My roller paint job so far....

[Garageaholic]

I've been having camera problems and on top of that, i dont wanna take pics with my shitty phone camera. I'll get them up by the beginning of next week. Sorry guys. I guarantee, it will be worth the wait. I'm very impressed. What a shine, and for a WHITE paintjob at that.

[vectorsc]

I'm on coat 1 of this paintjob on my trunk. I think everything will be come out fine.

[87' 325]

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yeah i just completed sanding my trunk lid.....Im really trying to make sure that the prep work is done right. My luxorbeige coupe's roof/trunk lid/ and hood were messed up so ive decided im going to do gloss black above the pin strip and luxorbeige below. I sanded with 80 grit on my orbital sander....and sprayed it down with the hose and then put acetone on the trunk lid to clean the dirt off. Once all that dries my first coat of gloss black will be going on.

what do you think of my paint scheme? luxorbeige contrasts with black excellent. I was then going to purchase some rota slips or konig remembers in black.

[vectorsc]

Holy crap...don't do 80 grit. You need to knock that thing down to 320 or 400 grit or the scratches will show through like a pink tie on Wil Smith in MIB.

Hell, I have a little area of 100grit sanding scratch left over from shaping the body filler, and I will have to go back and re-sand that area down to 320 again, losing my first coat of paint. It wasn't as visible while prepping it.

[Garageaholic]

^^

yeah i just completed sanding my trunk lid.....Im really trying to make sure that the prep work is done right. My luxorbeige coupe's roof/trunk lid/ and hood were messed up so ive decided im going to do gloss black above the pin strip and luxorbeige below. I sanded with 80 grit on my orbital sander....and sprayed it down with the hose and then put acetone on the trunk lid to clean the dirt off. Once all that dries my first coat of gloss black will be going on.

what do you think of my paint scheme? luxorbeige contrasts with black excellent. I was then going to purchase some rota slips or konig remembers in black.

Aaaaaah, don't use 80 grit!!!

I used 220 then 400 before I did any painting. Trust me, especially if you choose a dark color, it WILL show in the sunlight. Sure, in the garage it will look "ok", but in the sunlight, you will see ALL of those swirl marks created by your 80 grit orbital sander. Please, sand down your first coat and redo it after sanding it down with 220 then 400....


Other than that, how is it coming for you other guys?

[87' 325]

well crap.......ill bring the grit up. I havent put the coat on yet. I used 80 grit cuz i literally had to take some of the old paint off cuz it was completely cracked. Thanks tho.

[vectorsc]

Well, I missed some sratches from the 100 grit I used to do some body filler work...so I get to knock it back down and try again. The stuff that is all the way to 400 grit looks good.

I am having a coverage problem. I'm putting the paint on really lightly, but it's not covering all the area with paint (by this I don't mean that I can't see through it...I mean coverage). THen in the places where I got all the paint on aren't very flat...like they are running a little bit on vertical surfaces.

Any tips? Or do I just sand that flat?

[Digitalwave]

I'm not going to comment on my thoughts about roller paint jobs, but I wanted to mention that I think you should invest in some higher quality polishes and detailing products if you want to ge the most out of this paint job. Turtle Wax and most off the shelf Meguairs products are garbage. I've spent more than 4 times the amount of your total paint job on detailing products! Look up Zainos, Griot's Garage, Poor Boys, Pinnacle, etc.

[Garageaholic]

Thanks TJ. I'm going to look more into poor boys stuff.

[euroshark]

Need more pics Frank! I'm getting a huge itch to try this... Still got that spare fender downstairs and I have a few bucks for the supplies!

DIY Rustoleum paint jobs FTW!!

[ivo316]

I searched and could not find how to remove the door trim, I mean the one that goes on the outside of the door, right on the bottom edge of the window, does it have bolts on the inside of the door ?

I want to know before pulling the door apart.

Since you just did it i thought I'd ask.

thanks

[Garageaholic]

Hey, just pull the trim upwards. Take a screwdriver undrneat it and twist the screwdriver. That will force the trim upwards and then it should all just pull right off. (never pull out, just pull upwards)

I will get more pics when I take more. I have yet to finish polishing the doors still (tisk tisk!)

[ivo316]

Thanks, pulling the doors apart tomorrow. ;)

[helikon06]

hey hows it going? Im really liking thins. Im looking at the satin black. i don't like rattle cans, ive done that before and did not like th out come. so... lets see some picts

[SchnellerVert]

it's done and been how do we say it? R3V'd. It was a sad day, but finished pics can be seen on http://e30.de in the latest update.