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[Rachael]

Sometime after christmas now im looking to respray my car. Its British Racing Green with a white roof at the moment and I want it Surf Blue with a gloss black roof. My boyfriend (with a little help from me!) will fully prep the car. The inside, engine bay and inside boot we will do ourselves. I dont want to go to a proper body shop and get ripped off so is there anyone who is professional/semi professional or just really good at spraying that could help me?! And how much would you charge? As i said I am in the West Midlands area but dont mind driving up to somewhere and staying while its done (just an excuse to get away if you ask me!)
Cheers guys

[cookie4343]

Sometime after christmas now im looking to respray my car. Its British Racing Green with a white roof at the moment and I want it Surf Blue with a gloss black roof. My boyfriend (with a little help from me!) will fully prep the car. The inside, engine bay and inside boot we will do ourselves. I dont want to go to a proper body shop and get ripped off so is there anyone who is professional/semi professional or just really good at spraying that could help me?! And how much would you charge? As i said I am in the West Midlands area but dont mind driving up to somewhere and staying while its done (just an excuse to get away if you ask me!)
Cheers guys

Get ben to spray it, lol, have you passed your test yet

[Rachael]

Thats the plan if no1 else can, but hes worried he wont get it shiny enough for me lol. Had my test yesterday... got 3 minors but FAILED. Booo! Booked another but its not for another 6 weeks so looking for cancellations!

[cookie4343]

Do it with rattle cans, you can get a good finish if you have some idea how to spray, the good thing about minis you can do it in stages because its got seams.
Do you still need a patch welding in the boot.

[Rachael]

I think Bens getting a compressor off his mate and he wants to try it with that.. But im not sure if i want him to practice on my car aha. I dont know about the patch in my boot. Well.. the hole is still there but i dunno what Ben wants to do about it. Id rather it was welded but i dont know. Im gonna get my cherry bomb on payday i think, what else do i need for it to fit on my car?

[cookie4343]

I think Bens getting a compressor off his mate and he wants to try it with that.. But im not sure if i want him to practice on my car aha. I dont know about the patch in my boot. Well.. the hole is still there but i dunno what Ben wants to do about it. Id rather it was welded but i dont know. Im gonna get my cherry bomb on payday i think, what else do i need for it to fit on my car?

Tell ben from me if he needs a hand with it i will help him as i sprayed my car and properly have more of an idea than him lol, now i no mine isnt perfect but
its good enough for me, you would be looking at 1000-1500 for a professinal sprayjob by a bodyshop, im sure me and ben could do a good job not perfect but good.
you will need an old exhaust backbox to cut up and weld the cherrybomb up to get the right angle.

[olds_kool_lews]

have a go yourself, if you go access to the equiptment, all u gotta do is use cellulose paint, n put plenty of coats on, that way u can cut back the paint and polish it up! will come out great! just make sure you prep properly, inside and out

[Shifty]

have a go yourself, if you go access to the equiptment, all u gotta do is use cellulose paint, n put plenty of coats on, that way u can cut back the paint and polish it up! will come out great! just make sure you prep properly, inside and out

If you do go the celly route, make sure you use bar-coat or another type of sealer first. Save a lot of hassle when the paint reacts.

Apart from that, if you haven't got the money to pay a pro then as lews says, give it a go.

If you accept Cookies help then you've got a good headstart on the job.

If all else fails then its elbow grease and flatting back/polishing!!

Good Look

[WRLondon]

i booked my test the night before
so you can get lucky with cancellations
my advice is dont do it with rattle spray cans
looks ok in photos and from a distance
but nothing to polish
spray guns are sort of cheap anyway and if your doing the prep may aswell go for the monty

[Rachael]

I think Bens getting a compressor off his mate and he wants to try it with that.. But im not sure if i want him to practice on my car aha. I dont know about the patch in my boot. Well.. the hole is still there but i dunno what Ben wants to do about it. Id rather it was welded but i dont know. Im gonna get my cherry bomb on payday i think, what else do i need for it to fit on my car?

Tell ben from me if he needs a hand with it i will help him as i sprayed my car and properly have more of an idea than him lol, now i no mine isnt perfect but
its good enough for me, you would be looking at 1000-1500 for a professinal sprayjob by a bodyshop, im sure me and ben could do a good job not perfect but good.
you will need an old exhaust backbox to cut up and weld the cherrybomb up to get the right angle.

You sprayed yours yourself? Ahhh you cant tell it looks well good. Yeah would be great if you could give us a hand when we finally come to do it. Wont be for a while yet. Bens done an ok job of respraying parts of his but its diff with a whole car but yours looks good, so thats good enough for me!
As for the cherry bomb, if i get everything i need would you be able to do the welding for me? Ben was gonna fit it but then we found out that it cant just fit on and needs welding lol, unfortunately a welder is probably the only thing that Ben hasnt bought yet! Haha.

[Rachael]

And thanks for the advice guys, will try and have a go after all your persuasion! hehe. Just need to establish which of the two surf blue paint codes i want now! Always seeing the shade i like on photos but no one seems to get back to me as of the code! Nevermind.. the search continues!

[rich1889]

Let us know if you need any help could do with the practice, before i start mine

[Rachael]

Any help off anyone would be an added bonus aha! I can imagine us needing all the help we can get. Thinking about doing it sooner now, just need to find somewhere to spray it as Bens garage really doesnt cut it!!

[MarkGTT]

where abouts are you?