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[mini-mad-dan]

hey, i need to have my mini completley resprayed a diferent coulour( dunno what yet) and i've been priming and welding ready for a spray, untill the respray people quoted me around the £1300 mark and was wondering is there any shame in priming the whole mini and then waiting a year to afford it or should i attempt it myself? i have acces to all the neccercry equipment, apart from a place to do it
thanks, Dan

[cooper_shaz]

Only thing you got to watch is that primer is pourous.
Leave it in primer and the rust will come back through and you could end up with a rusty car again.

If your goign to leave it for a year.. your better spraying it anyway you can
with top coat to seal it..
if you fancy keeping the primer colour use a cellulose clear laquer..
so the panels are sealed

If they are charging you that amount for a spray job then why not try it yourself..

you could save a fortune, and it is not that hard.

You can hire spray booths for the day..

4 hours will spray and bake dry a preped car..!

If it all goes wrong, well car is not going to rust and your going to get it sprayed anyway..

Grab a book from the library or amazon/ebay on painting..!

or go pester a local small body shop, ask if you can help 1/2 day a week if you have the time.. get them to teach you how to spray/prep panels.. ok your not going to get paid but your going to learn some valuable skills..!!

[mini-mad-dan]

sensible genious! i didnt know that it was pourus good job its garaged then! :tongue: will go for a respray atempth my self watch this space! thanks mate

[mini_kev]

ah that explains why my new panels have spots of rust coming through already.

[mini-mad-dan]

actually my front valance does too now, :sad: