aaddzz123 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Well painting is a bit of a growing passion of mine. I orginally started on my first car when I colour coded the door handles. |Come a long way since then! Just thought I'd share some of my jobs with everyone and see what everyone else has been doin .I'm gonna start with a bumper fill and respray that I did for my mate's mx5 over the weekend. He had attempted to do it himself previously and left holes in the bumper, covered by a clowdy paint match lol! I took all the paint down and refilled the holes, got rid of all the imperfections using filler primer and eventually finished it with a layer of clearcoat.I did the whole respray with rattle cans bar the clearcoat which I used a compressor and spray gun as it needs to be mixed.Pictures ;)How it used to look after his first fill and spray attempt Safety first when using 2 pack paints!And finished Big loves Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Now that's a nice job! Can it withstand jet wash? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 Now that's a nice job! Can it withstand jet wash?Cheers mate Yep! I have no doubt at all that it will withstand jetwash and 95% of stones that'll hit it. Seal the edges propperly, use 2 pack clearcoat (a clear coat and a hardener) again making sure you're covered all the edges, bake it with some kind of make shift source lol and it should last at least a couple of years before it may need touching up ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Amjad Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Quality! And those speedlines in your sig look so deep/shiny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 Quality! And those speedlines in your sig look so deep/shiny Cheers mate I just used normal rattle can lacquer on my rims because I didn't have the compressor lol! Could be a lot better ;). Bumper isn't even polished by the way lol. That was just after it hardening over night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Rattle can a bumper?! Would personally never do that but the results looks alright, I paint mclarens everyday tho lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted October 12, 2011 Author Share Posted October 12, 2011 Rattle can a bumper?! Would personally never do that but the results looks alright, I paint mclarens everyday tho lolindeed! Nothing wrong with rattle cans lol. Get one with a decent nozzle and its not going to be a lot different to a spray gun if you have a good flow to your hand. Came out spot on .Do you paint them or do the machines? ;) Drop us some tips! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ollie ryan Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 yeah if you get a cheap can it will come out shit but seems a god job there mateand the mclarens are all hand painted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eafy Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 That car looks sick!Got to be one of the nicest things I have ever seen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eafy Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Another bit of painting from a past event from young Edam Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StarletMad Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Very nice work ...Ollie you work for Mercedes? Tell them to sort there optional extra rear screens out for the AMG.Getting fed up with making our own loThink we should start a tread about things we've done which were happy with Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Just thought I'd add another job that I've just found on my computer lol.I used to have a fiesta that cost me £140 lol, I stripped it out and put a 1.7 puma engine in it and eventually tried to make it look better on the outside and ended up fitting a ZS kit and smoothing a bootlid off. Some pictures ...Anyone else got any jobs? lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starlet__SR Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Some nice jobs done there aaddzz. I enjoy doing all my own spraywork, did a friends radical after the nonce split brake fluid all over it lol! Will see if I can find some picsD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tyron Devine Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Few oldies will upload some recent ones soon rember these are when i first started :-) Bumper test fittedBeforeAfterHalf way through primerIll upload alot more monday :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Thats some awesome work mate I wanna work in a bodyshop haha! Did you make that panel stand or can you actually buy them? Also, out of curiosity, what temp do you bake the layers at? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PaulStarletSR Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 wudnt listen to negativ comments in this thread,i think uv dun sum wicked jobs judgin by the pix and limited resources. good work mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 wudnt listen to negativ comments in this thread,i think uv dun sum wicked jobs judgin by the pix and limited resources. good work mateWhat negative comments?... Have I missed something? lol! Cheers mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eafy Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Did you make that panel stand or can you actually buy them?They are on sale at your paint shop.I saw them on leaflets whilst waiting for paint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) That's extremely steep :s... Costs about £40 to paint a set of rims lol.Nice wheels though. GLWTS Edited December 23, 2012 by aaddzz123 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skimmy237 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I paint cars in college and fair enough it's only in college but for a set of wheels painted in the booth by a car painter (what I'm training to be)Would be 130 labour plus paint (up to another 70 max) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 That's extremely steep :s... Costs about £40 to paint a set of rims lol.Nice wheels though.GLWTSHaha id like to see a body shop charge £40 to paint 4 wheels Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Haha id like to see a body shop charge £40 to paint 4 wheelsI meant doing them yourself lol! Paint, paper, supplies etc. Shouldn't cost any more than £40 if you spread your materials carefully ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Neo Gold Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 (edited) You simply cannot rattle can wheels properly!!....best finish & end of , PERIOD!! is a pro spray job with a decent spray gun!!..I should no... been painting for years!, people don't understand that paint costs, & its not only the paint..there's thinners. hardner/ barcote etc etc!!..So for example, i painted my whole rear bumper yesterday...it cost me £100 in paint/hardner etc & I sprayed the bumper myself!!..Prepping wheels is a complete CRAP job & takes ages...& that's what takes time...if you prepped them yourself , then yes..you'll prob save a stackload.Those wheels are a good price..if you like tango orange!! Edited December 24, 2012 by Neo Gold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
beefy Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Cost me 30quid did them my self and when i had tyres fitted the guy send they looked like a pro had did them made me feel great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaddzz123 Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 You simply cannot rattle can wheels properly!!....best finish & end of , PERIOD!! is a pro spray job with a decent spray gun!!..I should no... been painting for years!, people don't understand that paint costs, & its not only the paint..there's thinners. hardner/ barcote etc etc!!..So for example, i painted my whole rear bumper yesterday...it cost me £100 in paint/hardner etc & I sprayed the bumper myself!!..Prepping wheels is a complete CRAP job & takes ages...& that's what takes time...if you prepped them yourself , then yes..you'll prob save a stackload.Those wheels are a good price..if you like tango orange!! I've also done painting for years and have all the equipment lol. If you buy your supplies in bulk like I imagine you do having done it for years, then you should be able to spread your cost over a set of rims down to about £40 if you work it out over the long run. I painted my bumper having spent £20ish on a small pot of colour and using left over high build and 2k clear from another job.... So the bumper cost me £20ish to do lol.... A bodyshop will have gallons and gallons of primer, clear coat, hardener, thinners, panel wipe and hundreds of sheets of paper and pads for the sanders, numerous tubs of bogo and fiberglass etc etc etc. So in the long run for a bodyshop, you can probably knock off about 20% of the cost if you were going to buy your stuff in quater litres lol... Not to mention claiming back VAT.If you spent £100 just on paint for a bumper then either go to a different paint supplier or put it on thinner lol! .As for not getting a pro finish with a can I've done numerous jobs with cans and had perfect blends and colour matches etc. If the nozzle is good and its mixed properly in the can it can sometimes be a lot easier to get a better finish with a can lol. For example spraying lower parts where the air line on a gun would get in the way. Like I experience a few times when repairing sills....I'm saying all this in jest by the way lol. Don't want an argument. But £100 in paint for a bumper is overpriced, not being able to get a decent finish with a tinnie is a lie and £300 for 4 rims to be refurbed is a bit of a bum rape . You can get a full respray for £800 lol........ awaits abusive reply haha! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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