Car spraying

[Pete]

Hello ello...

I'm wanting to give spraying a try just on a few bits of scrap and then once I feel confident spray my nova.

I have a compressor etc, just curious as to what spray gun would be best suited for me, budget of about £70 for a gun.

And any other tips someone can give me into making the first steps.

Thanks.

[swedge]

i dont know much about guns but remember a water trap

[turbojolt]

Always spray starting in the middle of the panel, always clean the surface with oil based cleaning agents

[Connor]

Lol im using my nova as my practice

[Pete]

Lmao Connor, i know what I'd be like tho, I'd ruin it completely.

Thanks for that TJ never knew that & Swedge, what do you mean water trap? I'm a complete novice.

[scott.parker]

Always spray starting in the middle of the panel, always clean the surface with oil based cleaning agents
lol lol

[Connor]

I dont blame you tbh, i'm deffo going to ruin mine, but its not being built to look pretty lol

[Pete]

Think I've just clicked on... You have to use pre-paint to remove any debri off the panels such as oil etc... C..t lol

[Southie]

Pete have a look through this site for some good info ;)

http://www.neilslade.com/Papers/Painting.html

[scott.parker]

Think I've just clicked on... You have to use pre-paint to remove any debri off the panels such as oil etc... C..t lol

Panel wipe mate, bit like thinners, but not so potent, and always start your spraying a good foot from the panel edge and you spry over the panel then let off the lever repeat etc, and keep a check for drip from the gun nozzle look for water in the lies etc, im not a sprayer but i know a few basics..

[turbojolt]

Lol you ruined it Scott

[davidfox280585]

95% of a good job is prep 5% paint
very minimum i finish my prep in is 320 as a quick tidyup job like my old cav got
usually finish in 800 grade,
mixing paint is 2 parts paint to 1 part activator/hardener 10%thinners this is for 2k direct gloss ie flame red

always start with your edges first,go round all your edges eg wheelarches as then nothing gets missed then start from top to bottom dropping the gun slightly each pass keeping a wet line

wait approx 10 minutes between coats this is called flash off time if you dont you will end up with longer curing time and more likely lots of runs

[autoworksnovasport]

if you cant go off the edge of a panel ie roof its hard to explain but flick the gun so facing away from the panel

[Bubba]

95% of a good job is prep 5% paint


This. ive got a cheap £25 gun off ebay, not used it yet as i cant afford the paint lol. but having perfect prep is the key.

this is rattle canned on my plug cover

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/379523_10150504499082845_717137844_10968260_774185 299_n.jpg

sanded to 600grit, coat of white as i only had that, then 3 coats of black, cured under a halogen light. G3'd, polished and waxed.

my mirrors which ive done i didnt prep as good and i now have silicone pop all round the edges.

[Old man Jimbo]

First gthing you need to do is make sure your compressor can run your gun. You need to check the CFM and working pressure of the gun is less than what your compressor can constantly run at.

[davidfox280585]

the devilbiss guns for around 70 quid look a good entry level gun, ive goot a devilbiss gti i love it,
another tip is dont run too much air pressure through the gun as it wont spray as nice,i dont have a gauge on mine but just know when its right if you get me,
bubba that looks spot on mate

[davidfox280585]

heres a pic of my rs ipainted a few month ago, you can make the car ramp out in detail
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk100/davidfox280585/escorts/09072010468.jpg

[Bubba]

i was looking at devilbliss ones but they were going for too much and i couldnt justify it.

ill do another thread instead of hijacking this one when ive finished what im planning

[wwmnw]

Water trap/filter are a good idea, just look at my project thread to see how paint comes out if you don't have an in line filter :cry:

[camels toe]

The finish on that rs is like a mirror.Wish i could find someone round here to spray mine like that. I`ll be at paint stage by xmas with mine but cant find anyone round here id trust to do a decent job so in two minds wether to have ago myself.

[16v Nova Kev]

pete try and befriend a body shop. you would be shocked at how much it costs to paint things yourself. it all adds up hell i cant even afford to spray my van and i work in a bodyshop

[davidfox280585]

if i had my own garage buddy i would do it but i dont,
infact i dont have anywhere myself to use at the minute and i will be prepping blue pegs novavan at his and sticking it on my truck and taking it to my cousins to pinch his garage for a few hour next year when it warms up,

its getting that bad for me now i painted my recovery in my garden in the dark in gloss black and working 6 days 12 hours i wont see what its dried like in the light until another week how bad is that

[davidfox280585]

yes thats a good idea kev,
try nick j hes an awesome painter and in yorkshire too

[swedge]

ive never sprayed a full car (always wanted but dont have the space)

the water trap sits in the air line between the gun and the compressor so no water gets into the paint, before you paint get the compressor turned on and let it fill up then turn it off and open the valve on the bottom it lets all the crap out. ive been covered in grey sludge doing this before haha

paint in a nice dry and warm place, put some water on the ground to stop any dust coming up from you walking round, only a small amount not like the thames

dont be tempted to put too much paint on as it will run , trust me

then you get the fun bit of laqcuer, i absolutely hat doing it

[16v Nova Kev]

what dont you like about laquer?

[davidfox280585]

need to see some of your paint pics kev,iirc you had some awesome escort pics:p

and swedge if you can get a run in basecoat before lacquer then your real special!

your not lacquering over solids are you as there direct gloss:confused:

[16v Nova Kev]

incoming lol. some of my favorite ones.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/07022010086.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/30032010112.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/21072011746.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/04032011537.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/05032011543.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/03052011632.jpg

[16v Nova Kev]

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/22042011606.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/09062011709.jpg

[davidfox280585]

thats a lovely truck kev and i just painted a mk1 escort the very same orange

[16v Nova Kev]

truck is for sale 05 plate

[davidfox280585]

too new for me too much electrics, i shall stick with my mk3 d plate recovery lol

[John]

rollers ftw!

[16v Nova Kev]

for your hair you big girl????? lol

[John]

for your hair you big girl????? lol

ahem, what hair? lol no get some gloss rollers!

[G-nova]

I'm going to spray my nova myself in our new booth at work, we didn't have 1 before so cant wait. but even without a booth you can get nice finish

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/384169_2568952105189_1295804377_33025117_109229995 _n.jpg

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/379036_2568955025262_1295804377_33025123_201822749 _n.jpg