Howdy Peeps,
My Project is trundling along well at the moment, I have stripped my Shell down to bare metal, and I'm looking for a respray, My girlfriends old man said that he could respray it for me as he has resprayed horseboxes in the past and he has all the gear, but he has no way of guarenteeing an a1 finish, I would like to know if any of you good people would know any spray people who do a good job but for a budget price, I am in Surrey/Hants area but I am prepared to have the car trailered somewhere within reason.
Any Ideas
Cheers Matt
Re-Spray
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Matt Zane
, Jun 22 2005 11:57 AM
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 11:57 AM
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 12:00 PM
do it yourself mate!
I had absolutely no experiance with spraying but i bought a compressor and all the guns and things and my finish came out fine!
I had absolutely no experiance with spraying but i bought a compressor and all the guns and things and my finish came out fine!
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 01:09 PM
Have you got any closeup pics of your self spray?
and what paint did you use?
pls :grin:
and what paint did you use?
pls :grin:
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 05:38 PM
What me?
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 09:08 PM
Yes :erm: pls
I intend to DIY the paint work,
so im curious as to the finish others have got
I intend to DIY the paint work,
so im curious as to the finish others have got
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 09:29 PM
Err haven't really got any pics of the bodywork close up!
It's not 100% perfect (especially a bit where i left a thinners soaked rag on top the dustsheets covering part of the car!) but i'm happy with the results we got! There's a slight bit of orange peel and in some places you can see sanding marks but it looks mint when you stand back!
Could you tell that a 17 year old an his old man did that in their own garage?
(by the way we did the front end, the roof and the boot lid)
It's not 100% perfect (especially a bit where i left a thinners soaked rag on top the dustsheets covering part of the car!) but i'm happy with the results we got! There's a slight bit of orange peel and in some places you can see sanding marks but it looks mint when you stand back!
Could you tell that a 17 year old an his old man did that in their own garage?
(by the way we did the front end, the roof and the boot lid)
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 09:33 PM
OOO where did you get that rear mud flap from??
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 09:50 PM
They're Sparco jobbies from Halfords or Demon Tweeks!
They fell off once! so now i've got a new set that i didn't cut down so much and they hang lower!
They fell off once! so now i've got a new set that i didn't cut down so much and they hang lower!
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 09:52 PM
O they are not what im looking for really, never mind, as for the spraying, its easy enough to do yourself with the right tools and alot of practice.
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Posted 22 June 2005 - 11:51 PM
Ive got the compressor and spray gun already,
and tonight we finished painting the front of my brothers car with spray cans
and that turned out pretty good (i think anyway).
But with mine im gonna get tubs of paint to put in me spray gun
Done with spray cans (red mist as theres sooo much paint it the air!!!!)
Close up
and tonight we finished painting the front of my brothers car with spray cans
and that turned out pretty good (i think anyway).
But with mine im gonna get tubs of paint to put in me spray gun
Done with spray cans (red mist as theres sooo much paint it the air!!!!)
Close up
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Posted 23 June 2005 - 08:57 AM
Yeah i'd say mine was as good as that when it had just been done!
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Posted 23 June 2005 - 11:52 AM
how big is your garage?
And you say you had no experience
And you say you had no experience
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Posted 24 June 2005 - 04:08 PM
Do you mean me or Pooky?
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Posted 25 June 2005 - 05:46 PM
either really, just thinking about maybe doing it myself.
I am still open to anybody who could point me in the direction of a cheap sprayshop.
I am still open to anybody who could point me in the direction of a cheap sprayshop.
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Posted 25 June 2005 - 10:38 PM
I did mine in a two car (end-to-end) garage!
I hadn't even held a spray gun! The woman at the local spraying gaff gave me and me old man loads of advice! Kept giving us loads of trade secrets like how never to use t-cut etc etc
Then we just got stuck in! You could always just try again if goes pete tong!
I hadn't even held a spray gun! The woman at the local spraying gaff gave me and me old man loads of advice! Kept giving us loads of trade secrets like how never to use t-cut etc etc
Then we just got stuck in! You could always just try again if goes pete tong!
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