what about the weather? does it matter if I was doing it in my garage? Is it best to stick a heater in there so its a decent temp?

oh I get it!

Thanks for the help

You might be getting a U2U if I get stuck lol

no the lacquer gives the dull finish the shine, i was worried when i first did it but it turns out real good

will this not mean I get a dull finish or do you spray it again after youve rubbed down the base coat?

Also with metallic when you've finished the base coat (in this case arden blue) before u spray the lacquer rub it down with 1200grade wet and dry so it looks dull (not shiny), when you do this it shows any imperfections because the dips in the paint stay shiney where the wet and dry hasn't touched them, this allows you to get a perfect finish before applying the lacquer.

I can't give you any tips for different techniques between using solid and metallic paint, but I painted my scuttle with paint mixed at a local paint factors and put in an aerosol can. I can't tell any colour difference between that and the original paintwork.

Thanks again. Im gonna spray the parts in my garage, I just cant get the car in cos my dad has all his work stuff in there, but I can shift that for a few days while Im spraying

i take it your gonna paint inside, bodshops spray cars in a clean environment with air purifiers and what not, the dust in the air will cause the finish to be a bit pants, best advice is to spray in a garage, make sure its warm, wet the floors down to settle the dust, i am gonna get a compressor soon and start like you are with bits from the scrappies!!!
Good luck mate hope it goes well for ya, the painting takes no time its the sanding down and the preperation work that makes it a long job, if it takes 2 days all the better cos it means the finish will be better cos you have but the time in on the preperation

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Oh and another thing....what sort of time scale are we talking about to get it off fully prepared and sprayed cos I dont have a garage so my car will be on the drive with no bumpers and shit!!

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Depends what you're planning on doing? Flattening out the textured effect on the plastic parts of the bumper takes quite a while, you can drive around with no bumpers tho, just stick your rear plate in the rear window and front plate on the metal bumper

u can remove a bumpoer in a few minutes, then really it depends on how fast/slow u r and how much help u get from mates etc

Oh and another thing....what sort of time scale are we talking about to get it off fully prepared and sprayed cos I dont have a garage so my car will be on the drive with no bumpers and shit!!

cheers guys.

Think I might give it a bash on summit I can get from a scrappie and see how it comes out

When i did my interior bits for my corsa, i used Ford Azure blue, which was such a gorgeous, almost "flip" type colour. Was like an arden blue + carrabic blue together.....:D

anyway, back to the point. whilst spraying, i found it pretty hard to get an even coverage of flakes, dispite loads of practice with solid colours etc.

Therefore i reckon gettin a good finish from cans wud be pretty tricky. Well harder than solids.

The best tip would be, take your time to build up light even coats!

Matt

That sounds like bullshite i'm afraid Daryll.

I colour coded my mates car.......






This is arden blue which is metallic, i done it with cans from halfords, not even a compressor !!

I think its easier to get a good job with metallic because its lacquered and therefore allows you to rub down the base coat before the lacquer is applied to get a good finish

Its a lot harder to get a colour match with metalic, and you have the problem of getting an even spead of flakes.

I dont know how acurate this is but a spray paint shop told me that if youve never done it before then you would struggle to get better than a 60% match.

anyone?

Is it different to spraying with a solid colour? And are there any ways to get a good colour match?

Cheers