I recently had my kb10 painted. Its down to a rolling shell with just a dash left in it, doors, boot lid and bonnet off the car. My old man painted just the shell at home and it was a disaster. There was dirt, dust and crap all through it. So I stopped work as I was not happy.

After thinking about binning the whole project I've decided to keep going. Ive sacked my old man and I have some cash. For those of you who follow my build page would know about the engine bay incident. Paint and me don't work.

I have a shell in 2pac colour that needs to be resprayed and doors, boot lid and bonnet that need to be painted. I'm at the stage where I would just like to pay someone to paint the right way in a booth. I'm after advise on what to do and recommendations with someone that could help me. I've rang a few panel shops and they haven't given me the time of day, I don't really blame them.

Gday.
My car was painted in my shed. Only real advice really is to make sure the area is clean, No Dust, as it will get stuck in the paint, Make sure that there is no wind flowing through the area, cause that will blow sh*t up into the paintwork, other than that theres not a real lot u can do about it.

Otherwise ive heard of "disposeable" paint booths which look a bit like a tent, but they r really expensive.

Where abouts are u from Gav?

Western Sydney

Do think I could just nick it back and paint straight over it? I think I just want to send it to a shop a pay but finding it hard to find someone.

you can just hire a booth and spray it yourself, or get someone you know can spray to do it

i painted a mates ke30 outside, just had to wait for a good day to minimise the amount of crap that blows onto the car. it turned out pretty damn good for my first go at painting

but if you were in a shed i cant really see it being too hard to get a decent result

im with the rest of these fellas, choose a nice day, try not to do it on a damp or humid day. and make sure the shed is clean.
blow the whole joint out thoroughly with the air compressor.

oh and make sure the cat doesent get in while the paint is wet.

is it neccesarry to do it in a heated booth?
And where do you buy the paints
Just interested

Cheers

have you cleared it yet? if you haven't you could probably try rub it back then like everyone else has suggested to spray make sure there's minimal dust n what not, usually people spray the floor and walls with water if you didn't already know. just watch any fine scratches that might be created by the crap already in the paint if you end up rubbing it back. if you wanna know more im no expert when it comes to cars but i've sprayed alot of silos n tanks in 2-pac systems so i can sorta point ya in the right direction

- leith

edit- the booth is also an oven, if 2-pac is sprayed in a to humid environment it can just bubble off im pretty sure, could be wrong but thats what i heard

VG auto paints, I was thinking the crap was in the paint as we painted the engine bay after on a perfect day no wind and same thing.

Im not saying VG's stuffed up, I was thinking more my old man f$cked it.

I really would like to send it to a pannel shop with a booth.

that'd be an easier option, i hired a booth which cost me 240 overnight but my old boys mates with the guy who owns the show

We rubbed a section back with 1200 and buffed it. The first time you look at it the pannel looks like glass but if you catch it in the right light. You can see where all the nibs were and the fine scratches and swirl marks I think from sanding it.