2013 Z. Painting the whole car with rattle cans :)
Decided to paint my whole car with rattle can paint! :stirthepot: The car was originally metallic silver (I wanted white but hate nissans pearl white! Next to a real white, the pearl looks yellow) but after an accident where I had to replace the passenger quarter panel, it came primered black. so instead of having the quarter panel painted to match the car I decided to just plasti dip matte white.
The plasty dip looks good, has held up okay and is easy to fix with dip fix but when you touch up a spot with spray cans the over spray makes fuzz on the car. if you mask off sections to protect from over spray you get a clear raised line. With plasti dip you need to paint a whole panel after a fix and white needs like 100 coats to cover! I'm just tired of fixing spots and the last reason to remove the plasti dip is I just miss smooth gloss of normal paint! If you want to plasti dip a car pick a dark color!!!!!!!!!!! Here's plasti dip matte white http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps6a157be2.jpg Ok to start...red scotch bright pad to scuff the clear coat off of your less than 1 year old car :) http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps4cebc27a.jpg http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps8be6c0d8.jpg Next, primer after you clean the surface with acetone. I did about 3-4 coats. First ones lighter, then to heavier ones. After several hours I wet sanded with 600 grit paper till it was baby smooth. After 48hrs to harden I then cleaned the primered surface with isopropyl alcohol. Then I sprayed about 3-4 coats, again light to heavy with original Chrysler white from duplicolor. It's the 4th white I tried and whitest white I could find. After another 48hrs I wet sanded with 2000 grit paper. You can see all the orange peel which is why I had to. You want to sand out all the shine till its 100% dull. http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psd24a65b3.jpg Still shiny http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psc9fd878a.jpg Just right http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps7f2a8e39.jpg Then I used Maguires rubbing compound with a rough wash cloth. You can already see a night and day difference! http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...psb9237390.jpg http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps15552c46.jpg Then I used Maguires polishing compound and a micro fiber rag. Looking very clear!! http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps5bcab15f.jpg http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps900ab753.jpg Last I still need to wax it with Maguires carnauba wax after its hardened a few weeks. Not bad if I say so myself. The rest of the panels will be done one at a time. http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps934f8821.jpg |
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I hate everything you're doing but it's your car. I wish you the best of luck.
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Yeah building a car for the track sucks. I should just do what others do and stay home with a garage queen.
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Actually DP3 does tracks his z and is building his car for track duties.
That pearl white though man...makes me cry a little inside, and it's not even mine :( |
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And he's refusing all ALL I've done. Apparently you can't do gutting, protecting, aero, suspension, wheels or tires on a track car. Guess I missed that memo. |
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Yikes. I probably wouldn't ever do this. I have a question though. Did you also plastidip small areas ( when you open the door or hatch) or are those areas still silver? Also how much did it run you cost wise?
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The first time I dipped, no. Second time I dipped for touch ups, I took all the panels off and dipped them, so yes. I paid like $170 for the PD gun and like $50 a gallon for the PD. I bought 6 gallons, 1 grey to have the white stick to and 5 whites. Whites like thin water, I needed a lot to cover. Once the xylene (the thinner) evaporated you're left with the "rubber." No weight really gained Penguin. |
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Well I've read all I can read. Hence the grits of sand paper, dry times, finishing technics etc. Its 100% the same as any painter would do minus the different materials used. Although sometimes your air gun can spray without orange peel in a perfect temp, humidity, controlled paint booth etc, but still 1 in 3 will need wet sanded at 2000 to get rid of it. And even though a painter may not have to wet sand the clear because he got no peel, it still depends on what the customer wants as a finish. You'll always get a show car finish if you sand and buff and some people don't need a great finish. Most OEM paint jobs are orange peel to the moon to keep costs down. Hell most body shops have a hard time matching the OEM paint job because the paint job sucks to begin with. My ex's Toyota camery was a perfect example! Glass on the key'd drivers side and crap OEM peel on the passenger. These cans also help with the jobs of today. 100% like professional paint supplies where they do have a hardener inside you prick and start the mix. The cans are also pressurized 4x the amount of normal cans for atomization. Rattle cans have come a long way! http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ps95c7062f.jpg |
Everybody needs a hobby, I guess. Good luck with yours. In the end, the only person you have to keep happy with your car is yourself.
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What's the big deal? I'm not going to do a complete color change on any car I have but it sounds/looks like synolimit is doing it right. A lot more effort than I would put into a car that would be tracked. :) For his purposes, PD sounds like a good option.
Might not be what I would do but I have to admire the quality of the work. But that's true of most of his projects. ;) In for final results. |
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