I don't remember exact details, like what grit paper (I did it over a year ago) but here are the basic steps:
- Take down to bare metal with fairly rough paper.
- Sand bare metal with finer paper.
- Sand bare metal with even finer paper.
- Spray with primer (I used some kind of green stuff in a rattle can).
- Sand primer with fine paper. Clean primer with multiple coats of prep sol.
- Spray 2-3 coats of Krylon on (I only waited about an hour between each coat), let dry for a few days.
- Wetsand with progressively finer paper.
- Buff (a lot)
- Wax
- Enjoy!
It took me about a week to do all of this, working afternoons.
Tommy Suddard wrote:
I don't remember exact details, like what grit paper (I did it over a year ago) but here are the basic steps:
1. Take down to bare metal with fairly rough paper.
2. Sand bare metal with finer paper.
3. Sand bare metal with even finer paper.
4. Spray with primer (I used some kind of green stuff in a rattle can).
5. Sand primer with fine paper. Clean primer with multiple coats of prep sol.
6. Spray 2-3 coats of Krylon on (I only waited about an hour between each coat), let dry for a few days.
7. Wetsand with progressively finer paper.
8. Buff (a lot)
9. Wax
10. Enjoy!
It took me about a week to do all of this, working afternoons.
Looks like it paid off, Tommy! Nice job.
porksboy, your offer sounds pretty good. May be awhile before I can commit, we've got graduation & other fambly stuff here in the next couple o'weeks (and now that the open-wheel split's over I find myself strangely drawn to Indianapolis again-ain't doing nothin' but watching the race that day!). I'll PM ya.
My 07/08 Challenge car was spray bombed. It was harlequin in 07 and when my truck lost it's rear wheels on the way down in 08, I sprayed it in the trailer yellow with a flat black top side.
The first time I did one panel a time at lunch time at work, took about 2 weeks for the whole car. The second time in the trailer was about 4-5 hours while I was waiting for the roadside repair service.
However, an enclosed trailer in the hot Georgia sun with only the roof vents and side door opened yielded a bunch of dead brain cells and the sensation that it only took 5 minutes to spray the whole car, I thought I was the world's best and fastest painter ever, man...
Plus, I didn't want to be up in the truck with the wife telling me "I told you to check everything before we left, I'm never doing this again, and when are you going to learn to stop spending money buying this junk"...... etc,etc...
My only other note is Krylon doesn't seem to hold the color as long as Rustoleum without a lot of maintenance/waxing/polishing.
I've heard rumors that Maaco would spray a car for under $200 if you did all the prep yourself.
Can anyone confirm this?
