The Painting Process Begins...Lots of Pics!!!

[96 EK]

Well today Ive fianally started on my car to start painting it. My dad is a car painter at a shop and weve decided to re do mine. The guy that delivers paint to my dad said that his company is allowed to give out so many free materials to promote the company, so he decided to give me most off my paint and materials for free!! Since we have all the materials and my dad is the one painting it, Im saving a bunch of money! I was pretty busy today so heres what Ive accomplished: I started out by removing the silver pinstripe, then stared to strip everything off of the car that is to be painted seperate. I removed the front and rear bumpers, head and tail lights, all moldings, sideskirts, door handles, door panels, and some of the interior to access the rear quarter moldings. Also I have started to block the hood but still not finished yet. It has been a hail storm and the dents on the hood really show. Along way to go, so wish me luck!!

 

[VTi_ME]

Good luck and hope it turns out to good as new

 

[NOFX]

Nice. Keep us up to date and take lots of photos!

 

[ruthless909]

what color are you painting it ?????

 

[96 EK]

what color are you painting it ?????

Im painting it the same Milano red but with some kind of pearl mixed in with it, possily. I would like to try some blue or orange pearl to see how it may look. If it doesnt look good then just the red will do.

 

[96 EK]

Well day 2 in the process and Ive gotten a little more accomplished. The doors had adhesive on them from the back of the moldings and so I started out by removing that. Then I took a scuff pad and went over my doors and fenders of where the moldings went and also in the tail light bezels and behind where the tag trim goes to clean it up a bit. After that, I blocked the rest of the car to show me where all the dents and dings are. Check the hood shot to see how much hail dents I have!!

 

[Genuine Rolla]

nice nice...! I cant wait to see the finished product...are you gonna spray it the same color or what..!?!?

 

[Bfreeman]

i need to re paint mine EBP needs a lil touch up

 

[NOFX]

nice nice...! I cant wait to see the finished product...are you gonna spray it the same color or what..!?!?

He said right before your post that he's respraying it Milano Red.

 

[MORENO67]

wish u good luck bro...keep us posted

 

[ek2ner_knox]

but with some kind of pearl mixed in with it, possily. I would like to try some blue or orange pearl to see how it may look. If it doesnt look good then just the red will do.

you cant just mix pearl in, u can metallic cause u can mix it with ur basecoat but pearl paints are tri coats, u spray base, then the pearl, then the clear....and what grit are you using to block your car with? o ya definitely prime those side skirts, side moulding, and handles cause i bought the ctr moldings and then decided to paint my stock skirts when i had mine repainted and the paint fisheyed real back and didnt want to stick at all...id scuff it up with some 180 and then prime it and block it a few times and maybe final sand with a scotchbrite pad and some ajax....ill post some pics up of my car in a few minutes...im spraying mine tomorrow (saturaday 5-13) i will DEFINITELY post some pics when its done

 

[96 EK]

you cant just mix pearl in, u can metallic cause u can mix it with ur basecoat but pearl paints are tri coats, u spray base, then the pearl, then the clear....and what grit are you using to block your car with? o ya definitely prime those side skirts, side moulding, and handles cause i bought the ctr moldings and then decided to paint my stock skirts when i had mine repainted and the paint fisheyed real back and didnt want to stick at all...id scuff it up with some 180 and then prime it and block it a few times and maybe final sand with a scotchbrite pad and some ajax....ill post some pics up of my car in a few minutes...im spraying mine tomorrow (saturaday 5-13) i will DEFINITELY post some pics when its done

Yeah my dads the one painting it. Dont worry he does EXCELLENT work and I gues you could call him a pro. Hes been doing this for about 20 something years and does it everyday for a living. Im using 180 grit to block my car. yeah on the sideskirts and moldings and everything else that is black plastic, we are using a flex agent to keep the paint from flaking off. If we were going to put some pearl in, I think he said we were going to mix it in with the clear. He sprayed a couple of test cards with some blue pearl and it didnt look that bad. But we'll have to find out. After the bodywork is done and weve painted it, then we are going to buff the crap out of it.

 

[ek2ner_knox]

ya same here, one of my buddies is top in his class at vc tech in alabama and hes the one spraying it, im gonna wet sand mine alot when im doin so itll be like glass....on that flex agent...he said they used some kinda bulldog stuff and u can put it in the base or the clear or whatever and it works and they painted a urethane bumper and then twisted the bumper as many times as they could and the paint never even chipped...im thinkin about using it for my bumper and my side skirts just in case....heres my thread

 

[96 EK]

ya same here, one of my buddies is top in his class at vc tech in alabama and hes the one spraying it, im gonna wet sand mine alot when im doin so itll be like glass....on that flex agent...he said they used some kinda bulldog stuff and u can put it in the base or the clear or whatever and it works and they painted a urethane bumper and then twisted the bumper as many times as they could and the paint never even chipped...im thinkin about using it for my bumper and my side skirts just in case....heres my thread

Yeah my dad said that he is using the flex agent on all of the plastic pieces to make sure the paint stays on. The word is that if you dont use this stuff the paint will never stay on. Car looks great by the way.

 

[NOFX]

Flex agent... ahh yes, what we think they missed on at least part of my front bumper.

 

[ek2ner_knox]

lol ya, im using that and i primed all my stuff, i seem to have much better luck with no chipping paint if its primed previously

 

[douggiefresh]

Looks like your doing a great job man. He isnt going to spray over the 180 scratchs is he? Im not sure what your steps are going to be but you should 320 the car then 600 wet it before you paint it....or at least 320 the car and seal it. I wouldnt spray over 180 scratchs they are pretty heavy. Otherwise it looks like your doing a nice job on it. Are you pulling the windows and everything? What materials are you using (paint/clear)?

Yea a pearl would be nice on that red, just make sure that you remember what pearl you mixed....only thing that sucks is pearls are very hard to blend, where as you could just blend a fneder and a door, if you got into an accident with a pearl youd have to blend the whole side to make it not noticable. I paint myself and painting is def an art, tell your father I wish him luck with it! and I cant wait to see some paint on it!

 

[ek2ner_knox]

no hes just blockin it right now to find all his dents and dings, im sure once he fixes them and primes he'll wesand, i used 220 and 320 wet sand to get mine real smooth and then i just used a scotchbrite pad and some ajax to do the final sand

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

you cant just mix pearl in, u can metallic cause u can mix it with ur basecoat but pearl paints are tri coats, u spray base, then the pearl, then the clear....and what grit are you using to block your car with? o ya definitely prime those side skirts, side moulding, and handles cause i bought the ctr moldings and then decided to paint my stock skirts when i had mine repainted and the paint fisheyed real back and didnt want to stick at all...id scuff it up with some 180 and then prime it and block it a few times and maybe final sand with a scotchbrite pad and some ajax....ill post some pics up of my car in a few minutes...im spraying mine tomorrow (saturaday 5-13) i will DEFINITELY post some pics when its done

My painter mixed the pearl with the clear..

Looks like you got some good progress 96

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

no hes just blockin it right now to find all his dents and dings, im sure once he fixes them and primes he'll wesand, i used 220 and 320 wet sand to get mine real smooth and then i just used a scotchbrite pad and some ajax to do the final sand

It's best to wetsand almost all the way through the sanding procedure, because the water allows reflection and you can see dings and dents better, plus, it's alot cleaner Don't gotta worry about dust everywhere.. Believe me