Painting a Car

[Low Style]

Hey guys,

With painting a car what type of compressor is best to use? also best paints and where to get them in brisbane?

[ke70dave]

air compressors are generally the best kind.

what do you mean by "best" paints?

might want to narrow your questions down a bit!

ive painted a car, so have a small idea, but your questions are a bit too broad!

what colour are you thinking? metalic? standard colour? how good do you want it to look?

[Low Style]

sorry was a rush thread as im at work.

I want to paint my car myself since i have done pretty much everthing else myself.

I want to paint my car in primer and smooth it back and im thinking of a kinda grey colour between primer and gun metal grey. i want it to look good.

i was wondering what kind of paint you use to paint a car ( or what have you used)

I was looking at buying my own air compressor and wondering what size would be good for painting a car. saw a 2.5hp one at supercheap would that work?

[Matt-AE86]

Find a local paint store. Maybe ask some of your local e7/86 people who you know have painted there cars before where they go. Then go from there. They should be able to suggest everything from paint to gun/compressor.

[Nikkojoe]

You can paint a car with a 2HP small jobby, but you are limited to a panel at a time. It's not good as the colour can change between mixing so panels will look different shades.

2.5-3hp helps a lot, larger tank size also keeps the pressure up and generally can paint a full side at once.

Also having mates that are painters also helps

[Low Style]

none of my mates have painted a car one hasnt ever changed oil in his lol.

thanks i think i might get a 3hp one then as i want a half decent paint job.

Is there specific type of paint that is the best to paint the car in?

[Chrisso]

3hp may require a 15amp plug. Your standard house plug is 10amps.

[wideslider]

I have painted my old 180 in a 2 pak white in my garage.
It is super toxic and the overspray coated everything in sight.
It was with a 3hp compressor and it turned out really nice but still
had dust in it due to not being in a booth.
I reckon just prep it then send it to a painter then just claim you did it.

[ke70dave]

[QUOTE=silver styler;130443]sorry was a rush thread as im at work.
QUOTE]

no dramas mate, just makes it a bit easier to reply with some details!

from my (somewhat limited) experience, in order to make a car paint job look good, its 99.99% perperation, and 0.01% painting.

the actual spraying of the paint is actually quite easy (to get it looking ok). but it all comes down to the preperation that you do.

im also at work, so didnt the have time to give a complete response. but when i come around to buy those plastic model kits (skylines) off you i can explain what i know then if you like? you can check out my paint job as well, its not the greatest, but it was a rush job.

just the main thing to consider with air compresses, is the volume, not so much the HP of the pump. you really need to be able to completely use up one "mix" of paint, without having to wait for the compressor to fill up. the gun i used was a top-feed one which had about a 800ml? cup on it. and the compressor i used, i dont know the stats, but i rekcon it was about 1.5m long, and prolly 0.5m in diameter. so whatever volume that is. and i was JUST able to complete the mix before it needed to refill. i could have done with a slightly bigger one, but it did the job (and i borrowed it from my neighbour so it was easy)

the best place to go for tips, is a place in hemmant, called "johns paint shed". its on the main industrial drag there, hemmant road or something maybe? look it up in yellow pages anyway. i spent a few hours talking to that guy when we were painting my car, he gave me an awesome demonstration on the gun (that i bought from him, after he said mine was stuffed). was a really friendly guy and really knew what he was talking about too!

[Low Style]

Thanks Dave i will look it up.