pink isn't oxidation, the paint isn't there anymore.