advice on painting parts!!

[99hjhm]

Again I disagree lol I am yet to spray a newer car without lacquer! the last car I painted that was a solid colour was a 99 plate punto, otherwise I'm yet to find one. Solid colours were replaced by newer methods and technologies a long time ago, although it is still available.

I would strongly suggest that if you have seen a newer car painted in solid that it has been resprayed by a lazy git! I have sprayed thousands of cars now so I have to disagree.

When you get colour come onto the pad when using tcut or similar it means the colour is solid which I discussed earlier and again I am yet to see a car painted with it thats newer than that punto I had to paint.

Yep, all cars have been sprayed in waterbase then a clearcoat since sometime in the 1990's.

Think about red Vauxhall's, stoped fadeing and going white when they started lacquering them. (Mostly)

[nfbr]

lol. We used to have a 1989 Astra 1.6 in Red which went pink very rapidly one summer.

Edited January 3, 2010 by nfbr

[arosa_rory]

Yep, all cars have been sprayed in waterbase then a clearcoat since sometime in the 1990's.

Think about red Vauxhall's, stoped fadeing and going white when they started lacquering them. (Mostly)

its a much better qulaity method and gives longer lasting results.

if I get a car that is all done in solid, like the cinquecento Recently I will blow in solid aswell, because what happens you get the whole car fade except part of a panel which looks rather obvious theres been a repair.

[Whippy]

so rory when can u come over wow given me some reading thanks guys and i have also realised its going to take alot longer than i thought but patience pays of in the end...hopefully

[arosa_rory]

so rory when can u come over wow given me some reading thanks guys and i have also realised its going to take alot longer than i thought but patience pays of in the end...hopefully

oh yes perserverance is essential, my first ever day in the bodyshop of the aprenticeship they said to me before I learn anything I had to understand how essential it is to persevere with jobs, they achieved this by digging out an old set of 17inch multi spoke wheels, I then had to rub every single one down by hand to prepare them for paint.

I wont lie, I got bored after the first hour but I carried on because I knew it was what I wanted. It took me a day and a half in total but then they painted them up to show me how good something comes out when you spend time prepping.

Mind you after that I used to get all the crappy jobs to do for a while like sand the complete fiesta interior ready for paint, but it did teach me the importance of preperation time. It does take a long time if you want it doing properly but I can assure you it is so rewarding to see the end result.