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spoiler painting - 6/28/2005 9:53:11 PM

tmac4prez

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I'm purchasing a spoiler and i can either get it painted or primed...is it easy to paint myself...cuz if so its a lot cheaper...besides the factory paint...what else would i need for coating?

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RE: spoiler painting - 7/2/2005 11:12:47 AM

90Civtegra

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to get a good quailty paint job yourself your going need sandpaper ranging from 800 to 2500 grit, compressed air, a spray gun, paint, clear coat, base thinner, and a mask.

If it comes primered your gonna have to check it for imperfections and see if you need to add fiberglass anywhere but it should be pretty good as long as it doesnt get damaged during shipping. Then I recommend applying another coat of sandable primer ontop of the factory primer. Let it dry then apply a nice even (not to heavy) coat of your color. Let it dry. Apply another coat until you cant see your primer anymore (may have to be 3 or 4 coats, dont spray on too heavy). Now the fun part. Start sanding! Look for cracks, imperfections or anything else in the paint that needs to be sanded out. Depending on how bad the imperfection is will determine how heavy of a grit of sandpaper to use. Remember the ehavier the grit you use the more you'll have to sand down with lighter grits moving in steps. Once you got all your imperfections out of the paint then spray another LIGHT coat of color and let it dry then clear it. Using nothing more then 1500 or 2000 (I recommend using 2500) wet sand the clear, then spray another coat of clear, wet sand again then clear, keep repeating this process until you have a nice shiny clear coat with no orange peal. Your spray gun will determine how many times you'll have to wet sand. The better the gun you have (a good gun is usually around $300 - $400) the less you'll have to wet sand.

Good luck and keep us posted.

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