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 kingroon
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 posted on December 22nd, 2005 at 12:35 PM |
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Spray Painting a Type 1 - Home Edition
Hi,
I'm about to embark on a home-spray job on my 65.. Has anyone got any pointers, dos&don'ts, advice etc. before I start?
I was gonna spray fenders, bonnet, engine lid & doors seperately then move onto the chassis.. I've seen a few photos on thesamba where a guy sprayed
the whole thing [apparently] in one go. Is this advised? I was hoping to spray the **visible** areas inside too..
I've got all the gear, and a little of the idea, just want some sage advice from those who have doine this kinda gig before..
KingRoon :thumb
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| posted on December 22nd, 2005 at 02:15 PM |
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check out the paint and body section.. certainly poss to do the whole outside of the car at once.. just gotta mask it up good
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| posted on December 22nd, 2005 at 06:26 PM |
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pop your windows
Not much more work or $$$ and looks HEAPS better
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| posted on December 22nd, 2005 at 06:31 PM |
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what they said ^^^^
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| posted on December 22nd, 2005 at 09:36 PM |
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I'd go acrylic at home due to the fumes and environmental needs of 2pac. I took the advice of Hellbus and KillaKorn and Steph in the preparation work
and never attempted it before. Just allow lots more time - it took me way more time than I thought (lol). You'll get plenty of help in here.
Like they all said, the hard part is taking the plunge ... I'd definately do it over.
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| posted on December 22nd, 2005 at 10:06 PM |
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Check out this link to the album which details how I sprayed my beetle in my dad's shed:
http://www.manxgallery.org/gallery/album192
This was body off resto though:
Turned out okay:
My do's:
Take your time - you will get a far better result by spending as much time on the prep as you can.
Allow a lot of time for masking - it takes heaps longer than you think (mask everything well - overspray gets everywhere).
Think of safety first, fumes are not good for your lungs.
Think about how to make the garage a dust free environment, whilst maintaining adequate ventilation.
Clean your gun properly.
De-grease thoroughly (whilst weaing gloves) before laying down any paint.
My don'ts:
Don't rush - you'll kick yourself every time you drive it for cutting corners.
Don't let water/condensation build up in the lines/gun.
Don't try and lay too much paint on in one hit - it sucks having to wait for paint to dry just to sand it back.
Don't ignore safety.
There are lots of other do's and don'ts - maybe if you have any more specific questions we could provide some more specific help.
Cheers
Alan
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