the car has been run accross Saudi Arabia more then once and the paint has been sandblasted on the front, that and the clear coat was fcuked on the roof and bootlid, plus an argument with a parking bollard left it in a very sorry state. So i decided to have a go at spraying it my self, as i couldnt make it look any worse!
Started by sanding the clear coat back to the colour coat (600 wet paper and bloodied knuckles (see thread on pub talk - new found respect for body shop people).
then had the chance of an evening in a spray booth last night for a cheap deal, so i bought : 4 litres of black 668, 4 litres of clear and 2 litres of hardener, 8 litres of slow thinners, and a load of tape.
got in the booth around 6pm, cleaned the car down with water, dried with air hose, cleaned down with thinners, then masked off the lights and windows plus the other trim i didn't remove.
8pm rubbed dowm with a tack cloth and set into it.
four hours later for two-three coats of black, and two coats of clear.
only cock up was spilling a couple of drops of clear on the boot and front wing which leaked out of the gun reserviour (DOH!!)
for the record i have never sprayed a car, but watched the lads spray my cabby about a year ago, and i have done some miinor bodywork and painting on my old 318 years ago in uk.
my only regret is i didn't spend enough time on body filling /prep, but was on a time constraint due to mum coming back and the booth availablity. will flatten and polish tomorrow once it had dried and hardened.
cheers to anton for the spraying tips BTW!!
not too hard if you take your time and have a spray booth.
total cost... 100 squid for paint and materials, 80quid(ish) for the booth
have a butchers...
mrlee
, and starting a job is the hardest part, once you sand off the clear you are committed!!!
nice and dull in a sort of stealth fighter type of thing!!
