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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Mon, 19 September 2005 16:20
 
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I've been interested too, might be benifical to get one of the various books available like these
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ipswich queensland
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Mon, 19 September 2005 19:23
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my paint didnt turn out too badly except i got dry streaks from painting in the shade  so now i gotta redo it again. but i got a few scrathes to fix now neway so yer.
tip to all paint in the sun 
laterdays and goodluck
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Mon, 19 September 2005 20:31
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i did my own re-spray on the feral in one week before the Jamboree last year (2004). i still had bodywork i was doing at the same time but got it all done. on the friday before the show i had a professional 'home' dude buff it for me as i dont know how to buff paint, but gotta learn so i can do it all myself next time.
some pics here of the finished job, it actualy has a shine. 
http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/237058/4
i took plenty of strip down and paint pics along the way, 
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Lost in the K hole
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Mon, 19 September 2005 22:41
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I only did the prep-work for my car, aside from a couple of little patches it came out alright. I reckon I could've done a darn sight better job spraying the colour (or non-colour if you like) than the "professionals" that did it.
Heres hoping it comes up good with ze uber buff.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Mon, 19 September 2005 22:58
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Hmmm mine turned out pretty well, although it took months and months to finish. 
(excuse the blurry photo :oops:)a
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Mon, 19 September 2005 23:06
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Yeah i want to learn how to paint, what are the best books you had experience with, il get a few panels and start from there.
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c'town, NSW
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I supported Toymods
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Adelaide
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July 2004
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 00:26
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mine turned out fairly farken poo...
so we are going to do it again
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Newcastle, NSW
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May 2004
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 00:32
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| feral4mr2 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 06:31 |
i did my own re-spray on the feral in one week before the Jamboree last year (2004). i still had bodywork i was doing at the same time but got it all done. on the friday before the show i had a professional 'home' dude buff it for me as i dont know how to buff paint, but gotta learn so i can do it all myself next time.
some pics here of the finished job, it actualy has a shine.
http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/237058/4
i took plenty of strip down and paint pics along the way,
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i think ive seen ur car around hervey bay man?...
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Lost in the K hole
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 00:35
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finally found the *after* pics:
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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Lost in the K hole
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 00:59
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 10:53 |
Looks mighty fine Ed  I'm hoping the majority of mine can be solved with some judicious buffing
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recent pics?
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Forster NSW
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September 2004
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Sydney Australia and stuff
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April 2005
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 01:22
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All in all, it looks like with a bit of practise people seem to be doing ok jobs of their cars.
My thoughts are that my next car I will most likely want black, so if I can't find a nice one in black I will re-spray it, but I don't want to spend that much cash.
I want it black but nice and shiny, is that a case of spraying it metallic black then the key to the shine is polish & buff? Or is it something that only the pro's can do?
- Jabbott
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Sydney
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 01:32
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ed_ma61
is that a gloss or an acrylic?! looks so shiny 
my uncle jus bought a new spray gun and equipment. im hoping to practice on a few shitters, then im gonna do my lil bros rolla, make sure i got the hang of it
then i plan on doing a celica. ra23 or ta23... deffinetly
jason
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 01:42
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| ed_ma61 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 08:59 |
recent pics?
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Haven't got anything good. It's a real pain to try and get a decent pic of because it's so...well, white. Hides what is actually a fairly orange-peeled job
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 02:18
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| Smokey228 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 11:32 |
ed_ma61
is that a gloss or an acrylic?! looks so shiny
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its acrylic, with lots of coats of clear, then cut, buffed, waxed/glazed and polished
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 02:58
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| ed_ma61 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 10:18 |
then cut, buffed, waxed/glazed and polished
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Mine is missing pretty much all of this methinks.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 04:26
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how much $$$ would I be looking at, to start from scratch to paint one car.
I'd need spray gun and all that jazz, plus paint etc. Would all this equipment set me back over a grand?
Basically, if i plan on painting one car, and one car only, would it be worth buyin all the equipment? Or would a pro be cheaper for a one off
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Newcastle, NSW
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 07:07
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from what ive found pros generally want $5k+ starting for small cars...i cant see any ammount of equipment costing this much..
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 07:46
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 12:58 |
| ed_ma61 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 10:18 |
then cut, buffed, waxed/glazed and polished
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Mine is missing pretty much all of this methinks.
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will make a HUGE difference mate. HUGE takes an average job to unbelievable standards
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Bundaberg, Qld.
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Melbourne
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 10:48
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I was thinking of getting my car resprayed at a TAFE. All you pay for is materials and I've heard they do a pretty good job.
How much would paint cost to paint a st185 in super red?
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Melbourne
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February 2005
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 11:12
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i didnt do mine myself i paid a panel beater $2000 bucks
and it turned out good i reckon. it used to be red. lol.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 13:14
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| -=DV=- wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 17:07 |
from what ive found pros generally want $5k+ starting for small cars...i cant see any ammount of equipment costing this much..
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Comsidering I've seen spray guns worth the wrong side of $2K...
Running spray booth, paint can be v expensive. Not to mention where the big dollars are, prep.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 13:49
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| esk34 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 20:48 |
I was thinking of getting my car resprayed at a TAFE. All you pay for is materials and I've heard they do a pretty good job.
How much would paint cost to paint a st185 in super red?
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sounds like a good idea, if u got shit paint already then u got nuffin to loose.
but mayb do it towards the end of the year, that way they been in course for longer  ahahahh
i will deff look into this but, see if they do it at any of my local tafes...
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Sydney Australia and stuff
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 13:52
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Curious if Hornsby is an auto-motive tafe? I think they are, I did a course there a while back and saw a very nice car they had put together.
But who would you contact about something like that?
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 14:06
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| feral4mr2 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 20:13 |
| -=DV=- wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 10:32 |
| feral4mr2 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 06:31 |
i did my own re-spray on the feral in one week before the Jamboree last year (2004). i still had bodywork i was doing at the same time but got it all done. on the friday before the show i had a professional 'home' dude buff it for me as i dont know how to buff paint, but gotta learn so i can do it all myself next time.
some pics here of the finished job, it actualy has a shine.
http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/237058/4
i took plenty of strip down and paint pics along the way,
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i think ive seen ur car around hervey bay man?...
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i havnt been in Hervey Bay for well over a year now i think. i used to frequent there from Bundy now and then.
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ahhh k, mustve been sum1 else i saw then..theres a couple of aw11s gettin around here...should bring urs out one day for a bit of a cruise wif the ole 165
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Perth, WA
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 20 September 2005 16:39
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| Jabbott wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 21:52 |
Curious if Hornsby is an auto-motive tafe? I think they are, I did a course there a while back and saw a very nice car they had put together.
But who would you contact about something like that?
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1. ring/ go into tafe.
2. ask around.
3. ????
4. Profiteroles.
Eldar.O.
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Brisbane
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 01:57
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I'm STILL working on my respray, its been months and months and months.. Including cutting/welding rust etc.. I don't get too much time to work on it, but I am also ultra fussy. It does look really good so far, being my first paint job I'm very very happy. Dust is very hard to keep out, not having a proper spray booth, but it is still looking nice.
In hindsight, next time I'd do one of two things.
Paint in a non metallic/clearcoat combo. Keeping dust out of my clearcoat has been a pain. Next time I'll stick to a solid colour...
The time it has taken me to do my car, I could have worked instead and paid for it easily.
Still, I have learnt so much working on my baby, and I'll be ultra proud when my RA23 is on the road.
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March 2004
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 04:15
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Here's some pics of my home respray. It wasn't too hard, but it took ages to sand and prepare for spraying, and it's really messy, there's still red stains on the driveway 
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 04:34
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kewp, what paint did you use for that? I'm guessing acrylic. It looks pretty glossy - what brand was it? Did you use a very good quality gun or something pretty ordinary?
Cheers mate,
Jeremy.
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wollongong
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March 2004
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 05:47
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The paint is acrylic honda red, those photos are my second attempt, the first one turned out crap because i didn't spray the paint thick enough, and it had no gloss at all. The gun was the cheapest gun i could buy, about $60, it did the job good enough.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 12:29
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Ed's looks titties
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 12:54
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I did my car in acrylic, turned out really well.....but also took a really long time
It was a complete respray, did not change the colour tho.
my tips for a home spray job.
1) have plenty of time because a rush job will be a crap job
2)Dont skimp, get the right equipment, its labour intensive so you dont want to spend all this time and end up with crap.
3) find someone who has done it before and enlist them for help, payment in burbon and pizza usually helps
4)Find somewhere decent to do it, you will be spending a fair bit of time so make sure if its in doors it can be ventilated, and if its outside keep away from trees etc so crap does not fall in and its far enough away not to annoy your neibors, you would surprised how far overspray can travel  and how noisey an air compressor is at 11.00 at night
5) preparation, be prepared to put in the hard yards from the start...dont rush it !!!!!!!! dont cheat, take out the windows, dont try to tape things up etc etc trust me, take it to pieces, taping things SUX and you end up with a CRAP job
6) Normally paint is applied in a pretty much perfect environment with good lighting, temps and CLEAN fresh air etc etc, dont try to paint with crappy conditions, ie humid windy etc etc
7) use a mask and appropriate safety equipment, you want to paint the car NOT you LUNGS
 choose a straight colour metalics are much harder to get a good even paint and require a lot more skill
Finally i am sure you can do it, just do the research.
I think the hardest things personally was not rushing and setting up the gun to adjust for the paint to get the best finish, at the end of the day i probably used twice as much paint as a pro, but thats the price of learning
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 13:17
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i found criss crossing the gun gave a good result with metalic paints.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Wed, 21 September 2005 14:44
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| esk34 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 20:48 |
I was thinking of getting my car resprayed at a TAFE. All you pay for is materials and I've heard they do a pretty good job.
How much would paint cost to paint a st185 in super red?
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I heard because of liabilities and other crap they don't do it anymore, at least in NSW. Apparently they're only allowed to do it on their own cars.
Someone gladly inform me if I'm wrong but that's what I heard. I think someone mentioned it before on this forum.
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Thu, 22 September 2005 04:32
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| GUN METAL 87 SC wrote on Wed, 21 September 2005 22:54 |
5) preparation, be prepared to put in the hard yards from the start...dont rush it !!!!!!!! dont cheat, take out the windows, dont try to tape things up etc etc trust me, take it to pieces, taping things SUX and you end up with a CRAP job
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Taping things up works well IF you put in the right amount of effort, took me 2 days to tape up my T-18... that said the time it takes to do it properly itll be just as quick to pull it apart
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Thu, 22 September 2005 05:40
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for a car with 22 year old paint, would it be wise to go all the way back to bare metal? or just the first of the undercoats...
as its getting the up-in-and under treatment, i experimented that the underside virtally has zero paint on it  ...if im going back to bare metal what sorta undercoating, primer would i need to adress? 
failing that, ill send my car to the local tafe...all you do is pay for materials...and its a top notch job
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Thu, 22 September 2005 05:52
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| mc68 wrote on Thu, 22 September 2005 13:40 |
for a car with 22 year old paint, would it be wise to go all the way back to bare metal? or just the first of the undercoats...
as its getting the up-in-and under treatment, i experimented that the underside virtally has zero paint on it ...if im going back to bare metal what sorta undercoating, primer would i need to adress?
failing that, ill send my car to the local tafe...all you do is pay for materials...and its a top notch job
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you've just completely bypassed the past 5 or so posts int his thread lol.
the tafe i goto paints cars, next time im there ill ask around and get a definate answer, one of the best looking cars in WA was painted at my tafe, its also a member of toymods...
Eldar.O.
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Thu, 22 September 2005 06:16
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soorry eldar, im currently at tafe so im constantly looking over my shoulder as im supposed to be doing other things...i i skipped half the thread....
but yeah, probably my best option...but i cbf putting suspension back on the shell...best i make up rotisairy...or those things u see in chicken treat ads...
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Thu, 22 September 2005 17:52
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The last car I had sprayed cost $4000, and that was the cheapest quote. Most were around $8000 - &10000. Plus I wasn't happy with the job. Their reply "if you want a show car paint job you should have spent $10000". So I'm spraying mine myself.
Time spent in prep work will always pay off.
Plus its a budget job. My whole purpose is to build my car without professional assistance (except for the engine machine - but I did the assembly).
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Thu, 22 September 2005 23:16
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| ed_ma61 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 15:46 |
| justcallmefrank wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 12:58 |
| ed_ma61 wrote on Tue, 20 September 2005 10:18 |
then cut, buffed, waxed/glazed and polished
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Mine is missing pretty much all of this methinks.
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will make a HUGE difference mate. HUGE takes an average job to unbelievable standards
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Heres hoping, usually 2pac would be nice and glossy straight from the gun, but it looks like they sprayed it quite dry, so it's all orange-peeled. Going to be a few little niggling issues with it, but so long as it looks better than it does now and I can see myself in it (which is why I bought this paint)
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Fri, 23 September 2005 05:45
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what about if u do all the prep and body work and maybe do the undercoat then let a shop do the final coat so u dont get all the dust and crap in the paint...
cant see it costing as much that way and u still get a nice job in the end..
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Sat, 24 September 2005 23:11
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I found that a lot of spray painters didn't want the job full stop - a full respray is very time consuming. And they wouldn't do it unless they did the whole thing including prep, due to the fact that bad prep makes a bad spray job.
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Sat, 24 September 2005 23:39
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| berad wrote on Fri, 23 September 2005 17:01 |
its the if your in brisbane i may be able to get some cheap resprays
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how cheap?
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Sun, 25 September 2005 09:12
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probly 2 - 3k dependin on condition and prep work needed... thats everything visibaly painted except for the engine bay... inside doors , inside of the pillars etc... lights etc all pulled , windscreen etc... but have to see the car to see how much really
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Fri, 30 September 2005 13:17
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can anyone hook me up with a spray painter in the sydney area
i just need to get the frontbar and sideskirts done
it shouldnt need any blending, the parts are off the car, prep'd and ready to go.
cheers
Joe
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 04 October 2005 07:43
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| Paranoid Android wrote on Fri, 30 September 2005 23:17 |
can anyone hook me up with a spray painter in the sydney area
i just need to get the frontbar and sideskirts done
it shouldnt need any blending, the parts are off the car, prep'd and ready to go.
cheers
Joe
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I kinda know a guy down that way. He just started up his own one-stop-shop for mechanical stuff and body work, using all the guys he had work on his car. (Lucky bastard, living the life most people I know dream of!)
He is having some opening specials atm, so his prices are pretty damn good! (Mostly specials for Supra owners in his NSW Supra Club though)
Are you ready to get it done within the next month or so? What sort of car? Same colour or complete change?
He is pretty damn quick too. Drive in with cruddy car on Monday morning, cruising the streets in style on Friday night.
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Brisbane
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July 2005
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Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?
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Tue, 04 October 2005 07:51
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Oh I just realised you already said what you need done.
Anywayz, just shoot him an email and tell him sirpsychosexy from ther Supra Forums told you to talk to him.
quotes@xzibit.au.com
His names John Pavalos (not sure how to spell the last name)
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