Painting is literally, I shit you not, 95% prep work. You sand. You bondo. You sand some more. And then you sand. Then you bondo. Then you block sand. Then you guide coat (primers of various colors), and you sand. Then you bondo. And sand. Then you block sand again. And again. Then you sand some more. After countless hours of sanding and sanding and sanding, you're finally to the next step!
Now the taping off! If you haven't removed everything, much like I didn't remove everything my first re-spray job, you will regret it. But! If you're stubborn like me, you'll spend awhile taping and getting it just right. Quite a few more hours logged. You start to realize how much tape you're going through. But finally, you're there. Actual painting.
You open your arm and a leg expensive paint. You figure out the right thinners, additives, etc etc... you load your gun up, check your compressor and bam! You're painting. After the base, you get the the real fun stuff. You lay down a few top coats. You lay your clear. You remove your tape and A. pull a rather obnoxiously large chunk of paint off because you left it on too long and it tacked a across the taped off portion or B. realize those hours spent taping should have been spent removing trim because despite how perfect you think you had it, there's paint under that thar tape.
Now, if all this sounds like a wonderful learning experience, and trust me, it really is, I say shoot for the stars man, do it yourself if you haven't already. It's an enriching, growing, learning and hugely beneficial experience. But it takes some patience and a whole shit load of determination to get it finished. Do it right. Don't skimp. And learn everything from absolutely everyone you can.
Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out or what you decided to do!
Now the taping off! If you haven't removed everything, much like I didn't remove everything my first re-spray job, you will regret it. But! If you're stubborn like me, you'll spend awhile taping and getting it just right. Quite a few more hours logged. You start to realize how much tape you're going through. But finally, you're there. Actual painting.
You open your arm and a leg expensive paint. You figure out the right thinners, additives, etc etc... you load your gun up, check your compressor and bam! You're painting. After the base, you get the the real fun stuff. You lay down a few top coats. You lay your clear. You remove your tape and A. pull a rather obnoxiously large chunk of paint off because you left it on too long and it tacked a across the taped off portion or B. realize those hours spent taping should have been spent removing trim because despite how perfect you think you had it, there's paint under that thar tape.
Now, if all this sounds like a wonderful learning experience, and trust me, it really is, I say shoot for the stars man, do it yourself if you haven't already. It's an enriching, growing, learning and hugely beneficial experience. But it takes some patience and a whole shit load of determination to get it finished. Do it right. Don't skimp. And learn everything from absolutely everyone you can.
Best of luck! Let us know how it turns out or what you decided to do!
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