Prep and Colouring a Motorcar
Having your vehivle professionally painted can bring about an experienced tint berth or reason grind glance cognate advanced, nevertheless it Testament and compose a dent in your purse. Portray a van yourself is not laborious with the Correct tools and techniques.
Instructions
1. Wash your machine thoroughly with moisten and automobile soap. Rinse completely and dry fresh with a microfiber towel so it won't green light towel fuzzies extreme.
2. Message your vehicle's practise, base, colour and year. Hardihood to your limited Car repair store and invest in a container of acrylic enamel dye to match the exact colour of your van, a can of 100 percent blending solvent, motorcar primer gloss and a can of van rainless coat.
3. Grounds your vehicle in a sealed garage or distemper booth.
4. Circularly scrub all the panels on your automobile that are to be painted with the steel wool pad. Rub off any dust with a microfiber towel once you are done. This preps the panels to be absorbent and they Testament ownership the dye exceeding.
5. Contain completely the parts of your automobile that you don't thirst painted with plastic vehivle dye covers. These parts comprise the headlights, tail lights, inner tire wall and tire, windows, side mirrors, antennae, licence plate, radiator hole. Also pop your hood and place a piece of plastic over your engine just as a precaution. Tape all these plastic covers into place with masking tape and be very precise with tape edges because that is where the paint will show.
6. Adjust the air pressure on the air paint gun to around 15 to 20 psi.
7. Read the instructions on the primer paint can describing mix the primer with paint thinner to arrive the proper consistency for a paint gun. Fill the paint holder on the air paint gun with the mix. Use quick back and forth movements to thinly coat the car with the primer.12. Read the instructions for the car clear coat paint and mixing instructions for use in an air paint gun. Pour the clear coat mix in your paint gun. Apply three thin coats to the plastic panel every 15 minutes.Clean your paint gun completely with paint thinner.
Read the instructions on the acrylic enamel auto paint can describing mix the paint with paint thinner to reach the proper consistency for a paint gun. Fill the paint holder on the air paint gun with the mix. Use quick back and forth movements to thinly coat the car with the primer. Wait 15 minutes and repeat until there is sufficient coverage on the car.
10. Open your paint gun can and make sure that it is only a quarter full of the paint and paint thinner mix (dump extra out or make more until it is a 1/4 full). Fill the the last 3/4 of the paint gun can with 100 percent blending solvent. Once your first paint coats are dry (approximately 15 minutes) use this blending solvent and paint mix to coat the panel one more time. Use quick back and forth sprays to coat the entire panel.
11. Clean your paint gun completely with paint thinner.
Wait 15 minutes and repeat until there is sufficient coverage on the car.8. Clean your paint gun completely with paint thinner.9.
13. Allow the car to dry for several hours. Remove the plastic car paint covers.
