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Hi
I have been doing some bodywork on a VW Corrado (rust)and generally am pleased with the work. It has been small repairs so have painted using an aerosol.
The bonnet had rust all the way along the front edge which I have repaired. The bonnet now needs painting. I know that for a good finish the whole panel will need spraying.
I am guessing the bodyshop would want £150-£200 to do the job.
I am keen to paint more in the future so am toying with the idea of buying a compressor and tackling the job myself.
When using the aerosol I always find that to achieve a half decent finish I have to paint and lacquer and then wet sand (1500 grade) followed by using a cutting paste and finally a polish. Using the cutting compound is pretty hard work and I can see it being difficult if I had a whole car or large panel to do. The need to go through this process is usually to remove orange peel and the like.
Am I having to follow this process due to me being bad a spraying?
Will using a compressor give a much better finish without the need to sand and cut?
Finally am I doing it in the right order; the paint - lacquer - sand - cut - polish?
Many thanks for any help
I have been doing some bodywork on a VW Corrado (rust)and generally am pleased with the work. It has been small repairs so have painted using an aerosol.
The bonnet had rust all the way along the front edge which I have repaired. The bonnet now needs painting. I know that for a good finish the whole panel will need spraying.
I am guessing the bodyshop would want £150-£200 to do the job.
I am keen to paint more in the future so am toying with the idea of buying a compressor and tackling the job myself.
When using the aerosol I always find that to achieve a half decent finish I have to paint and lacquer and then wet sand (1500 grade) followed by using a cutting paste and finally a polish. Using the cutting compound is pretty hard work and I can see it being difficult if I had a whole car or large panel to do. The need to go through this process is usually to remove orange peel and the like.
Am I having to follow this process due to me being bad a spraying?
Will using a compressor give a much better finish without the need to sand and cut?
Finally am I doing it in the right order; the paint - lacquer - sand - cut - polish?
Many thanks for any help
I haven't sprayed for many years now, but just to say that with a decent gun and practise you should find that you'll get a much better finish 'from the gun' than you do with a rattle can. That's not to say you won't have to compound it afterwards, but in some cases I managed to get away with just a polish (after leaving the paint to harden for a few weeks at least as I used cellulose) to match the factory finish (mostly Ford orangepeel 
).
Trouble is the that by the time you've bought all the stuff to do it, then you've already spent what it may have cost to get it done by a pro. Unless you plan to do more work/other cars, then it might not be cost effective, though it is very satisifying when it turns out well.
).Trouble is the that by the time you've bought all the stuff to do it, then you've already spent what it may have cost to get it done by a pro. Unless you plan to do more work/other cars, then it might not be cost effective, though it is very satisifying when it turns out well.
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