Cheap car painting

fr335tyl3r · Post by **fr335tyl3r** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:06 am

Mind if I ask what the cost of doing that was, ie how much did the stuff you bought to do it cost all together? And how much paint was used?

Post by **Alspos** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:11 am

Coool. Good to see someone has done the experiment. Little bit of peel but a wetsand and buff would fix it up. Probably better than most cars on the road now.

I drove next to a red VE SS this morning. Panel gaps are beautiful but orange peel city. Interesting for a brand new car.

Post by **TOMSUN** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:05 pm

Does it come in BLACK?

:D

Post by **Alspos** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:05 pm

Yes view the colour chart

JPC · Post by **JPC** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:04 am

fr335tyl3r wrote:Mind if I ask what the cost of doing that was, ie how much did the stuff you bought to do it cost all together? And how much paint was used?

1 litre can of Brightside = $29.95 (or thereabouts)
1 x foam roller + frame + additional foam rollers = $7.00
Turps for cleanup = $0 (already had it)

Total cost: $36.95

I still have at least 3/4 of the can of paint left - I overestimated how much was required per coat, and therefore wasted more in the paint tray than I put on the panel :glare:

At a guess, I'd say a litre would do one coat for the entire car quite easily.

JPC · Post by **JPC** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:09 am

Alspos wrote:Coool. Good to see someone has done the experiment. Little bit of peel but a wetsand and buff would fix it up. Probably better than most cars on the road now.

I drove next to a red VE SS this morning. Panel gaps are beautiful but orange peel city. Interesting for a brand new car.

Tell me about it - it seems like a lot of new cars come with orange peel as standard now. My wife's car (5 year old Mazda) has it, as do quite a few other new-ish cars I've seen. Pretty pathetic, really.

sriver killer · Post by **sriver killer** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:14 pm

hrmmmm
i will do some front panels that i have spare and see how it turns out,

if it turns out good, I wil try the whole car XD

Post by **Alspos** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:56 am

XD deserves a roller paint job

sriver killer · Post by **sriver killer** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:59 am

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:24 pm

Ive just got a can of fire red brightside so am gonna give it a nudge in the next few days too, guy in shop gave me the lowdown of how to get it looking sparkling :D Bit more expensive over here though, 500ml can was $38NZD!!!

sriver killer · Post by **sriver killer** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:28 pm

gotta see if this stuff is as hardcore legit as what people say

omg, massive plans if it does work

chunkhead · Post by **chunkhead** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:27 pm

Lunacy wrote: Bit more expensive over here though, 500ml can was $38NZD!!!

Hell of a lot better then a $3500 respray though!!! :pimp

Starion_Turbo · Post by **Starion_Turbo** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:58 pm

yeah but a respray only costs $3500 because of all the labour involved in the prep work etc, the paint may only cost $500 of that.

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:32 am

Haha yeah im gonna do a test panel today, and if that comes up gold will start prepping the rest of the body this week. Gotta love only working 2 weeks on 2 weeks off haha!!!!

chunkhead · Post by **chunkhead** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 12:26 pm

VERY KEEN to see how these are coming up! My car is dire need of this paint, new house is pretty settled, almost time to move her into the garage for prepping! :beer

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