Painting my car

[Esprit09]

I was thinking about painting my car this summer with my dads help. I already have the air compressor and paint gun, i would need to get the primer, paint, clearcoat and misc supplies, should add up to like $350. Think I should go for it? Or just sand down the car myself and have just the outside painted for $400 at macco?

[smo_ej2]

depends on where you're about to paint it.
if you have a common garage, without any air-cleaning systems:
you will have dust on your paint surface.

and do you have presure-regulator on the compressor?
if the paint presure is too high, you will lose the shine.
if it's too low, the surface will basically be ****ed up.
like in oranges.

[Dina]

Matt you will need a second gun for the paint and the clear the paint gun for the primer should have a needle size of 1.8 to 2.0 and for the paint and clear it should be about 1.2 to 1.4. you will need a air regulator and you will need a water separator for the air line. You will also need some kind of air filtration system in the garage. That is not that hard to do but you will also have to wet down the floor and I would put up plastic on the garage walls to keep the dust and crap down!

[OniFactor]

ionic breeze FTW!

[GreedyGreddy]

My vote...Macco unless your really hardcore about wanting to paint your car.

[jdm93EJ1]

i dunno i think i wld do it myself I was thinking about doing the same thing but practice makes perfect i guess

[Foos]

Or just sand down the car myself and have just the outside painted for $400 at macco?
NO don't go to Macco!!! Well, I wouldn't. It depends on the quality of finish you want. If you don't really care, go Macco. But if you do, and you're any good, DIY or have another body shop do it.

I've seen sooooo many Macco jobs, and every single one of them looks like a$$.

[STN_DX]

Macco doesn't do to bad if you have it body-worked or prepped really good. But you do get what you pay for.

[smo_ej2]

...you will also have to wet down the floor

don't do this, it will screw up the paintjob.
it won't be visible at first, but after a few months it will start sweating.

been there, done that.

[Dina]

um I was a painter and body man for 13 years and I always wet down the floor when I painted and never had a problem.

[smo_ej2]

um I was a painter and body man for 13 years and I always wet down the floor when I painted and never had a problem.

well.. :D
i've painted less than 10 cars, so i guess you're more qualified.

but this is what i was told by a professional painter, and i've seen it with my own eyes..
i don't know.
do what you gotta do.

[STN_DX]

A couple of friends own a shop and they been painting for years. They swear by the wetting of the floor mainly if your doing a garage job instead of a booth. When they did garage jobs for awhile they would throw a chain over the axle to ground it out for some reason. They did alot of lowriders and imports. Alot of custom jobs with graphics or murals and never had a problem.

[smo_ej2]

hmm why would they ground it..
could the airflow cause static electricity?

[Dina]

They ground it so the hose rubbing on the floor does not cause static shock and mess with the paint. I use to do this also. Its an Old Hot Rodder trick

[smo_ej2]

good2know :TU:

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