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Nathan94
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Hi Guys,

Just picked up a MK1 1.7 SDI to stop my MK2 Sport getting too many miles, just wondering what prep and paint people have used for at home jobbies, what's better, roller or spray?

And before anyway says I'll be ruining the car, trust me, I won't. It's turquoise and the previous owner has removed all rust, so there's big patches of primer on the rear quarters, wing and boot.

Also, what are the legalities on changing colour?

Cheers!

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Between roller and spray paint, spray paint will give the better overall finish, however roller will probably be quicker and easier!

Changing the colour of a car is fine, as long as the DVLA is notified :)

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I love rattle can spray jobs so long as the car was cheap and wanted to begin with. Just take your time, thin coats etc.

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Already went at it with a few tins of primer grey last night, definitely needs another coat and smoothing down again, preferably somewhere dry, warm and out of the wind and rain haha.

It appears to look better than it was, which isn't much haha

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I'm a rebel so I use thick coats instead, you just need a lot of practice. If you do thin coats you end up with a bumpy finish you have to keep smoothing down. However there is a brief period where you can stop spraying once the spots join up and you end up with a whole smooth coat and no run marks. If you keep going for a second too long you end up with run marks. Two coats of primer, two coats of paint and two coats of lacquer.

The hardest part is getting a dust free environment. If you do it on a summer day you'll end up with all sorts of polllen, seed heads and dust sticking to the car. If you can take the parts off and paint them indoors it helps, but then you have to worry about no killing yourself with the fumes.

I've never done a whole car though, just a rear bumper, mine had faded to pink so didn't have much to lose either.

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