spray jobs

1. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

   #1 30th November 2010, 17:14

   anyone know a good place in the west midlands brownhills/walsall area to get my car sprayed
   it was a kawasaki green colour and i want it changed to blue
   i dont want to spend stupid amount of money i just want my car blue
   i can self prep at home also i already have the bumper and sideskirts done
   im just looking for someone to give it a blow over with basecoat and laq
   any ideas?
2. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

   #2 30th November 2010, 18:39

   just out of intrest if i was to diy it
   would it be best me buying airbrush and compresser and paint (if so what paint)
   or do it by can
   see im not to bothered about it being the best job in the world its just a make do for now to get rid of the stupid green colour
3. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

   #3 30th November 2010, 20:01

   if i was to airbrush it
   is this the paint
   http://www.thecustompaintshop.com/in...roduct_id=2268
   
   and if so how many roughly would it take
4. user_16747 Banned Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 4328

   #4 30th November 2010, 20:16

   You dont use an airbrush to spray a car, you use an airbrush for details, adding stripes etc.
   You use a spray gun to spray a car!
   You will get a realy crap finish spraying it with rattle cans.
5. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

   #5 30th November 2010, 20:24

   yeah i know that but why carnt i pint the whole car with the airbrush?
6. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #6 30th November 2010, 20:27

   because an air brush is for detail and fine wrk hence has a fine jet that delivers very little paint whereas a spray gun delivers paint in the right quantity and pattern needed to cover a large area
7. user_37194 Established Member Joined: Sep 2009 rotherham Posts: 1832 Be scirocco, full on 03plate track spec Saxo

   #7 30th November 2010, 20:29

   i can do it u after xmas if u wont? when you say your "preping it your self" can we have some more deatails of tht?
   
   if u was to do it your self with cans wud cost a bomb to start with, 2. its would onli be basecoat paint and not 2pk paint so wont be anywhere near as strong as paint done buy a body shop, 3. paint needs to be at, at least 23c when been sprayed on, loads more things i cud mention...
8. Matt-T Established Member Joined: Oct 2010 Rednal Posts: 1943 Vauxhall Vectra VW Golf Mk4 Honda Prelude

   #8 30th November 2010, 20:37

   how much you looking to pay to get the whole car resprayed?
9. squeak Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2009 northamptonshire Posts: 118

   #9 30th November 2010, 20:39

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by mark1311 i can do it u after xmas if u wont? when you say your "preping it your self" can we have some more deatails of tht? if u was to do it your self with cans wud cost a bomb to start with, 2. its would onli be basecoat paint and not 2pk paint so wont be anywhere near as strong as paint done buy a body shop, 3. paint needs to be at, at least 23c when been sprayed on, loads more things i cud mention...

   actually it only needs to be room temperature paint is mainly water base now so u need air movement more than u do heat also you will not be able to touch the car for a good 12 hours id leave it a day- 2 before touching it as you will not be able to bake it like we do in bodyshops you would also need to make sure you get the right coverage and not mover too slow or too fast and all sorts of stuff its not hard when you know how to do it and get the hang of it but todo a whole car when you dont know what your doing is gonna be hard
10. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

    #10 30th November 2010, 20:50

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Matt-T how much you looking to pay to get the whole car resprayed?

    just looking for a price mate so i can get the money together
    i dont want to pay stupid prices because the paintjob will be worth more than the car lol
    just looking for a quick blowover no top job garanteed work
11. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

    #11 30th November 2010, 20:52

    about the prepping i been doing at home
    not sure if this is best but sanded it with the da
    then used grey primer,
    sanded
    another coat of primer
    sanded
    primer
    sanded
    smooth to touch
12. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

    #12 30th November 2010, 20:53

    i mean sanded with wet n dry after the coats of primer
13. Matt-T Established Member Joined: Oct 2010 Rednal Posts: 1943 Vauxhall Vectra VW Golf Mk4 Honda Prelude

    #13 30th November 2010, 20:54

    Ill get you a quote my cousin has friends who are srayers, normaly costs him around the £400 mark as he does all the prep work himself, ill have a word see if he can do anything for you
14. ashbuster Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2010 walsall Posts: 479 mk4 golf gti 1.8 turbo (AUM)

    #14 30th November 2010, 20:56

    thanks mate