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[mighty_mini]

Finally Sprayed, but still not put back together yet. This is my first ever attempt at spraying a car, or anything with a compressor for that matter.

Bit of a crappy pic due to camera, but here it is all the same.

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[mighty_mini]

My dog seems to like being in most of my photo's.. but unfortunatly i am not allowed to colour-match her with my car.

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[]GoD[Zander]

looks great it looks like you sprayed it in a tent how did you manage to keep the dust off it

[mighty_mini]

Fuel cap...

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[mighty_mini]

front endo

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[mighty_mini]

and once again.... THE DOG!!!!

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[austin68]

Looks good from here!

What equipment did you use. Borrowed, bought, cheap, pricey etc?

How tricky was it to spray, and where did you do it?

All in do you recommend doing it yourself?

Loads of questions but had to ask.

:grin:

[mighty_mini]

Thats A Gazebo... or however its spelt. Didnt seem to have any dust problems to be honest. I did use a HVLP gun tho, which was lots better than the normal gravity fed gun i have.

Only had to contend with fly's walking on it and if they stick, most of them polish out :tongue:

[Bluemini]

Looks sweet mate, get it all back together and come up here so you can take me for a blip in it

[minimadjonesy]

Very Nice! Not seen that done with the filler before! Looks like a decent finish too! did you have to polish it a lot or did the final coat come out ok?

[mighty_mini]

Austin 68:

For everything excluding paint, it came to about £200

£150 for compressor, £30 for a gun, £20 for 25ft of air hose.

As for paint, i ordered it from www.jawel.co.uk which was also the place i got my compressor.

I paid £140 for paint, but that was 5ltr's of hi-build primer, 2.5ltrs of ducati yellow, 1ltr of Jet Black, came with all the activators and thinners too.

I would say its definatly better to do yourself. unless you have a 100% mint shell. But i dont! and i wouldnt feel so bad if next year it might bubble up somewhere, but on a £500 paint job i wouldnt be so happy.

It was sprayed outside, with no heaters and halogen lights for seeing what i was doing. I found that checking the humidity helps as you can see how much moisture is in the air.

The main thing is the "feel good factor" of doing every on my car myself (barring the rebore and head)

Minimadjonesy:

Thats the top coat (3rd layer) but i will leave it a week before giving it a polish, just to make sure its cured the best it can.


Anyone recommend a good wax for my car to help protect the new shine?

Cheers for the feedback all, very much appreciated!

Dave

[minimadjonesy]

dave, once you have finished with the initial polish then use Autoglym's new polish! It apparently removes fine scratches and any residual sanding/ polishing scratches!

check it out

I currently use their super resin polish and it's top notch stuff! as soon as i can get hold of come of this new stuff I will!

[Pooky]

how much commission do you get?!

[mini_sam]

very nice colour there, amazing for spraying it yourself! i did my bike frame, that was hard enough!

[Dom]

looks great