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dont let it put you off. its just wear and tear. BUT a major factor is in the prep process, if you get a prepper who cant be arsed and just gives them a quick sanding and whacks a ton of primer on, they will flake, and they will flake in no time at all.
if you go somewhere that take pride in...
depends if your gonna smooth them all by hand or if your gonna build the primer up.
ide say 2-3 cans of primer
2 cans of basecoat
3 cans of laquer.
can always take any back you dont use but that looks spot on
i painted 4 mouldings, 2 fog surrounds and a spoiler with 3 primer, 2 basecoat, 3...
What Will I Need For The Final Paint?
- Aerosol Basecoat (Colour)
- Aerosol Cellulose Laquer (Clearcoat)
- Masking Tape
- Cleaning Rags
*Optional Items*
- Aerosol Spray Gun Adapter (More even spraying and generally easier) Link
- Panel Wipe...
What Will I Need For The Final Prep & Paint?
- Aerosol Basecoat (Colour)
- Aerosol Cellulose Laquer (Clearcoat)
- Wetordry Sandpaper (P800 or P1000 or P1200)
- Rubber Sanding Block
- Bucket
- Cleaning Rags
*Optional Items*
- Aerosol Spray Gun Adapter (More even spraying and generally easier)...
What Will I Need For Preparing/Primering?
- Mixed Dry Sandpaper (P180 & P320)
- Aerosol Cellulose Primer
- Aerosol Matt or Satin Black Spray Paint
- Cleaning Rags
*Optional Item*
- Aerosol Spray Gun Adapter (More even spraying and generally easier) Link
- Panel Wipe...
nope, go for it dude, worst case scenrio is that it reacts like a bugger and you have to wet flat it all back down again.
i can copy/paste a guide into here if you want it
welcome to the site.
its generally best to get a specialist to mix up the paint, somewhere like autoaint.co.uk
halfords are good for easy colours, like your blacks.
primer should ideally, but not essential, be the colour of your car or as close to it as possible, basically means its gonna...
right ive got 2 pcs.
1 upstairs, 1 downstairs, both are wired to the router via ethernet cables.
the pc downstairs is working fine.
the pc upstairs wont connect to the internet.
its just decided to break, been working perfect for months.
the light comes on the router to show 2 sockets are...
half the people in this thread saying cat d's are bodge jobs and no good are talking absolute nonsense.
cat d's are panel damage, lock damage, when cars have had paint stripper tipped all over it.
how the f**k is that a bodge job if its had a bare metal respray?
living in cuckoo land if you...
tbh gaz your lucky you didnt scratch f**k out of your paintwork with your first pic. wash your car before you mop, you seen the bottoms of the doors that youve mopped with?
might aswell polish with sand n cement mix.
true, but have you seen most cat d cars?
you can get a cat d for lock damage.
i bought a cat c clio, just needed a new rear quarter and repair on the door.