chris_lee100
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Im thinking of spending a few bob and turning my garage into a little paintshop. Ive had a go at spraying before and to be honest I wasnt very good at it, however as a firm believer in practice makes perfect Im thinking of buying a compressor and gun to get me started, and perhaps getting some parts from a scrappy to have a go on with a longer term view to doin work on my own car.....
I believe painting, like any trade, is a bit of an art form and was just wonderering if anyone had ever thought of getting into it themselves or had actually bit the bullet and bought all the bits and learned from it ?? So, like bedroom DJs, are any of you shed sprayers  
If so how much did you spend and how did you get on ?? 
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vibrio
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I've sprayed a few faces in my time
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Joff
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Define "a few".
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chris_lee100
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dead helpful that
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Ali Mc
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Its my job
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Munchie
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FlamingCorsa
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well i got compressor and gun, pretty good ones i think! have sprayed all my cars part from one so far but with east paints, cellulose, really safe 2 use anywhere but not a very good finish!
gonna try and mess with 2 pac paint which are much betta qualitly but gotta have special mask cos it has dangerious stuff in it! not sure how thats gonna go - hehe! prob should b left 2 a bodyshop but i dont wanna pay bodyshop prices - lol
hope some of that helps!
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chris_lee100
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i see, so the bodyshops use 2 pac paint ? Im gonna have a look in your garage now see if any of that is your work. How much did your comp and gun cost ??
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-Aliba-
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Chris, i bought an air compressor and a couple of guns of ebay for something like 140 bucks or so. Good guns and decent compressor at that!!!
Got all this stuff included in the £140.
I'm also in the process of clearing my garage out...... have been at it for about 4 days now 
Will also need to buy an air fed mask (appr £150), and maybe another small compressor for the mask.
And i suppose i'll need to invest in some sort of heating device.... and also air extraction unit aswell.
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FlamingCorsa
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my compressor is simliar 2 tht but its a belt driven one dont think that is ment 2 b more reliable, dad uses it for the farm tho! paid £250 for compressor, bout 50for the gun!
yea 2 pac is the way forward, pics in me garage of when i did my car! iaz
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chris_lee100
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cheers lads, havnt made me mind up yet, i may leave it too the experts, have u tried it out yet - Aliba- ?
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-Aliba-
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nup chris, still in the process of scrubbing my garage
My bucketman comes tomorrow
He will go fuckn loopy
I have about 8 big plastic sacks (about 5 times the size of a normal black sack) sitting next to thge bucket!
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