Anyone paints cars?

[nycdominicanreef]

Need my 98 accord repainted, paint looks sunfaded
Wanna repaint the whole thing

 

[NYreefNoob]

wet sand and buff it, the paint is oxidized, save ur money, crap paint job that peels in a yr a grand, someone to wet sand and buff couple hundred dollars

 

[fcamargo6thave]

wet sand and buff it, the paint is oxidized, save ur money, crap paint job that peels in a yr a grand, someone to wet sand and buff couple hundred dollars

For a good paint job u will spend 1500 or more macco sucks

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Listen to NYReef, he's a Honda autobody guy

 

[NYreefNoob]

we charge around 3-5k depending if body work is needed also, but our's isnt a backyard paint job

 

[motortrendz]

ive been a mechanic for 15 yrs...run a business doing onsite repairs in jersey and a friend of mine paints on the side.. but i agree nyreefnoob with the wetsand and save your money!!!

 

[stage3-S4]

wet sand and buff it, the paint is oxidized, save ur money, crap paint job that peels in a yr a grand, someone to wet sand and buff couple hundred dollars

doesnt this only apply to a single stage paint without clear coat?

 

[johnny roastbeef]

Sure I know a guy who will paint it any color for just $99.95
Call Earl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtjdHaMeiiQ

 

[rickytsui]

try to wet sand first b4 u want to paint the car alway the oem paint is alot better then the auto shop paint

 

[motortrendz]

that def depends rick, on both sides of that.. ive seen some really bad factory jobs right off the hauler and some killer small shop jobs... all depends whos behind the gun, and how good the prep man is feeling that day..lol

 

[nycdominicanreef]

i would honestly like to make this car look good, its my first car.
anyone a wetsander? or can teach me how to, all help and opinions wanted

 

[motortrendz]

where u located?

 

[nycdominicanreef]

lower manhattan

 

[motortrendz]

if u take a ride to brooklyn on afternoon nxt week ill give u a lesson...ill just give u a simple list of suplies to get and show ya how its done.. do you have an orbital polisher? bc after u wet sand it itll be very dull and will need to be wax buffed and polished...

 

[JimmyR1rider]

doesnt this only apply to a single stage paint without clear coat?

No stage- there are up to 7 layers of clear coat over urethane paint- the paint thats used for the last 25 years+ since getting away from lacquer and enamel. When you wet sand the paint you use 1500 grit sandpaper and only go down into the top coat of the clear- once it has a nice flat white look to it with no spots(orange peel) or any imperfections- you use a good glazing and polishing system to buff it out then you flash wax it and the paint looks pretty much factory, UNLESS The clear is baked to where its peeled off the paint like you see sometimes but as long as the clears still intact you can wet sand and buff it no prob.

 

[stage3-S4]

No stage- there are up to 7 layers of clear coat over urethane paint- the paint thats used for the last 25 years+ since getting away from lacquer and enamel. When you wet sand the paint you use 1500 grit sandpaper and only go down into the top coat of the clear- once it has a nice flat white look to it with no spots(orange peel) or any imperfections- you use a good glazing and polishing system to buff it out then you flash wax it and the paint looks pretty much factory, UNLESS The clear is baked to where its peeled off the paint like you see sometimes but as long as the clears still intact you can wet sand and buff it no prob.

Oh I see that is interesting. Im not much of an autobody guy, but I do know how to polish my car with the oribtal buffer I have. I know that on my evo which had single stage paint, It really was badly oxidized from the sun. I just polished it with an agressive compound with my buffer and it looked good as new. I wasnt sure if this applied to regular paint as well.

 

[Bob 1000]

Sure I know a guy who will paint it any color for just $99.95
Call Earl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtjdHaMeiiQ

Earls the man,,lmao.. He painted my 76 Stanza,,lol..

 

[NYreefNoob]

doesnt this only apply to a single stage paint without clear coat?

this paint hasnt been around for almost 20 yr's, wet sanding depending on how bad the clear coat is depends on the grit used, when i did custom paint jobs i started with 1000 and went up to 2500, with 1500 and 2000 inbetween, and there is only 2 layers of clear on fzctory paint and most custom paint job only use 3 any more then that the car has to be store in a temp controlled room otherwise the clear will crack, you dont need that much clear, i use to put 4 coats because i would sand down 1 of the coats

and there is no such thing as dealership paint, we use axle nobel paint and their system, put paint code into comp and it give's the variance's, most colors have between 9-13 color variances, depends where the car was put together, hard to believe p96-m can be several different colors

 

[flipit13]

To be honest i wouldnt wet sand the car. There is only about 3mils of paint on a paint job and if it is that sun faded it's probably shot you will have the risk of sanding through and now are screwed and have to get a paint job. try a clay bar first then seal, then wax. the only paint jobs that really come back from sunfade are single stage and honda stopped that in the early 90's and the only colors were white and black.

and if you do try to wet sand use 2500 wet/dry and stay about 2" away from all edges, seams and grooves.

 

[JimmyR1rider]

Wow ok Reef I always thought 3-5 was the norm for the coats of clear, and customs would sometimes go up to 7. Cool to know.