Paintjob for vk

[Aussie VK]

Hey i was wondering what would be the best way to get my car painted, like what paints to buy and at a cheap price. if anyone can help it would be appreciated. cheers

 

[RippleEphex]

depends if you have a compressor and paint gun and all the painting equipment?

i have no money to spend on paint and all the equipment, so im trying the aerosol can idea, id give it a 7 out of 10, turned out a lot better than i expected

 

[the_boozer]

how much cash you want to spend how do you want it to look and last?
for one old heap I had a few years ago i sprayed it with QD enamel it only lasted about 18 months but it only cost $25 for 4 litres not recommended.
Acrylic is about as cheap a paint a backyarder can use will last 5 years out in the weather and not look too bad.
Use 2 pack if you can youll need a mask and dont tell anyone.

 

[Aussie VK]

i never thought about areosole cans. cos i am pretty broke and the paint on my car is starting to realy get bad so i might go with the aerosole cans n give them a try. what type of paint did u use?

 

[RippleEphex]

my paint is the same, thats why im doing a bit of testing with the aerosol paint (also on tight budget)
i went to a specialist auto paint shop (spetrum auto paints [in tassie]) i got them to mix me up the same color as my car from its color code (rhone green) , they did a great job on matching the color. took them about 10-15 minutes and cost about $25 per can and $10 for clear coat so i got 2 of each. (you will have to find out if the paint can go over the top of old paint [after uve sanded it of course] or whether you have to rub it right back to metal and use primer aswell)
acrylic based paints

it took about 1 can of color to do a group 3 bonnet scoop (about a third of a bonnet as far as surface area goes) and 2 cans of clear coat (dont skimp on the clear coat, i did about 5-7)

i havent given it a rub back with wet and dry to get rid of the orange peel effect yet, but it looks great and very shiny so far. i did the grill on my VH today and that looks pretty good too, the most important thing is to take your time and dont rush it, i spent about 2 days doing the bonnet scoop in the shed (mostly waiting for drying time), remember over estimate your drying time, i gave it double what it said on the can because i live in tasmania, has to wait for a warmish day and put on the heater aswell

any scratches or anything will show up in the paint unless you use a really fine sand paper

i am by no means an expert and this is my first time painting with auto paint, but i just did my research and did some practice and got pretty good results. if you have any more questions dont be afraid to ask

 

[RippleEphex]

oh and if you are paint on plastic bumpers remember use the right kind of primer underneath

i will try and get some pics up of how the paint went tomorrow, the paint on the bonnet scoop is good enough to make the old paint on the car look bad, if thats any indicator of how good it is

 

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Take a look at this: How To Repaint A Car – Part Two – Preparation

I'm about to respray most of my Kingswood by hand, the above link helped me a lot, sadly it's not complete at the most important part!
Can someone please tell me what needs to happen after you have sprayed the paint on? do you then apply a clear coat ? and then cut and polish?

 

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Also see this:
PaintScratch Spraycan Instructions

 

[Aussie VK]

thanks for all the help mates very useful... yer i will try and not rush it and if i stuff up im just gunna pull the motor out and put in another vk body with original cream colour paint that i got lying around. but cant hurt to have a go

 

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I'll post up some pics of the spray can job i'm currently doing to see how good you can get it if you like?