Doing a Full respray myself.
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Doing a Full respray myself.
If i can get myself access to a nice lockup with some space and electricity i would really like to make a go of it as i said i wont be able to pay someone to do it. so here are my questions:
- what sort of equipment would i need and costs to rent?
- are there any good online tutorials or a link to a forum members project that details the process
- would it be better to each panel individually? as in doors, tail gate, bonnet etc take everything back to the shell and rebuild the car from scratch
Any general advice would be great.
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By the sounds of it you have no experiance in spraying a car.
Im sure the equipment would cost quite a bit then you got to buy all the paint ect.
You would have to take into account it will proberly look awefull untill you got the hang of it so thats extra money on more paint.
You aint got an oven which in my opinion you HAVE to have.
You will then either end up with a car which will look like its been sprayed by a novice (which aint good) or you will end up paying someone to rectify your work.
Personally i would just save your pennies and pay someone to do it for you.
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Are there any members that have embarked on respraying cars themselves?
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Some pics of it here - luckily my mate Farmer Dave let me use a workshop for a few days!
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Total job cost about £50 but bear in mind we only paid £100 for the car
I'd agree with bignorm though - if you want it to look mint up close then pay a professional!
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hi mate this is my old caddy i did with rustoleum and a roller,for £50 it was good,obviously not as good as a 3 grand job. but then again i had a sweet looking caddy and £2950 in the bank 8)
si
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it depends really what you want for your car,my mk1 is hoodride/ratty look so a £50 paint job would be fine but on the other hand it would be laughed off the show circuit,if thats where i wanted to go with her
si
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http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=234403
I think if you polish it up properly after painting it will last. As above HVLP sprayers were recommended by quite a few that didn't try rollers.
At the end of the day you get what you pay for but for a first effort mine turned out way better than I would have ever expected
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If its just a respray then its not going to be thousands.
Resprays can start from as little as £800+
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I would also reccomend visiting a few bodyshops and having a chat with them.
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http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/spray-painting.htm
If you build up a good few of layers of paint you will have plenty to cut back and polish up to a good finish. You will save quite a bit of cash if you DIY but you will need lots of time and patience to do it justice.
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I've just had my beetle done by a local bodyshop - I saved more money by having the car back after priming to flat off myself, and did the inside metalwork with colour matched rattle cans. It's not show quality, but it looks pretty good from a foot or so, and perfectly acceptable for £400 plus the 5 litres of paint.
Neil
'86 Cabriolet, most of a '68 Beetle Karmann cab, an '81 T25 Devon Moonraker and an '09 Skoda Fabia!
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