I'm in the mood for some painting.

[smithy318i]

Should look good after a bit of rubbing compound!?

[DemonDaz]

Should do, oh yeah, and some serious elbow grease and Wax!

[Geeman]

A nice bit of wet'n'dry, and some t-cut, and it'll be nice and smooth...

[GAZ01]

Is your car red or black? lol only joking.
It looks good mate came you put some pics of it when its back on the car?

[smithy318i]

As you can see, I was ULTRA bored this morning.

[RevBillyG]

Wow! That's come up a treat!

[smithy318i]

[dazleeds]

looking good mate

sweet job

[320Touring]

dude, where'd your handles go??

looking good smithy

[placey]

good work.... i like

[smithy318i]

[placey]

bumpers? de-chrome trim? mirrors? where will it end?

paul

[smithy318i]

bumpers soon
dechromed grille in progress (i like the sides as they are for now)
done the mirrors last year. (1st mod)

[keggy]

lookin well wot rubbin compound did u use?

[smithy318i]

It's a mixture of 50/50 T-cut / G7

[johnl320]

Smithy ,
Sorry to pick your brain but could you let me know the procedure you used to prep and paint those bits and what paint you used, how many coats etc . very impressed with those results and would like to do the same to my project.
cheers
john

[smithy318i]

Smithy ,
Sorry to pick your brain but could you let me know the procedure you used to prep and paint those bits and what paint you used, how many coats etc . very impressed with those results and would like to do the same to my project.
cheers
john

No problem.

Wash the part with some type of degreaser, (i use poundland stuff)
Wash with lots of soap & water, then dry it.
Use scotch brite on it to get a rough finish.
Now at this point you can put primer on it (but i think its a waste of time, as when your rubbing down the primer always seems to come off before the top coat.)
paint it in light even coats. (scotch brite it again lightly between coats) the handles were about 6 coats, (as was the spoiler come to think about it!)
I have had a lot of practice with tins of paint to ensure i dont get any runs.
Halfrauds seem to do a 3 for 2 promo all the time on paint, so i use that.
leave it to dry for a few hours, until dry but not hard hard (enough to not get finger prints on it.) This makes it easier to rub down!
Rub down with rubbing compound, (or T-cut Mix)
Polish.
Stick it on yer car.
Take photos.
Post em on the zone!

[johnl320]

Cheers for that Smithy
One more question though, How long between coats?
john

[smithy318i]

10 mins

[johnl320]

nice one

[mrLEE30]

good lad looks good, i am aslo a fan of home painting, sprayed the rear end of my 318 when at uni in my driveway with a couple od cool ones, came out a treat!! if your are interested i bought a tin of BMW paint (alpinewhite at the time) from dealers, and went to a paint suppliers who put it in a spray can for me, so exact colour, job done!!

but smithy not to pi55 on parade but dont lat anyone touch the rear spoiler, if its the rubber one it will crack all the paint and flake if some pi55ed idiot stubmles into it one night!!, park rear to the wall...oh err missses!!

mrlee

[Sjoerd320i]

verry nice mate