Planning on my own paint job..., what supplies do i need? Options

[lx130]

Well.... im ordering my TRD replica wing tomorrow from erebuni, which is in need of some paint and off of that i decided why not just paint the whole car

Ive had past experience painting helping my dad paint bus grills for greyhoud ( i know random), one of his best friends works for grey hound, and my dad would fix the broken grills bondo and everything, so ive had some paint applying experience.

i got some dings, and fender dents, and hail damage on the hood(stupid chicago winter). and some weird paint chipping? i guess on my front bumer ill post a pic of it to show. really weird.

anyway... i was just wondering teh process in which i would have to go about and the supplies i would need. i already have an air compressor, two guns, face mask, and goggles, so ill look pro i just want some advice in what i should buy and whats good or bad

Paint: im gonna be gettin paint matched, at a shop with good rep, autowerks. http://www.e-autowerks.com/index.html

Paint supplies: this is where i need help, i kinda know what i need like primer, thinner, sand paper, body filler. but dont really know the specifics on what to get. anyone have a list, just a general list of what i need. then go to specific products from there.

[ImportChick95]

2 gallons of paint is wayyyyyy too much. One gallon should be more than enough for everything. If you are going to paint the whole car, I suggest you not use can. My brother and I painted my civic in the garage. This was our first time painting and we decided to practice on my the civic, hell, it's just a crappy daily. I think it turned out pretty good. ..In fact, it turned out so well that we decided to go ahead and paint his beloved supra. It costed me about $450 for everything for my cvic and about $600 for the supra because my brother went with some higher end metallic paint. Mine is gloss black. Sorry, I don't remember the brands we used. What I do remember is that you will need TONS of sand paper.

My civic before paint...


All primered up.. and yes, we primered the darn thing outside.


Orange peel + gloss.




After..


My brother's supra being done the same way.


Not yet wetsanded...


Getting ready to be wetsanded..



The supra is not done yet. It still needs to be compounded more in certain areas. I will post close-up pics of the metallic paint later.

Car next in line for paint.. this one is gonna be a beauty. I can't wait.


I hope this helps.

This post has been edited by ImportChick95: Nov 15, 2007 - 12:21 AM