What is needed to spray things

6th January 2010, 01:02

If there are any good sprayers out there / auto sprayers who can help me with my problem.

Basically my VT kit is a little bit (N) and some panels are shagged and in need of some replacements but because of the colour of my car. Its very hard to come by for the parts.

So im looking @ doing it all myself.

My grandad has a indoor garage that is around 15 meters in lenthg and 10 meters wide so a very nice wide area to work in.

So the location should not be a problem?

I was thinking of putting up dust sheets roped from wall to wall to make a sort of encloser kind of thing. To keep the mist inside and onto the sheets.

Air?

My grandad also has a very heavy duty compressor so shouldnt be any problems there for the air supply.

Gun?

What type of gun should i get? Im don't have any idea's on what to get.

Parts that need spraying?

Mk2 Wing

and compete VT kid except the skirts.

Now,

How would i go about the paint?

Where can i get the paint mixed up?

Because obv, halfords sell it in compressed spray can's i want a paint tin kind of thing.

What should i mix into the paint?

What process's do i need to do ?

Obv i need to remove all the parts from the car and sand them all down, then primer them and so on.

How do i go about primering with a spray gun?

Can some one please help me out?

Thanks

6th January 2010, 01:47

Mate just a heads up, it will be hard to do it yourself and to be honest if you have never done it before its going to cost you a lot of time and money and it wont come out with the best results so if I was you I would just pay a professional to do it.

6th January 2010, 13:03

It will cost you more - to buy a gun, rubbing down materials, primer, paint and clearcoat along with all the hardeners and thinners.

Might aswell get it done at a bodyshop surely?

6th January 2010, 13:08

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Originally Posted by Powellyboi

It will cost you more - to buy a gun, rubbing down materials, primer, paint and clearcoat along with all the hardeners and thinners.

Might aswell get it done at a bodyshop surely?

Cant agree enough. Plus this way atleast you are guaranteed a good job.

6th January 2010, 14:22

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Originally Posted by J222JRA

Cant agree enough. Plus this way atleast you are guaranteed a good job.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Powellyboi

It will cost you more - to buy a gun, rubbing down materials, primer, paint and clearcoat along with all the hardeners and thinners.

Might aswell get it done at a bodyshop surely?

+1

6th January 2010, 14:24

Basically mate, before buying anything, see how much the gun and all the materials will cost, and then get a couple of quotes to get it professionally done!

If getting it done pro, is an extra 100-150 more, then it's well worth it mate!

6th January 2010, 14:40

I agree with everyone else, but also appreciate the fact that not everyone can afford a proffessional job, although your costs could run over someone else doing it, but gunwise i'd get a gravity fed gun ftw! paint wise im not all that sure what you'd do outside of a business, so i'd maybe get halfords to mix you up your colour. make sure you tell them how much you have to spray so they can work out how much you'll need. same with primer and lacquer (which btw you should have seperate guns for).
Make sure you get etch primer/ wash primer for any bare metal on your wings and plastic primer for new bits of plastic your spraying.
And make sure you rub everything down properly

good luck with it anyway!

6th January 2010, 14:58

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Originally Posted by Daveydinho6

I agree with everyone else, but also appreciate the fact that not everyone can afford a proffessional job, although your costs could run over someone else doing it, but gunwise i'd get a gravity fed gun ftw! paint wise im not all that sure what you'd do outside of a business, so i'd maybe get halfords to mix you up your colour. make sure you tell them how much you have to spray so they can work out how much you'll need. same with primer and lacquer (which btw you should have seperate guns for).
Make sure you get etch primer/ wash primer for any bare metal on your wings and plastic primer for new bits of plastic your spraying.
And make sure you rub everything down properly

good luck with it anyway!

without sounding like a jackass - most people that work in halfords have never worked in the trade. To ask someone there to mix up enough paint to spray panels and put your faith in them to mix a colour out of a book is not going to get good results.

You are never going to pick up a gun and materials and get a great finish the first time of trying - thats why people go to college to learn how to do it and thats why a paint refinishing course is 2 years long..

If you are sure you want to try this yourself though, take a panel that is the colour you need to a local bodyshop and ask them to mix and tint 1ltr of paint for you. Find out what you are getting as the trade can no longer use 2k paint it should now be waterbased.