SPRAYING MY E30 JET BLACK, ANY ADVICE WELCOMED

[stokiedundee]

Hi peeps, I'm wanting to spray my light blue e30 316i jet black but I need some diy tips so I can achieve a good result. But if anyone on here is good at spraying then I would be willing to pay £100 if they were able to do a good job. Please get intouch if you can help. Thanks for reading.

Ryan aka stokiedundee.

[jaymos]

You wont get a good spray job for 100 quid.

[bilal-ali]

Most body shops charge bout that much for a panel.

[mucka88]

I agree, just had the part under winderscreen done as it was faded with small rust, that was £160, at a body shop

[polsta]

But if anyone on here is good at spraying then I would be willing to pay £100 if they were able to do a good job. Please get intouch

words fail me

[Nobby_N]

PMFSL is it matchbox car that needs painting?

[kangman]

whats wrong with the original paint?? get a buffer and some compound

[Sawyer_E30]

Bonnet respray and blend £600 last time I had any work done.

[Sawyer_E30]

Is it going to be a drift car?

[E30BeemerLad]

The paint probably costs more than £100 dude

[Barx325i]

I think the OP is offering to pay someone to come along and spray his car with the matt black rattle cans, which he may have ready for the job..?

@ OP, the first thing is to test that your paint doesn't react with the original, saying this, even if you do get a reaction, applying exceptionally thin coats - allowing them to dry and keep building them up that way is not only the way to get a better result, but will avoid any nasty reactions.

A decent finish is is mostly in the prep, masking, dust proofing etc.. As for prepping the surface, get some fine sand paper and key it up, wipe down with thinners and just spray.

[HairyScreech]

Sounds like a rattle can job boss.

Popcorn at the ready.

[polsta]

f**k it im in, il do it for £100 via 2 big tins and the throwing teqnique

[sweep]

A bodyshop wont spray a car for a long-un whats a matter with people ?

[snakebrain]

You'd spend £100 on sandpaper, panel wipe, masking and all the rest of it before you got near the paint...

[Rav335uk]

Mine is costing me more than that in paint alone!

[Barx325i]

You'd spend £100 on sandpaper, panel wipe, masking and all the rest of it before you got near the paint...

poundland mate, 5 rolls of masking tape & 2 packs of sand paper & solvent, stop off for rattle cans at halfords on the way home and job's a goodun for £60.. £100 on skillz and bob's yr bud

[snakebrain]

You'd spend £100 on sandpaper, panel wipe, masking and all the rest of it before you got near the paint...

poundland mate, 5 rolls of masking tape & 2 packs of sand paper & solvent, stop off for rattle cans at halfords on the way home and job's a goodun for £60.. £100 on skillz and bob's yr bud

Do poundland sell filler?

[sweep]

Bodyshops and muckaics are robbers undreds o quids for easy work

[verde]

Id happily do it. Im a demon with a rattle can. Cant do grafatti, cant even spell it. But car panels and bikes, fuck yes. Pity im not local

[Barx325i]

if he drove up would yo do it for a bottle of buckfast?

[verde]

Im from edinburgh mate....bag of ching and its a deal

[suchy]

Is this for real? You'd spend more that £100 on rattle cans, let alone proper paint. And then you have all the other stuff needed as mentioned above!

[Sawyer_E30]

Im from edinburgh mate....bag of ching and its a deal

What's ching?

[kangman]

Im from edinburgh mate....bag of ching and its a deal

What's ching?

thats what the iron bru boys call the white stuff..

And i dont mean milk

[verde]

Haha correcto. But na as mentioned youl spend around 100 bucks on cans and sandpaper alone

[Sawyer_E30]

Gotcha.

[grantfk10]

You'd spend £100 on sandpaper, panel wipe, masking and all the rest of it before you got near the paint...

poundland mate, 5 rolls of masking tape & 2 packs of sand paper & solvent, stop off for rattle cans at halfords on the way home and job's a goodun for £60.. £100 on skillz and bob's yr bud

Poundland do Gloss black rattlecans too

[Speedtouch]

Bodyshops and muckaics are robbers undreds o quids for easy work

I wouldn't say it's by any means easy to do a professional job - it involves hours of rubbing down and masking for prep, careful matching/blending of paint then lots of polishing afterwards, and that's before you consider the fitting-up process of trim, lights, etc, etc.

Usually has to be done in dusty conditions, and under sometimes intense deadline pressure too.

[euan]

What's ching? :?[/quote]

thats what the iron bru boys call the white stuff..

And i dont mean milk :wink:[/quote

pmsl lol :)

[magiccars]

100 pounds sterling? You're optimist...
I actuall have a shop, could do the job for you. Will be more like a £1000 though. You have to bear in mind it's a lot of working going into it.
Firstly if you are doing respray you might as well do all the rusty spots, there is no doubts you will have them. That would mean cleaning (sand blasting) to a bare metal, then putting a coat on bare metal, sanding down, primer, sanding down, base, lacquer. Same will all other areas, they have be matted dow, all the small scratches and dints repaired (lets face it, you will have them). Once its primed, matted down and masked you can put a base and a lacquer. Materials alone will cost more than a £100!
Let me know if anyone will do it for tha.