Bad puns

[helen99]

Him (after she spent a day sanding Car down to primer, and he spent two days primering and painting it a deep, sparkling metallic blue): Well, how's it look??

Her (contemplating the unevenness of the paint due to the fact that we attempted to do this with cheapo spray cans): Uh, it's a *beautiful* color... but it's really uneven. It definitely looks like, um, a Handjob!

Him: Well, it's nice to know your car is into auto-erotica...

So, does anyone know the best way to inexpensively paint a car? I will have to go over it again using an alternate method.

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[rialian.livejournal.com]

So, does anyone know the best way to inexpensively paint a car? I will have to go over it again using an alternate method.

===Hey, Mildly Mottled is in this year! (grin)

===(I have to admit, I now understand why people use airguns to do this...the variability between cans alone was rather annoying, not to mention differences in the can itself, especially towards the end of a can.)

[helen99.livejournal.com]

If it was evened up and about 5 shades darker (but with the same sparkle effect) - a few shades away from "Smurf" and toward "Midnight" -- I'd be very happy with it. We can do this thing. I think a_machine's idea of renting a sprayer is the way to go. Question is, who has them for rent. Home Depot maybe? Or maybe a smaller place specializing in equipment rentals. I'll check the Yellow pages and see what I can find.

[a-machine.livejournal.com]

Rent a sprayer.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Good idea. I'll do that.

[kyrin7.livejournal.com]

I reccomend the following book:
Chilton's Guide to Auto Body Repair and Painting.
it goes for around 10-15 dollars and can be found ar pepboysm, track auto and the like. you'll prolly want a sanding disk attatchmeant for an elcectric drill, as well as a buffing disk, they sell those too, at automoive suply stores. course you also want to apply a coat of primer before your base coat of paint.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

I'll pick up those books before trying anything else... I also did a little research on the net, and realized I'd left out a few sanding steps (only did the first sanding and not between coats or after the last coat)... Luckily I didn't put any polymer on it yet so it should be relatively easy to strip down again. I will definitely pick up an electric sanding and buffing disk (and either buy or rent a spray gun), which should speed up the process a lot, make sure more of the original finish gets taken off, and make it more even. The primer is on there, but I need for it to be darker. I'll probably sand it down to nothing again and start over whenever a dry weekend is available again. I'm thinking of painting it black with a blue flash polymer. Either it will look good or horrible, depending on how I do. I'll just pretend I'm painting an action figure...

[kyrin7.livejournal.com]

they make specialized can trigger spray things for even coating with sparay cans. we use to use them at the sign plae, and they worked rather well.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Would a spray can with this trigger device spray evenly on a large surface like an entire car (as opposed to a small touchup area, which is what spray cans are usually used for)?

If you think it would work on a car, what store has them?

[kyrin7.livejournal.com]

yes infact I believe they are designed for that purpose, and enerally, touch up paint comes in smaller cans. an automotive supply store should have them. or a paint store, which overall, might be a better idea to go to.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Chilton's arrived in the mail yesterday (thanks for the tip). Maybe this weekend I can get started. Now to read it to see what supplies I'll need...

[kyrin7.livejournal.com]

I have a pretty empty saturday. I more than willing to give you a hand on it, if you'd like

[helen99.livejournal.com]

I had to think about this one for a while since it was a tempting offer. I think I want to give it a go one more time, this time by myself. If I don't like the result, I'll take you up on it.