Hey guys - it been a long time since I have been around.


Anyway my car had the classic clear coat pealing off like many Hondas of my age.

Last year I lightly sanded it and painted it with some flat black paint.

It looks ok sometimes (different angles)

Anyway I wanted to improve it so I bought my own gun and practiced on a few panels, atvs, wood, ect...

I started to get decent so I resanded my car and sprayed it again. This time I mixed 50/50 Gloss Black and Satin Black. it turned out pretty good.

Before...



Last year's paint job



Current Paint job (best so far)





Much better!

 

Got the same sun cancer growing on my car, looks good!

how long did that take ya?

 

Well once I got practiced at spraying the paint it is really not much work.

Wet sanding the car down about 2 hours

Taping the car about 2 hours

Spraying the paint about 15 mins

Harbor Freight Spray gun $10

2 quarts of paint $25

1 quart of reducer $10

roll of blue painters tape $6

So about 5 hours and $50


However some people just cannot paint. I have seen horrible paint jobs.

Some people can spray well.

If you have a compressor already pick up the cheap gun and start spraying stuff and see how you do.

It is totally worth it as I transformed my car from ugly to really nice.

 

Looks good crispin, I definitely like it better now than before. Especially for that cost you really can't complain.

 

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It looks really good. How did you control dust? Did you bake the paint? Clear-coat?

 

Thank you - it looks really good in person as well.

I sprayed it outside. I taped the car up in my garage, waited till it was calm out, rolled it out and sprayed it and then quickly put it back in the garage.

I used acetone as a reducer which flashes off real fast which makes the paint dry very fast which helps so the bugs and dust that land on the car wont stick in the paint.

I used an enamel paint which is not a base coat clear coat.

A base coat / clear coat really needs to be sprayed in a booth.

 

If I wanted to I could wet sand the car with 2,000 grit and then use a high speed polisher to get an even deeper shine.

However I just do not think it is worth it to me. I am wanting to wax the car which I have not done yet. I may do that soon. I think it will really bring the shine out.

 

Wow that's a really great paint job for $50! Unfortunately, I don't have anywhere to do mine. I also don't have a compressor, but either way, it looks good!

 

Thank you!