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http://www.pbase.com/xavier/inbox
1. mixing is easy its on the label, take a lil math, but easy
2. prepwork is basicly removing and sanding, the more stuff you remove and paint off the car, the betterit will look.
3, YES i bought a ryobi 1/4 sheet sander about $40. another option would be wetsanding, its probably easyer to wetsand.
(note you can NOT wet sand with a sander)
4. used a paint booth.
5. it is the stock color, with a lil higher metalic.
6. i used my friends very expensive paint gun, it really worked great.
7. i shot 3/4 galons of clear (about a gallon after hardener) and about the same amount of paint.
8. camelion color, hmmm i dunno its pretty hard to shoot, and expesive if i mess it up, metalics, solids, pearls and maybe candy's ill shoot.
basicly, SAND real smooth, sand everything, remove moldings, lights, wings for better finish look.
you can paint in a garage, i have befoe, but you are likely to get dust, dirt and bugs on the paint (TIP if you paint in a garage use a FAST REDUCER, it will help it dry faster, and wet the floor)
Air presure is VERY IMPORTANT if your planing on shooting pearls, metalics, and candy's, for solid colors you can get away with murder.
Paint gun, use the right gun for the right job, different nozles are for different type of paint (IE, clear, paint, primer)
If you plan on shooting a SOLID color, i say go for it, its easy, you dont even need clear (its optional)
If you plan on shooting met's, pearls ect let me know ill give ya some tips.
Also, if ya need to me to shoot a car and you are in So Cal let me know, you do all the prep, and ill shoot it for ya.
i hope i was imformative without rambling on, but this is kinda techical thing,
And thanx for all your positive feedback, thanx!
Looks good! is that the original color?
