<VV> a ? for you DIY-ers(or guys with paint shops)
James Davis
jld at wk.net
Wed Apr 13 14:28:02 EDT 2005
At 10:38 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote:
>It is all in the preparation and the desired finish. First assume you are
>building on the stock lacquer base. Don't. The stock paint is 5/7
>microns thick. Paint will crack when stressed (temperature changes) if
>it is more than 10 microns thick. Second assume you have a bare car. You
>need a self etching primer. Three quarts for a coupe two for a
>convertible. Then you need a sealer or sealer primer figure two
>quarts. Next you need a gallon of a high build primer and lots of sand
>paper. You need to block sand the car with a final 400 grit for a solid
>car and 600 grit for a metal flake. Be sure and use a guide coat for the
>block sanding. You need two quarts of a tinted primer sealer. You need a
>three quarts of base coat and two quarts of clear. You are through except
>for the color sanding and rub out. If you are going to redo the car in
>5/8 years, a single stage enamel is ok instead of the base/clear. The
>ultimate in durability is a single stage polyurethane (like DuPont's
>Imrons), but it is hard to spray and tends to give you liver cancer
>(isocyanides).
>
>A typical paint shop will charge 20% profit, 40% labor and 30% materials,
>10% overhead, so you can save up to 70% if you use your sweat
>equity. Besides you know who to blame if it doesn't come out right. :-)
>Jim Davis
>
> At 10:01 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote:
>
>>I've been giving some consideration to spraying my own
>>car, instead of paying someone to paint it. I've
>>found some great colors at the House of Kolors
>>website, and they're really not that expensive
>>UNLESS....(here comes the quetions)
>>
>>How many quarts does it take to cover a Corvair? I'm
>>talkin like, Primer/sealer, and like 2 or 3 color
>>coats, and then like 2 clear coats maybe.
>>
>>My Buddy Scott is trying to convince me that its not
>>that hard and that I could do it NP, but I dunno...
>>Is it really that hard?
>>
>>Thats about it,
>>Ryan
>>
>>And If I run away, would you bring me back to cloud 9? S.O.C.
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>>
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