What is the Koukster Up-too????FINISHED(updated 10/28)
What is the Koukster Up-too????FINISHED(updated 10/28)
hmmmmm.....now what could I be up to??????
Last edited by Koukster on Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:27 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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I liked the color when I first got the car because it is one of the rare ones. Then I caught a lot of crap from the local guys and after 7 months it has finally got the best of me.
I hate when people feel that they have the right to put your stuff down because they think there opinions matter .
I too hate body work, I had a lot of very small minor dings on the passenger side, I assume from other peoples doors, it was like this when I bought the car.
The heat gun was used to loosen up the sticky clue that was on the back of the badgeing.
haha....I can't decide whether I want to:
1. Tell you the color
2. Give another teaser pic.
3. Or let you wait till the end of the week to see the finished product.
I hate when people feel that they have the right to put your stuff down because they think there opinions matter .
I too hate body work, I had a lot of very small minor dings on the passenger side, I assume from other peoples doors, it was like this when I bought the car.
The heat gun was used to loosen up the sticky clue that was on the back of the badgeing.
haha....I can't decide whether I want to:
1. Tell you the color
2. Give another teaser pic.
3. Or let you wait till the end of the week to see the finished product.
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Could you give me a process on exactly what you did to prep you bumper for paint? What grit sand paper and any solutions that you used. Sorry its a very basic question, but its either I paint it myelf Or I take it somewhere and pay money( insert emotion that symbolizes gay). Thanks, I just want to get a little more confidence in painting something myself.
Tanner.
Tanner.
Sure, If you look at the first pic you can see how I pressure washed all the loose paint off. The bumper was peeling paint from the previous owner not baking the bumper before he painted it (car was involved in a front in collision, bumper is new). The tough stuff I got off with a commercial paint thinner and then cleaned with a detergent. It's important to clean the bumper after every process. I then had to bake my bumper because it still had some additives in it. I then used a 2 thousand grit paper to allow a very light scuff. That is picture 2. Then clean it again with the detergent. After that I used a filler type of primer that sticks real good on plastic. If you try to spray your bumper yourself make sure your in the right conditions. This can prove to be difficult if you don't have a baking booth or paint booth like I'm using. Make sure the temp is about 70 and humidity is below 50%. Here are a couple of links that might help you.TanManS14 wrote:Could you give me a process on exactly what you did to prep you bumper for paint? What grit sand paper and any solutions that you used. Sorry its a very basic question, but its either I paint it myelf Or I take it somewhere and pay money( insert emotion that symbolizes gay). Thanks, I just want to get a little more confidence in painting something myself.
Tanner.
http://www.paintscratch.com/automotive-paint-tips.htm
http://www.carcraft.com/howto/24820/
After you primer it you'll need to wet sand it, clean, spray base coat, wet sand, clean, and repeat for all the following coats, and repeat the same process with the clear coat. Then buff.
Quick tip on your stroke. Make sure to use long steady strokes and depending on the guy your using ( I stay about 12inches back from the body) stay 10-15 inches back.
hope this helps.
Last edited by Koukster on Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
read up one post......the car is getting covered....its not staying like that. We are not even done masking the car yet. thanks for the advice though. check back next week and hopefully I'll have it done.turtle wrote:man you really should have primed to the edge of the door insted of stoping lik2 inches away of the edge and making a hard line. thats ganna be a bi*ch to get out. same on the quarter should of tried to mask off the the body line. aways good luck hope it all blocks out ok.
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[/quote]Quick tip on your stroke. Make sure to use long steady strokes and depending on the guy your using ( I stay about 12inches back from the body) stay 10-15 inches back.After you primer it you'll need to wet sand it, clean, spray base coat, wet sand, clean, and repeat for all the following coats, and repeat the same process with the clear coat. Then buff.Sure, If you look at the first pic you can see how I pressure washed all the loose paint off. The bumper was peeling paint from the previous owner not baking the bumper before he painted it (car was involved in a front in collision, bumper is new). The tough stuff I got off with a commercial paint thinner and then cleaned with a detergent. It's important to clean the bumper after every process. I then had to bake my bumper because it still had some additives in it. I then used a 2 thousand grit paper to allow a very light scuff. That is picture 2. Then clean it again with the detergent. After that I used a filler type of primer that sticks real good on plastic. If you try to spray your bumper yourself make sure your in the right conditions. This can prove to be difficult if you don't have a baking booth or paint booth like I'm using. Make sure the temp is about 70 and humidity is below 50%. Here are a couple of links that might help you.
http://www.paintscratch.com/automotive-paint-tips.htm
http://www.carcraft.com/howto/24820/
hope this helps.
Wow man, I really cant thank you enough. Thanks very much for helping me with this, Ill post picks when I start which will probably be a while until I get all the materials. Thank you very much and great links too. Thanks again.
Please tell me you sanded with somthing at least as corse as 600 grit before spraying the primer-filler. If not, you wil most likely find that your paint will start to fall off later.Koukster wrote: ... I then used a 2 thousand grit paper to allow a very light scuff. That is picture 2. Then clean it again with the detergent. After that I used a filler type of primer that sticks real good on plastic.....
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Precision T3/T4
mild p&p, pdm tri-flow turbo cams, custom exhaust, ETS mani and dump
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To some extent your right. For the guy at home I suppose I would use a more course paper, to save time and effort. However, in my situation, I use 2 thousand because I like to be flawless, by using a finer paper and pressing deeper into the bumper the primer is able to settle with just as much depth but with closer grooves. Also the paint we are using is statically charged so bonding is no problem. Its really a neat little trick it works a lot like the light that the dentist uses on your fillings.240racr wrote:Koukster wrote: If not, you wil most likely find that your paint will start to fall off later.
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very hot koukster. i will see you in about 45 min to take pics and get somne real photos of the beast. glad ur happy.
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im also intrested on what a job like that would cost to have you or someone else do it. vs what you spent yourself including the guns you used.
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Thanks for all the postive feedback guys. I'm really glad you like it. It looks better in person. The car was not completely gutted. We removed the front windshield and pulled everything else off the car. The door panels where removed but the rest of the interior was untouched. The bill totalled $2,050, that included door sills, trunk, spraying the underside of the hood and trunk flat black, and a brand new windshield. I didn't have enough nerve to paint it, so I had another employee paint it. I would say it would cost the average person around 3K for this paint job. It would be possible to get it cheaper if you didn't have as much body damage as I did.