Practice Paint Job Options

[jmeyer]

I am waiting on a few parts before I can paint my gt-four project so I decided to paint a project that kinda has been neglected. I bought this 1994 st for 700 and planned on doing a custom 4age with a trd supercharger setup, as well as removing the bodykit and getting it back to a stock look. Since the gt-four has taken up so much of my time it's just been sitting outside. However since I had the free time I thought it would be great to paint this car as a little practice before I paint the gt-four. The paint is a bench mix of viper red and renaissance red with a little metallic flake.

[jmeyer]

Terracar-the wheel-well splash guards will cover that overspray

As for supplies I already had a gun, primer, mixing cup, filters, and some paint. I ordered a gallon (for both this and gt4) of reniassance red from my local paint shop and that was $400, that is why I chose to mix it with some viper red I had. If $400 seems high it's because it's red, don't ask me why but red is double what any other color is. I did about 8hrs of wet sanding with 320 grit then 2 coats of primer. Then I wet sanded again with 320 and sprayed 3 coats of red, then I wet sanded again and cleared with 3 coats, then wet sanded again and buffed it all out with a wheel and compound. You'll go through about 2 quarts of primer, base, and clear. I sprayed it in my garage with the door open so dust and bugs got in the paint thats why i had to do so much sanding. If you paint outside it will be almost impossible to keep dust and bugs out so I would not recommend that. Make sure to cover anything you do want overspray on in your garage. If I had to guess price for paint, paint supplies, and sand paper I would say your looking at $300-$450 depending on quality of paint.