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White_1.2

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5th May 05 at 20:21

few progress pics of a respray on the corsa, ive been testing the paint on the bonnet

will post some more at a later stage

[Edited on 05-05-2005 by White_1.2]

antonOO2

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5th May 05 at 20:22

please tell me you are not spraying a complete car with halfords cans?

Adam-D

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5th May 05 at 20:22

are you gonna sand out the bonnet? get it smooth

atm it looks very dogy

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5th May 05 at 20:24

ace coverage there

Ian

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5th May 05 at 20:25

Take the door handles off as well as the window strips and mask down the gap instead of over the rubber.

White_1.2

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5th May 05 at 20:27

its a metalic paint you will find that most of thats reflections from various light sources.
thats only one coat lol will be sanded with a fine grade paper once ive put another 2 coats on then laqured

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5th May 05 at 20:28

is it rattle cans though?

White_1.2

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5th May 05 at 20:28

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Take the door handles off as well as the window strips and mask down the gap instead of over the rubber.

cheers fo the tip ian

Marc

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5th May 05 at 20:29

James

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5th May 05 at 20:30

quote:
Originally posted by Marc

my thoughts exactly

James@CCC

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5th May 05 at 20:32

quote:
Originally posted by White_1.2

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Take the door handles off as well as the window strips and mask down the gap instead of over the rubber.

cheers fo the tip ian

if u needed that tip you should not be spraying ur car urself

and please please please dont do it with aerosol cans

White_1.2

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5th May 05 at 20:33

no im using a compressor what gave you u the idea i was using cans

Jake

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5th May 05 at 20:34

the lack of coverage probably

James@CCC

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5th May 05 at 20:34

it shouldnt be so patchy if ur using a compressor. one coat would give it full coverage

White_1.2

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5th May 05 at 20:44

what so metalics have no reflections at all?

Jake

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5th May 05 at 20:46

yeh they do but at the bottom of the bonnet in between the headlamps there seems to be white patches

White_1.2

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5th May 05 at 20:47

that would be the camera flash

Jake

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5th May 05 at 20:49

yeh, to the left hand side it is, next to the right hand side headlamp, it looks like white paint

JOPO

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5th May 05 at 20:55

this will be ruff lol al wait to see it finished before a coment :-/

James@CCC

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5th May 05 at 20:56

it not just that, its that the reflections dont exactly look shiny. i no it hasnt been polished or anything, but it just doesnt look smooth, and u wouldnt be planning another 2 coats.

wot size compressor are u usin?

James_DT

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5th May 05 at 20:59

Everyone's an expert.

AdamF

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5th May 05 at 20:59

if its metalic it will need lacquering and one coat shouldnt cover if it does your putting it on to thick

James

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5th May 05 at 21:00

IMO you should have used poster paint, u know the powder that you buy in a tin from early learning centre and mix it with water?

Mazin

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5th May 05 at 21:04

can do a good job with aerosol if u know what your doing

whola car goin black or u doin 2 tone?

White_1.2

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5th May 05 at 21:05

its a Ranger 30 Air Compressor 1.5hp, i thought id have a go, no harm in doing the bonnet as its not the orignal.

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