quinnj3
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| posted on 14/8/06 at 06:58 PM |
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spray painting (sorry)
hi i know this is probably a fairly well covered topic on this forum but i can't seem to find much info. All i really want is clarification
that i'm doing the job right.
I'm painting a new wing for my brothers corsa. The car is only worth about 300 so he's not worried about matching paint colours but i
would like to get a good paint job on it any way. What i've done already is wet/dry 1000grit on the wing, cleaned it up and primered it. What
i think i need to do next is 1000grit on the primer, spray a couple light coats of paint, 1000grit again, spray another couple coats, cutting
compound?, Spray a few coats laquer then cut back with cutting compund again. Is this right?
cheers
my aim is to build my own locost wether it takes me a week or 10 years to get started, i'm sure i will sometime
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JoelP
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| posted on 14/8/06 at 07:18 PM |
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for a short list of threads to read through, search for the key word 'spraying' and posts by user 'mark allanson' together,
you will find about 10 thread mostly relevant to spraying. Mark is pretty handy at this, though im sure there are loads of other competent members
too. 
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HAL 1
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| posted on 14/8/06 at 07:22 PM |
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sounds about right to me, are you laquering because its metallic ? if its a solid colour you shouldn't need to, if you're using cellulose
just a cutting compound should be ok
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quinnj3
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| posted on 14/8/06 at 07:53 PM |
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Its a metallic burgundy, I know its not going to match in with the rest of the car, i'm happy as long as there will be no roughness or uneveness
on the wing and a nice shiny paint job. Do i need to use cutting compound on the paint just before laquering or should i try to avoid this.
thanks for the replys.
my aim is to build my own locost wether it takes me a week or 10 years to get started, i'm sure i will sometime
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k33ts
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| posted on 14/8/06 at 08:24 PM |
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no need to cut the colour give an hour or so to dry then laquer
tukcustoms.com
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quinnj3
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| posted on 14/8/06 at 08:48 PM |
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excelent ill get the wing finished by the weekend then thanks for the help.
my aim is to build my own locost wether it takes me a week or 10 years to get started, i'm sure i will sometime
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caber
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 04:25 PM |
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Careful! If you do too good a job on the wing you might find yourself compounding the whole car to match the shininess!!
Caber
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johnjulie
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| posted on 17/8/06 at 09:45 PM |
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When applying the colour, give it a couple of decent coats, then as a final coat move the gun a little further away to give a uniform mist of colour
over the wing. That way you won't end up with a stripy finish.
The colour will be flat when dry, that's OK, it's the laquer that gives the gloss. Give it two or three coats of laquer, the last one
being quite wet, that will give you a good gloss.
Cheers John
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