Painting the car...

[December]

I just noticed a huge scratch on the right side of my car from begining to end; i have a good idea about when this happened and my father was driving the car at the time.

Now like the loving son that i am, i'm gonna push for a new paintjob since my car (bought as a used car) needed one anyway. The difference now is that i won't have to save up to pay for it myself .

How much will it cost me if i have it done in a shop ? Can i do it myself ?
What does painting the car myself involve ?

I went to the supermarket yesterday and noticed there are paint sprays there with aerosol; are these any good ?
Also they're quite cheap and if i can do the whole thing myself i can use the money for the paintjob for something else, maybe new rear light .

I've noticed that whenever i ask the guys at the service about the price for any type of work on my car they always give me some astronomical figures (just like they did with the motoroil which i ended up changing myself).

Has anyone here painted his own car ? Could you please guide me through this if you have ?

Thanks

 

[December]

Obviously the skim behind the whole thing is for me to get money to paint the car in a shop but do it myself and keep pretty much all the marbles for other stuff for the car.
Is this possible and if it is.. to what extent; what could go wrong ?

 

[Tallpaul]

Go to B & Q get a big tin of Hammerite, some rollers and a couple small brushes for the fiddly bits. £50 and a couple of hours should see the whole car done nicely

 

[December]

>_<

Whats B & Q ? ( i don't live in the UK )
I might not find Hammerite here in North Romania.
Do i need to do it with roller and other brushes? Why aren't spray paints good ?

"£50 and a couple of hours should see the whole car done nicely"
Thats what i have in mind but i need to know more; i don't want to screw anything up.

I've been looking aroung on the Hammerite website and noticed that Black paint is avaible in Aerosol Application aswell as Brush Application; which one is better ? Whats the difference between the two? Will using a brush make for a better paintjob ?

 

[Reg]

Unless you want to reduce the value of your car to almost zero, do not try doing this yourself! Spray cans can give good results if you were for example painting a little bit of trim to go on the car - and even then they need lots of practice to make it not look rubbish.

But as for painting a whole car, forget it - its ridiculous. Even if you could get hold of the correct paint, air compressors to run the paint guns, etc etc, you would need somewhere very very clean and draught free to do it. I don't mean a garage where you shut the window - I mean a environmentally controlled dust free area and an oven to bake the paint afterwards.

Sadly, its not going to be cheap (have no idea in Romania), but its not cheap for a reason. Either save up and do it properly, or just live with it as it is.

 

[Tallpaul]

I've been looking aroung on the Hammerite website and noticed that Black paint is avaible in Aerosol Application aswell as Brush Application; which one is better ? Whats the difference between the two? Will using a brush make for a better paintjob ?

Good grief, you might actually be serious.

If your dad is gonna pay, don't rip him off; use the money to get it done properly

 

[December]

 

[Brucel]

Don't do it....



Final Answer? Don't do it..... the paint work can't be that bad that you doing it yourself will make it better? Just give it a good polish or get it done professionally.

 

[daniel_owen_uk]

>_<

Whats B & Q ? ( i don't live in the UK )
I might not find Hammerite here in North Romania.
Do i need to do it with roller and other brushes? Why aren't spray paints good ?

"£50 and a couple of hours should see the whole car done nicely"
Thats what i have in mind but i need to know more; i don't want to screw anything up.

I've been looking aroung on the Hammerite website and noticed that Black paint is avaible in Aerosol Application aswell as Brush Application; which one is better ? Whats the difference between the two? Will using a brush make for a better paintjob ?

STOP!!!

Hammer time

Sorry couldn't resist, as others have said, that was meant as windup, it's probably the ugliest paint on the planet.

Get it done professionally, or not at all.

 

[paul26982]

Loling At His Post Tbh

 

[hamps_w]

I re-sprayed my own car with the help of a proffesional (well he applied the paint and i did all of the hard work!

I can tell you that it is expensive for a good reason- ITS BLOODY HARD WORK!

Its dirty, tiring and can easily go wrong if you dont know what your doing.

The end result is very satisfying though.

 

[cupra-c_ya]

Go to B & Q get a big tin of Hammerite, some rollers and a couple small brushes for the fiddly bits. £50 and a couple of hours should see the whole car done nicely

also ask the local kids to give a hand by giving them sweets, get them to paint the wheels, an art lesson for them like rolfs cartoon club! yeh

tallpaul; class reply

on a serious note, dont think it would be something that I would want to take on, I dont think it is a d.i.y job unless you know what your are doing, you wont save money by doing it yourself in the long run if you feck it up.

 

[December]

also ask the local kids to give a hand by giving them sweets, get them to paint the wheels, an art lesson for them like rolfs cartoon club! yeh

tallpaul; class reply

on a serious note, dont think it would be something that I would want to take on, I dont think it is a d.i.y job unless you know what your are doing, you wont save money by doing it yourself in the long run if you feck it up.

:| you see this is the problem with online forums; its hard to tell when someone is being sarcastic

Now, what sweets do you think the kids will like the most ? I was thinking chocolate and some cool lemonade drinks might do the trick.

 

[cupra-c_ya]

:| you see this is the problem with online forums; its hard to tell when someone is being sarcastic

Now, what sweets do you think the kids will like the most ? I was thinking chocolate and some cool lemonade drinks might do the trick.

sorry fella, just having a bubble.

on a serious note though there is more to it then you think, let a professional do it, at least you know it will be a good job, if you do it yourself and you make a mess of it you can only blame yourself.


chocolate and lemonade would do the trick

 

[GazM]

Just to agree with the other replies..... don't do it. You'll wish you hadn't started by the time it's too late to stop.

When you see how much work is involved (especially without the right tools) you will understand the high price for a respray - not to mention the price of decent paint.

On the other hand taking it to a professional doesn't guarantee a good job. Ask around and get recommendations before you leave your car with anyone.