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thinking of getting this book to help me in respraying my ute wat do u think

Make sure you get a good spray gun (& compressor)

i have a good gravity fed paint gun if you need to borrow, was my work one till it went walkies.....to my house

plz dont say its #OOPS# coz my sister just got it for me ( b'day coming up) lol yer i think i'll be givin the pannel paint a go

cheers brett im a long way off needing a spray gun so dont wear it out on the sunny lol

your not that far off...just need a few tins of bog...go ask k-dogg since he has shares in it hahaha

I have a good compressor you can use.

dont go there

I haven't read that book at all, but I have read other books by that author, and SA design auto related books in general. Based on those other books, it's probably a decent read, with some very straight forward talk that gets you where you need to go as far as technique/skill/whatever goes. It might not turn you into a summernats winning painter, but it'll surely be good for any streeter.

About the only advice I can give about painting, and I generally suck at it compared to talented people, is to run a large enough compressor, and a decent filter/water separator, and I'd even go to the point of purchasing an extra air-hose just for the paint gun, so that it's not running air through it to power air tools all the rest of the time, so less moisture ever has a chance of getting into it at all.

And for advice not related to a good result - work in a ventilated area, and wear proper protective clothing and masks. I once painted a car with a friend in a small garage (that barely fit the car in there) and little ventilation etc. It wasn't too long into the project where we actually got so dis-oriented from the fumes, and I'm not kidding about this - we engaged in conversation with the car, and were laughing at ridiculously unfunny things. I look back at it and laugh now, but we were probably giving ourselves brain damage, and god knows how close we were to passing out in there.

ahhh body filler....cant wait to start loadin it into the Fatsun come respray time,theres at least 5 kilos in my Impala! as for the paint fumes,ive been breathin em in for the past 14 years at work and im fine....WOW!a blue car!....

theres at least 5 kilos in my Impala!

not another K-DOGG special hahahaha