Painting Supplies? Options

[lagos]

I'm thinking about picking up a cheap spray gun from Harbor Freight and painting a few small things like fenders, to fix some small dents that I've gotten over the years.
Does anyone here have any experience with doing this? Whats a good place for painting supplies? Is it even possible to get good results from a DIY job? I've done some bondo and spray paint work in the past that can look fairly good once its properly wet sanded and buffed. Now I think I'm ready to move on to a real spray gun.

This post has been edited by lagos: Mar 20, 2013 - 12:08 PM

[lagos]

The sprayer that you'd use for that plastidip stuff won't work for traditional auto paint. I've heard people getting decent results with the HF gun, but what really makes or breaks the job is the preparation and technique. Do lots of reading on auto body forums and if you spend a crapload of time on the prep and do all the right steps you will have a nice result. Like Box said TCP Global is a good place to get tools and paint supplies. Whatever gun you choose you'll need a compressor that can keep up.

Last year I was a total noob with body and paint work so I did the research, got the tools and painted my car. It turned out pretty nice and I learned a lot from it so I'd be happy to answer whatever questions you have.

Yeah, I don't mind doing the prep work. And I'm just going to be painting a fender and maybe a door. So if I mess up the fender, it wont be a big deal. We also have a pretty large compressor at the shop that I work at, so that shouldn't be a problem.

What type of paint should I buy from TCP and how much would I need. I know my paint code is 202 black, but I'm not sure what the equivalent of that would be from them. I'd like to just do an easy single stage. Something cheap that I can wetsand and buff and that would blend well with factory paint if I just decide to repaint a small spot or problem area.

This post has been edited by lagos: Mar 20, 2013 - 3:39 PM