Well, here are a couple of shots of the paint job I just did on the 1997. This was my first overall paint job, in my garage at home, with a $60 paint gun and an old Sears compressor.
PPG Deltron base, PPG DBC500 midcoat (with metallic flakes added), and four coats of SPI universal clear. Then wetsanded and three-stage buffing and polishing.
Before (nasty, different colors, no gloss, rust, dents, bumpers all scuffed up):
After:
And one more shot so you can see the detail on the paint. It's a bit of a candy; sparkles randomly in the sunlight (but not 'over the top' weird):
Now I already have a couple of people wanting me to paint their cars...I'd have no idea what to charge them...this was a TON of work...many hours...
-String
P.S. Still waiting to hear if the company who sold me the defective VIS CF hood is going to take care of the problem. They get one more day to sort it out, then I become their latest nightmare. I've got a $500 useless hunk of plastic right now.
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I'd say get the people who are wanting the paint jobs done to come over and help throughout the whole process. Make them do the sanding/buffing/polishing and charge whatever you feel your time is worth to do the painting. They'll save money and you won't have to do the ****ty part of it.
Well, here are a couple of shots of the paint job I just did on the 1997. This was my first overall paint job, in my garage at home, with a $60 paint gun and an old Sears compressor.
PPG Deltron base, PPG DBC500 midcoat (with metallic flakes added), and four coats of SPI universal clear. Then wetsanded and three-stage buffing and polishing.
Before (nasty, different colors, no gloss, rust, dents, bumpers all scuffed up):
After:
And one more shot so you can see the detail on the paint. It's a bit of a candy; sparkles randomly in the sunlight (but not 'over the top' weird):
Now I already have a couple of people wanting me to paint their cars...I'd have no idea what to charge them...this was a TON of work...many hours...
-String
P.S. Still waiting to hear if the company who sold me the defective VIS CF hood is going to take care of the problem. They get one more day to sort it out, then I become their latest nightmare. I've got a $500 useless hunk of plastic right now.
How much did the paint set you back? And if reasonably priced, where you get it from? Do you have any experience in painting, or is the first time you have done ANYTHING like this?
I have checked alot of different faq's on this subject, and the finished product they had never looked that good.. maybe a write up is in order?
I have wanted to do this for a long time... but without good up to date info, and with so many myths out there, I am scared to.
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This was a four-stage paint job so it was expensive.
Epoxy Primer
Basecoat
Midcoat, with metallic additives
Clearcoat
Other consumables: tape, paper, sandpaper, body filler, buffing pads, buffing/polishing compound, gun cleaner.
It was just over $1,000 in supplies. If you do a three or two stage (scuff the car, shoot basecoat then clear), with an 'economy' line of paint you can easily cut that in half.
I fooled around with this stuff 20 years ago but the technology back then was old, the materials were very hard to use and my results were not too good. I did understand the basics going into this job.
If you have (lot's of) patience, can tolerate having to learn things rather than just jump in, and have a slightly obsessive personality, you can do this first time right. If you are a type 'A' personality and can't stand reading or researching and get pissed off if you have to change your air filter then seriously this is not your hobby.
I won't lie to you, this was not a low-stress venture for a beginner.
Thanks...honestly I don't know which wing it is. I should have written down the numbers off the bottom of it when I had it off the car. I remember it had a 8 or 9 digit number and it said "97/98". It was on the car when purchased (used) several years ago.
This was a four-stage paint job so it was expensive.
Epoxy Primer
Basecoat
Midcoat, with metallic additives
Clearcoat
Other consumables: tape, paper, sandpaper, body filler, buffing pads, buffing/polishing compound, gun cleaner.
It was just over $1,000 in supplies. If you do a three or two stage (scuff the car, shoot basecoat then clear), with an 'economy' line of paint you can easily cut that in half.
I fooled around with this stuff 20 years ago but the technology back then was old, the materials were very hard to use and my results were not too good. I did understand the basics going into this job.
If you have (lot's of) patience, can tolerate having to learn things rather than just jump in, and have a slightly obsessive personality, you can do this first time right. If you are a type 'A' personality and can't stand reading or researching and get pissed off if you have to change your air filter then seriously this is not your hobby.
I won't lie to you, this was not a low-stress venture for a beginner.
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