Paint your car

As an enthusiast I bought a Lexus GS400 that needed body work and painting. I love doing what I do. Cars are my passion. I went to an auto body supply shop to buy primer, paint, sand papers, epoxy, filler, etc. Went to Home Depot and bought an Electric Spray gun for small and delicate jobs and also a rotary sander. I spent 3 days, approx 30 hours prepping. Then painted my car in panels. Washed and quick waxed. The car looks very good. I know there are skeptics who believe a car can only be painted with a HVLP spray gun and a compressor. Well, with my hard work I have proven to myself that a good electric spray gun can do the same job. Remember, prepping, sanding with the right sand papers, using the right mix in the paint gun, good clear coating are some of the major factors to produce a good paint job. If I can do it so can you. Do some research and good luck. BTW, I had to choose music provided by YouTube's selection. BTW. . .The following is an excellent car painting video with details of all paint supplies. . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXRD7mJ6hDE&feature=related

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

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• paint
• your
• own
• car;
• auto
• painting;
• car
• job;
• diy
• paint;
• electric
• spray
• gun;
• airless
• spray;
• hvlp;
• gs400;
• learn
• to;
• sc400;
• lexus;
• honda;
• acura

[jimbrewer18]

looks good i think im gonna buy one but, can i shoot a single stage paint through this type of gun. Im new to painting so if you have some tips on mix ratios for single stage paint jobs that would be great.

[computermech]

@jimbrewer18 Wagner Control Spray Indoor / Outdoor, Electric spray gun for "small jobs" like Woodworking, Staining and Refinishing. Actual Model # 0417274 from Home Depot. But please make sure to prep throughly with different sand paper. Start off with a thicker guage and work upto very fine one like a 600. Please don't use the Viscosity measurer. Just mix the paints 1:1 with reducer. Spray less, but with more coats until desired finish. 4:1 ratio for clear coat and hardener. Good luck.

[johnnychampion1]

Nice job!!!! Looks great, brought back the car's value....

[computermech]

@johnnychampion1  Thank you Johnny! I later on painted it metallic black.

[computermech]

@johnnychampion1 Thank you!

[computermech]

@Tommy92L I sprayed around 1 foot away. However, I practiced "alot" on my garage wall and other surfaces before I shot the paint. A lot of practice and prepping.

[Tommy92L]

Hey man I have Oil based- Rust-oleum paint. I tried rolling it on and that failed because of all the sanding, by the time I wanted to polish it the orange peel was gone and so was the color! It turned out grey. I bought a Graco Electric air gun and I tried using rust-oleum black. I thinned it 50/50 and it came out really orange peely, so then I tried (Like on the graco commercial) pure paint and that came out orange peeled as well. What mix did you use? How far away did you spray?

[JonDeth]

@computermech what was your total cost in materials?

My undercarriage is a mess while the rest is bordering negligible but in total, I'm at about $130 in materials aside from gear on hand and probably facing a couple thousand bucks in my own man hours!

I suppose the labor we perform ourselves explains the bulk of the cost when a shop does this work.

[computermech]

@JonDeth Thank you.