attn whoever has use spray paint to paint a lip....

[DanGillan]

im going to order paint from paintscratch.com to paint my lip, i was just wondering how many cans of base coat to order? im hoping to get away with one, but i want to do at least 2 coats of base before clear, anyone know if one can will do two coats? any help is appreciated, thanks,

Dan

[royalflush313]

1 is more than enough (assuming that it is a standard size rattle can).

[DanGillan]

it is, 12.5oz..

did you do yours?

[royalflush313]

it is, 12.5oz..

did you do yours?

yep. You'll have plenty of paint left over. I used a 340g (i live in Canada ;) ) which I believe translates to about 12.5oz.
I had enough for 2 coats, paint the fog blanks as well. Still have approx 1/5 left.

BTW, I got my paint from the local autoparts store, they mixed up the paint for me while I waited, for about $30 Canadian. No need to deal with shipping and what not that way.

I used a rattle can for my lip, then later on used a compressor for my skirts and rear apron. Rattle cans are pretty hard to use, but it can be done and come out quite nicely.

For my lip, I did finish it with a clear out of the gun though.

[Digitalwave]

Send a PM to Nando, I believe he painted my lip with spray cans. You could never tell. He did an amazing job.

[SebSter]

your car is schwartz right? mine is the same, where did you go to get your paint mixed, and what sort of information did you have to give them? Just the name of the color? Or some code too?


it is, 12.5oz..

did you do yours?

yep. You'll have plenty of paint left over. I used a 340g (i live in Canada ;) ) which I believe translates to about 12.5oz.
I had enough for 2 coats, paint the fog blanks as well. Still have approx 1/5 left.

BTW, I got my paint from the local autoparts store, they mixed up the paint for me while I waited, for about $30 Canadian. No need to deal with shipping and what not that way.

I used a rattle can for my lip, then later on used a compressor for my skirts and rear apron. Rattle cans are pretty hard to use, but it can be done and come out quite nicely.

For my lip, I did finish it with a clear out of the gun though.

[royalflush313]

your car is schwartz right? mine is the same, where did you go to get your paint mixed, and what sort of information did you have to give them? Just the name of the color? Or some code too?


it is, 12.5oz..

did you do yours?

yep. You'll have plenty of paint left over. I used a 340g (i live in Canada ;) ) which I believe translates to about 12.5oz.
I had enough for 2 coats, paint the fog blanks as well. Still have approx 1/5 left.

BTW, I got my paint from the local autoparts store, they mixed up the paint for me while I waited, for about $30 Canadian. No need to deal with shipping and what not that way.

I used a rattle can for my lip, then later on used a compressor for my skirts and rear apron. Rattle cans are pretty hard to use, but it can be done and come out quite nicely.

For my lip, I did finish it with a clear out of the gun though.

My car is diamondschwarz. I went to Lordco, not sure if you have that where you live.
Just tell them which car you have (just in case) and also have the color code in handy. I think DS is 181 or something like that.

[SebSter]

yeah i think ur right, i dunno if we have that one here in toronto, but i will check it out. thanks.

[nando]

1 is more than enough (assuming that it is a standard size rattle can).

no, it's not, not unless you plan on doing it all in one coat without wet sanding between, in which case you will be able to tell it was rattle canned. I used 1 can of primer, 2 cans of base and 2-3 cans of clear on my lip. maybe you can get away with less base on a black car, but on silver I don't think it will be enough.

go ahead and order one can if you wish, but if you order two you can always use the other one to paint other things on your car (like your spoiler, heh). but if you only get one, and it turns out that it's not enough, you gotta order again, wait a week and pay shipping twice..

when it's all done, wetsand the clearcoat with 2000 grit and polish with 3m fine rubbing compound, it will look great. :)

also make sure to get flexible primer and the flex additive for your clearcoat..

[OOMPH!]

Send a PM to Nando, I believe he painted my lip with spray cans. You could never tell. He did an amazing job.
your IS lip was spray canned? :shock:

[Digitalwave]

Send a PM to Nando, I believe he painted my lip with spray cans. You could never tell. He did an amazing job.
your IS lip was spray canned? :shock:

Yep, ****ing good huh? I can tell he spent a ton of time on it. www.e30sport.net/12_31_04 for more pics if you want.

[DanGillan]

1 is more than enough (assuming that it is a standard size rattle can).

no, it's not, not unless you plan on doing it all in one coat without wet sanding between, in which case you will be able to tell it was rattle canned. I used 1 can of primer, 2 cans of base and 2-3 cans of clear on my lip. maybe you can get away with less base on a black car, but on silver I don't think it will be enough.

go ahead and order one can if you wish, but if you order two you can always use the other one to paint other things on your car (like your spoiler, heh). but if you only get one, and it turns out that it's not enough, you gotta order again, wait a week and pay shipping twice..

when it's all done, wetsand the clearcoat with 2000 grit and polish with 3m fine rubbing compound, it will look great. :)

also make sure to get flexible primer and the flex additive for your clearcoat..

at that price, it makes more sense to bring it to a shop. i can get it prepped and painted for under $100, done well. seems like that's the way to go, yours did come out perfect, i give you tons of points for that.

[BMW BMXER]

yeah i think ur right, i dunno if we have that one here in toronto, but i will check it out. thanks.

We do.

[OOMPH!]

Send a PM to Nando, I believe he painted my lip with spray cans. You could never tell. He did an amazing job.
your IS lip was spray canned? :shock:

Yep, ****ing good huh? I can tell he spent a ton of time on it. www.e30sport.net/12_31_04 for more pics if you want.
amazing job.... and I demand that you change your sig pic back to the previous one! :P

[Hugo Stiglitz]

I demand that you change your sig pic back to the previous one! :P
I second the vote.

[royalflush313]

1 is more than enough (assuming that it is a standard size rattle can).

no, it's not, not unless you plan on doing it all in one coat without wet sanding between, in which case you will be able to tell it was rattle canned. I used 1 can of primer, 2 cans of base and 2-3 cans of clear on my lip. maybe you can get away with less base on a black car, but on silver I don't think it will be enough.

go ahead and order one can if you wish, but if you order two you can always use the other one to paint other things on your car (like your spoiler, heh). but if you only get one, and it turns out that it's not enough, you gotta order again, wait a week and pay shipping twice..

when it's all done, wetsand the clearcoat with 2000 grit and polish with 3m fine rubbing compound, it will look great. :)

also make sure to get flexible primer and the flex additive for your clearcoat..

I'm not going to argue with you and say that your method does not work, because it does. But I will say that I think you overdid it. Not a bad thing. Result is what's important. But I do not think that 2 cans at 12oz each is necessary at all.

For example, I just finished up painting a full set of sideskirts and rear bumper cover, 2 coats, with less than 1 Quart of paint. (Primer, clear is not included obviously).
1 Quart is little less than 1 Litre. 12.5oz standard rattle can contains about 340g. So you get the idea.

If you prep right and spray thin coats like you should, I don't see how 1 can would NOT do the job.
But like I said, if it can be done with 1 can, it can also be done with 2. So Dan, it's your pick.

[Bryson]

19 coats.

[DanGillan]

32 coats...

i think i just decided to take it to a place. same place that did my spoiler. should be mo nore than $100.

[nando]

dan that's probably not a bad idea. I'm not sure if I'm going to do the spray bomb thing again.. it turned out great last time, but there's a bunch of other **** on my car that needs painted, and once you get past 1-2 cans of that stuff it starts to get overly expensive. Also I don't really like their clearcoat that much, and they overcharge for the primer (it's just SEM flexible primer).

[Spencer]

OOMPH! wrote:
I demand that you change your sig pic back to the previous one!

I second the vote.

3rd~! That was a great shot.

-Spencer

[MR 325]

I just went by a body shop with my is lip in hand and they said at least $100 to paint it. And that was just plain black.

[BahnE30]

a friend of mine painted his golf with rattecans out doors at that
tremclad RV white

one of the guys from my dads shop does a **** load of custom painting and he was buggin him all the time who painted it because it was one of the best jobs he's ever seen, he couldn't believe it was done outside with rattle cans

there was no orange peel and no runs and it was not wet sanded or cleared.

[Schniddy]

a friend of mine painted his golf with rattecans out doors at that
tremclad RV white

one of the guys from my dads shop does a **** load of custom painting and he was buggin him all the time who painted it because it was one of the best jobs he's ever seen, he couldn't believe it was done outside with rattle cans

there was no orange peel and no runs and it was not wet sanded or cleared.

Tell us how the car looks in 2+ years

[royalflush313]

a friend of mine painted his golf with rattecans out doors at that
tremclad RV white

one of the guys from my dads shop does a **** load of custom painting and he was buggin him all the time who painted it because it was one of the best jobs he's ever seen, he couldn't believe it was done outside with rattle cans

there was no orange peel and no runs and it was not wet sanded or cleared.

Tell us how the car looks in 2+ years

ya no kiddin. If the car was primed as it should, wet sanding, or at least extremely fine sanding would be necessary for the paint to even look half-decent.

[Digitalwave]

I just went by a body shop with my is lip in hand and they said at least $100 to paint it. And that was just plain black.

I've always been quoted in the $125-175 range, depending on how shady the shop is.

[BahnE30]

never said it wasn't primed, i assumed that since you guys are car guys you would know that you only prime areas of bare metal.

this was 3 years ago actually he has since sold the car and i still see it going once in a while and it dosn't look too too bad. now it's seen the eastern canadian winters, so i'm not sure what it's supposed to look like

all i'm saying is if you take your time and have a good spray pattern and even coats rattle can can look as well as a professional, it's just 1000x times quicker with a gun.