andy_s_1
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Registered: 17th Sep 04
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if so do you use a air spray gun??
which one?
what paint do you use?
do you get a proffesional finish?
thank you 
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RKS
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Registered: 2nd Mar 04
Location: Gloucestershire UK
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Yes an air spray gun,
not sure its only a cheap gravity feed gun,
using 2k paint,
yeh the finish is normally pretty good
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andy_s_1
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where do you get your paint from?
how does it come?
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RKS
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we get the paint from Autopaint international, and it comes in3 parts
thinners activators and paint
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andy_s_1
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ohhhh sounds complicated :s
what air compressor do you use?
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BAZ 1256
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i spray my own stuff but then that is my job as well.
i use a accuspray gun, and for paint i use ppg deltron
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andy_s_1
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so how do you go about spraying it? what the thinner/activators/paint for?
[Edited on 11-02-2005 by andy_s_1]
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BAZ 1256
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if you've never sprayed before id say dont bother, yeah you could geta half decent job but more likely to make a complete fuck up and it'll end up costing you more to get someone to sort it out.
what sort of job were you planning on doing??
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andy_s_1
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just odds and sods lol, wing mirrors interior bits boot thing, just plastic parts,
als just for touch ups
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stevenford_uk
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if u have got the stuff already like the compressor, gun and air lines, then you may as well give it a go.
if you prepare all the stuff well you should be ok, just take your time with it.
i am looking for somewhere to rent shortly to respray my whole car once i have done the bodywork, nd this is going to be my first time spraying with a gun.
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corsa120
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spraying is not as hard as ppl think im totally self taught and alot of ppl say im wasted being an engineer i should paint for a living, even taught myself to do the odd bit of airbrushing too
gravity feed guns are best to use and easier to handle/menover etc
prepare surface well and use even strokes and have fan on the gun so the paint spreads to shape of what ur spraying i.e side of car u should have nozzle spraying vertically
last when using 2k lacquers always apply a thin coat which wont look very good to start with allow it to go sticky allmost so it would pull tiny hears from ur finger and then a good solid coat of lacquer, this method avoids runs
and one thing most peeps dont tell ya it never hurts to add small quantity of hardener to paint and lacquer just helps cure paint better b4 lacquers go on
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andy_s_1
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has any of you helpful people got a link to where i can buy cheap paint online how does it come and how do you mix/use it
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