paint question

[sumonesean]

i got real bad peeling clearcoat on my car, mostly on the hood and roof, what should i do to fix it? make it look like new :dunno:
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[ghettogeddy]

sand and re paint its kind of hard to get ride of that much oxidation

[sumonesean]

wet sand or jus like fuck it an repaint the whole thing?

[forrest89sei]

I think wetsanding would be WAY to much work.

You can get paint jobs for pretty cheap now, so just paint it.


Phoenix Red on the Body and Flat black on the Trim

[ghettogeddy]

:stupid:

[sumonesean]

where should i go? like a maaco type deal?

[mkymonkey]

where are you located? you can get a paint job from 1 day paint shops for about 3-800 bucks. of course the less you spend the crappier it gets :D

[sumonesean]

ima broke 16 year old so 800 is waaay outa the question eh haha

[sinisterfuzzy]

where are you located?

[forrest89sei]

ima broke 16 year old so 800 is waaay outa the question eh haha


Get a Summer Job.

[mkymonkey]

youre 16.....get a job at mcdonalds or something

[2ndGenGuy]

Well if you can't afford $800 you could always get a rattle can at your local AutoZone for $7.00. The can even says "Matches OEM Color!"

But I would advise against it.

[2oodoor]

Since U wuv U car (your here aint ya) , and if it were me, and Yea I was 16 at one time and had a vw bug ( a fast) and not much $$ ( the more things change the more they stay the same) I would go to the local library and check out the books pertaining to my car, and painting and read up on the subject. You can get some good buys on personal use power tools at Harbor Freight Tools. Get a 'random orbital sander' electric with 6 inch pad and get on the car with some 220 grit on the worst parts then go over the whole car with 180 grit , on the orbital sander of course. Pay attention to your trim ( dont sand them unless your gonna paint em) and contours, do not break thru to bare metal if you can help it. Then only if you want , go over the whole car again with wet sanding 400 grit by hand or sponge block. You can get a gravity feed spray gun at the afore mentioned store for around 20 bucks, Pep boys has em too. These tools are cheap, but are clones of the real deal and work well for a do it yourself project. You can to the local napa or automotive paint store and pick out a primer you like.Save up some sunday papers and get some 3m masking tape. Primer looks better than muckered up paint. yes? tools and all less than 100 bucks (though the primer can make it a little higher depending on what kind you get.)

[ghettogeddy]

and remember juat try to do it as close to the stock color as posable so u dont have to do door jams and such

[2oodoor]

Oh I forgot to mention you would need a small air compressor for the paint gun if its pneumatic. the gravity feed type gun use very little air pressure so your not talking about any big deal compressor. I have used two air tanks and a lectric tire pumper to spray primer in a fix.

[MessyHonda]

well get like 3 buddies buy them a pizza and drinks and just wet sand the hell out of it... that is wut this guy did and painted it rattle can black and it came out alright for like a 40 bucks he spent on it...but use red