I got teh car back yesterday, after taking my old one to the scrap metal yard, got $39 for what was left of it, not too bad. So i decided I would start on painting the car today. WHAT A DAY! THank you first of all to Dan, XSBoost, for all of his advice on painting stuff, it really helped me out alot. I spent the whole afternoon with Nathan, mixing up paint/ spraying, preping, etc. etc. The stuff we painted today came out REALLY well, I still need to wetsand on it, and buff it, but I am REALLY pleased with my first paint job work. I am going to paint every bit of the car over again in bits and peices. hmmm, I wonder how much I should do this coming weekend, it will certainatly go faster this time now that I know exactly what to do. We made a paint booth out of nathan's garage. For those of you that don't think some backyard mechanics can pull off a good paint job, feast your eyes on this!

 

 

Damn that is going to turn out very nice.. Good job man..

 

Prep is the key. . . Which it looks like you've done nicely. I think another key is doing the car in pieces like you're doing. That's exactly how I plan on doing mine. Pull it apart, prep carefully and paint carefully. Very nice job. Make sure to get good pics when it's all back together - I want to see 'em!

 

awesome!

 

BLoody hell! do you want to paint my car ?

 

Very nice. Was the car bashed or just old paint? If it was just old paint, how long did the prep work take?

Keith

 

Looks nice.
Is the fender trim piece on just one fender? I think you may regret that if there is....
(the P.O. Painted mine with one on, one off)

 

prep work took about 2 hours for all of those peices, really could have done a better job, but we were really just seeing what we could do, it came out pretty darn nice though. Need to wetsand out some runs, and get a buffer to a few peices, but I am pretty pleased.

 

woohoo, good stuff

 

That looks very encouraging for a first effort at car painting. I've been thinking of doing the same. Were Dan and XSBoost helping you in person or is there some threads I've missed on the forum? I would appreciate any general advice on getting started with car painting. I've got the compressor, filter/dryer and a paint gun but haven't yet begun to experiment.

 

Carl was getting tips from Dan over the phone.

 

 

The AutoBodyStore has a very informative BBS. The Classroom has lots of pointers.

http://www.autobodystore.com/cgi-bin...g.pl?noframes;

Another knowledgeable board is the Hotrodders BBS. The Body-exterior FAQ's have lots of good info.

http://www.hotrodders.com/f19

Here is a neat site where a fellow goes through the entire process with his '63 Jag.

http://www.mckennasgarage.com/

 

While these links all hold EXCELLENT information, the only way to really learn to paint is to try it. I will do ALOT of things differently next time I try it. I have learned alot of the tricks, lessons, and rules of painting. I now feel like I have a pretty good grasp, but I still need a lot fo practice. For anyone that wants to learn, just get your feet wet, see what you can do...