Team,
Can anyone offer any advice/tips on fridge painting for the novice?? I am in the process of stripping one back at the moment, with a view to painting it properly, as opposed to just blowing on a coat or two of whatever I have closest to hand. My reasoning is this will be a starting point for getting some skills to have a go at a car - I figure if I stuff up a reasonably straight, rust free flat surface like a fridge, I will never be any show of painting a curvy vw. Before anyone asks - No, I wont be doing flames or murals. I have everything I reckon I need - compressor,gun,thinners,etch,hi-fill,tape,etc etc .
Just a few dumb questions - when you sand back, are you sanding to remove imperfections or to rough up surface for the next coat? And what is the purpose of a guide coat - what does it guide you for/to??
Remember folks, this is just a fridge to be filled with beer - the best I really want it to look is like it is a new fridge - not one that I can enter into a show and shine!! I merely want to start small and go from there. Thanks awfully for any advice

in answer to your questions fella

quote==== when you sand back, are you sanding to remove imperfections or to rough up surface for the next coat?

both, the metal,paint,filler etc has to be keyed up so that the paint will stick. If you left it the paint with be very easy to peel off. Also if there is anything wrong with the panel you can sand to remove it(sometimes need grinders and shite)

quote====And what is the purpose of a guide coat - what does it guide you for/to??


guide coats are there to help you find any inperfections in the panel . When you are rubbing down you should be useing a rubbing block of some sort and as you go over the panel the guide coat will show up chips,dents,hollows etc etc etc

best advice i can give you is take your time on the prep work and before you paint get an old panel and spray that first so that you get some sort of feel for the gun.

if you get stuck u know where i am ,give me a shout and i'll do what i can.................



steff........................

Thanks Steff, it is just a bodgy hardware shop gun that I have at the moment, like I said its just practise for when I get off my arse and fix the dub in the shed. I can paint kids bikes and bits and pieces for the house alright, next step the old fridge then onto the car................

not a worry
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steff...............