How hard would it be????
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How hard would it be???? If I get a good paint gun (as in a professional quality gun, with the gravity tank on top of the gun and all) how hard is it to do your own paint, including primer, clearcoat, the whole nine yards? Is it even possible to do outside of a paint booth? I wouldn't just go into it without any idea of what I'm doing. I'm going to do a ton of research on it, but I'm wondering if its possible. I want to buy a worn out f-body and redo EVERYTHING. So I thought it would be awesome if I could do it almost all myself, including the paint. But I want it to be high quality. I want it to look immaculate. So just wondering if its possible???
you can do it, there have been several paint jobs done, a lot of guys do it, painting isnt hard at all, you just have to make sure you do it right, mostly a good paint job is the prep work, having the right amount of pressure and not getting any dust/dirt in your car, you can paint it in your driveway, but spray your driveway floor with water and it will trap 99% of the dirt/dust on the ground. Do a few searched on the net and youll find some good info. Its not going to be perfectly immaculate but you can do a pretty damn good job if you take your time, mostly its practice. Alot of places will let you rent their paint booth also.
I can't believe what I'm reading.
True, paint work is only as good as the prep. That is, if you can do killer paint work to begin with. Paint work can easily be crappier than all the prep you put into it. I hate how some people think it's as simple as going online, reading a few sites, books, and maybe even watch a video (aka TONS of research, but ZERO experience). Truth is, without experience, you can get a decent paint job. Immaculate? Nope.
That's why people pay thousands of dollars for paint jobs. It's no over-night trade; you need YEARS of experience to pull it off right, and to pull it off right EVERY time.
True, paint work is only as good as the prep. That is, if you can do killer paint work to begin with. Paint work can easily be crappier than all the prep you put into it. I hate how some people think it's as simple as going online, reading a few sites, books, and maybe even watch a video (aka TONS of research, but ZERO experience). Truth is, without experience, you can get a decent paint job. Immaculate? Nope.
That's why people pay thousands of dollars for paint jobs. It's no over-night trade; you need YEARS of experience to pull it off right, and to pull it off right EVERY time.
You CAN do a good job painting yourself, there are several factors that can make your paint come out back but if you practice you can elminate a lot of them, what i would do is go get your gun, get some cheap paint at a store that has been returned, there will be several cans of it on display. Then go to a salvage yard and pick up an old fender, get your prep work down and spray it a bunch to get your stream right and you will be good to go, a guy posted a thread about a week ago where a guy painted his bumper in the back yard and it looked damn good.
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Lucas, I still have that Firebird hatch that Zach gave me, we could pull the glass and prep it and practice spraying some NBM on it, kinda wanna see what a NBM Firebird hatch would look like anyway. Its got some decent curves to it so it would be good practice.
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Originally Posted by NightWindDriftr
I can't believe what I'm reading.
True, paint work is only as good as the prep. That is, if you can do killer paint work to begin with. Paint work can easily be crappier than all the prep you put into it. I hate how some people think it's as simple as going online, reading a few sites, books, and maybe even watch a video (aka TONS of research, but ZERO experience). Truth is, without experience, you can get a decent paint job. Immaculate? Nope.
That's why people pay thousands of dollars for paint jobs. It's no over-night trade; you need YEARS of experience to pull it off right, and to pull it off right EVERY time.
True, paint work is only as good as the prep. That is, if you can do killer paint work to begin with. Paint work can easily be crappier than all the prep you put into it. I hate how some people think it's as simple as going online, reading a few sites, books, and maybe even watch a video (aka TONS of research, but ZERO experience). Truth is, without experience, you can get a decent paint job. Immaculate? Nope.
That's why people pay thousands of dollars for paint jobs. It's no over-night trade; you need YEARS of experience to pull it off right, and to pull it off right EVERY time.
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Lucas, I still have that Firebird hatch that Zach gave me, we could pull the glass and prep it and practice spraying some NBM on it, kinda wanna see what a NBM Firebird hatch would look like anyway. Its got some decent curves to it so it would be good practice.
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Originally Posted by transambandit
you can do it, there have been several paint jobs done, a lot of guys do it, painting isnt hard at all, you just have to make sure you do it right, mostly a good paint job is the prep work, having the right amount of pressure and not getting any dust/dirt in your car, you can paint it in your driveway, but spray your driveway floor with water and it will trap 99% of the dirt/dust on the ground. Do a few searched on the net and youll find some good info. Its not going to be perfectly immaculate but you can do a pretty damn good job if you take your time, mostly its practice. Alot of places will let you rent their paint booth also.
My dad and I have painted several vehicles in his barn. It's no paint booth but it works fine. We've had a few small bugs wind up in the paint. If you're lucky you can sand them out. People seem to think that painting is some kind of black magic. Super trick custom kandies and graphics are hard to do and do take years of experience to master. Simple single color paint jobs are not that hard, especially if it's a non metallic paint. Like has been said above, grab an old panel and practice on it. You can get really good results and the satisfaction of doing it yourself. My dad and I painted my Sonoma a couple years ago and did a two tone. It looks good and everyone is amazed how well it turned out. Don't let the naysayers discourage you. Read, practice, and practice some more and you'll be good to go. Oh..and sanding is the key to a good paint job. Everything needs to be sanded perfect and then sanded some more after primer, and color sand the paint if it's not as smooth as you'd like and then sanding the clear before buffing. I've seen a TON of crap paint jobs because people didn't take the time to properly sand between layers or sand the clear and buff it out.
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Painting is not as easy as some think but it is not rocket science. You need to have a decent place to paint to start off. Renting a booth can be a few hundred dollars for the day. A garage with heat and a wet floor can turn out quite a few nice paint jobs, trust me. You do need experiance and even after you have been doing it a while you are always learning something. Like others said, do a lot of practice before you shoot something you really care about.
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Originally Posted by SSON20S
Painting is not as easy as some think but it is not rocket science. You need to have a decent place to paint to start off. Renting a booth can be a few hundred dollars for the day. A garage with heat and a wet floor can turn out quite a few nice paint jobs, trust me. You do need experiance and even after you have been doing it a while you are always learning something. Like others said, do a lot of practice before you shoot something you really care about.
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Originally Posted by GETGONE
My dad and I have painted several vehicles in his barn. It's no paint booth but it works fine. We've had a few small bugs wind up in the paint. If you're lucky you can sand them out. People seem to think that painting is some kind of black magic. Super trick custom kandies and graphics are hard to do and do take years of experience to master. Simple single color paint jobs are not that hard, especially if it's a non metallic paint. Like has been said above, grab an old panel and practice on it. You can get really good results and the satisfaction of doing it yourself. My dad and I painted my Sonoma a couple years ago and did a two tone. It looks good and everyone is amazed how well it turned out. Don't let the naysayers discourage you. Read, practice, and practice some more and you'll be good to go. Oh..and sanding is the key to a good paint job. Everything needs to be sanded perfect and then sanded some more after primer, and color sand the paint if it's not as smooth as you'd like and then sanding the clear before buffing. I've seen a TON of crap paint jobs because people didn't take the time to properly sand between layers or sand the clear and buff it out.