<VV> a ? for you DIY-ers(or guys with paint shops)

[James Davis]

At 10:38 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote:
>It is all in the preparation and the desired finish.  First assume you are 
>building on the stock lacquer base.  Don't.  The stock paint is 5/7 
>microns thick.   Paint will crack when stressed (temperature changes) if 
>it is more than 10 microns thick.  Second assume you have a bare car.  You 
>need a self etching primer. Three quarts for a coupe two for a 
>convertible.  Then you need a sealer or sealer primer figure two 
>quarts.  Next you need a gallon of a high build primer and lots of sand 
>paper. You need to block sand the car with a final 400 grit for a solid 
>car and 600 grit for a metal flake.  Be sure and use a guide coat for the 
>block sanding.  You need two quarts of a tinted primer sealer.  You need a 
>three quarts of base coat and two quarts of clear.  You are through except 
>for the color sanding and rub out.  If you are going to redo the car in 
>5/8 years, a single stage enamel is ok instead of the base/clear.  The 
>ultimate in durability is a single stage polyurethane (like DuPont's 
>Imrons), but it is hard to spray and tends to give you liver cancer 
>(isocyanides).
>
>A typical paint shop will charge 20% profit, 40% labor and 30% materials, 
>10% overhead, so you can save up to 70% if you use your sweat 
>equity.  Besides you know who to blame if it doesn't come out right. :-)
>Jim Davis
>
>  At 10:01 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote:
>
>>I've been giving some consideration to spraying my own
>>car, instead of paying someone to paint it.  I've
>>found some great colors at the House of Kolors
>>website, and they're really not that expensive
>>UNLESS....(here comes the quetions)
>>
>>How many quarts does it take to cover a Corvair?  I'm
>>talkin like, Primer/sealer, and like 2 or 3 color
>>coats, and then like 2 clear coats maybe.
>>
>>My Buddy Scott is trying to convince me that its not
>>that hard and that I could do it NP, but I dunno...
>>Is it really that hard?
>>
>>Thats about it,
>>Ryan
>>
>>And If I run away, would you bring me back to cloud 9?  S.O.C.
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