bryant
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Registered: 27th Dec 07
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im going to respray my car but have no idea where i can buy some good paint or what paint to use can anyone help
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rikkgti
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Registered: 5th Jun 08
Location: South yorkshire
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go to halford they can macth paint
are u using gun or rattle can
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bryant
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Registered: 27th Dec 07
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using gun, i need as much help as i can get about spraying like what paint to use and what sand paper and when you need to sand and how to get a good finish
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~Corsa~
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Registered: 18th Aug 08
Location: Hertfordshire
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if you have no idea about spraying cars then you shouldnt do it yourself, it could easily look a mess, even easy colours to spray lke black are very hard if you dont know what you are doing, will take u a v. long time too if you duno wot your doing, to prime it etc etc etc
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ed
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Black is probably one of the hardest colours to get to look good.
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davec495
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Registered: 16th Sep 07
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a few months ago i was in the same boat as you never painted anything bigger than alloys with a gun the only way to learn is have a go it didnt come out to well but i think if i gave it anuther go i would be tons more clued up i used 2pk black paint as i found out a realy hard colour to paint as it shows every mark and imperfection aswell as being realy hard to get a gloss look my advise to you would be take your time with the prep work because if you rush this it will show strip every thing off the car u can because i masked everything up and just didnt get the effect i wanted good luck DAVE
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bryant
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Registered: 27th Dec 07
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cheers mate u got any pics of the work you done??
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davec495
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not the best of jobs but when you look at the pics sure you can understand why i wanted to paint it
then gave it to my girlfreind and she practicaly wrote it off 3 weeks later but it was all practice just have a go m8 if it goes wrong sand it back off 
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~Corsa~
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Registered: 18th Aug 08
Location: Hertfordshire
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blacks an easy colour, light blue is hard! dont even think about trying to paint it light blue lol, it will have dark and light patches evrywhere if you are not used to it
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davec495
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i know what you mean every one told me black was the easiest but i think white is the easiest to get a good finish on mine went matt black first go but second go went on alot thicker and looked ok i would never even try mettalic paint or celulous even though they look alot beter the laquer is very hard to paint on afterwards
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bryant
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what paint did you use and where did you get it cheers
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B3KAN
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Registered: 15th Feb 07
Location: Inverness, Highland
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If you have never painted before then get some old pannels from a scrappies and practice first if you fook them up then you know you cant paint 
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bryant
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haha yep will have to do that
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davec495
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hello there i used 2pk high gloss black you can get it from halfords or car paint shops and its the cheapest paint normaly if u get a pannel 2 practice on use a bonnet cos i thort it was the hardest bit to paint and when practicing set the gun and compressor up to how you want it 
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andyc1234
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
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just finished painting my mates. its first car we have ever done ad it turned out pretty good. just a couple of bits were the paint cracked and were not sure why. preping is the hardest part actual painting takes a few hours.
and the finished product. every single bit of the cars been done by me and my mate. dont think its too bad for a first go. spraying mine tomorrow night hopefully.
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davec495
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looks like a smart job m8 best colour 2 imo
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andyc1234
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
Location: Lancashire
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its not a vaux colour its pug miami blue or something
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davec495
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Registered: 16th Sep 07
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think i have seen it on the 206 and 307s tbh was wondering what it would look like on a corsa lol now i know
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B3KAN
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Registered: 15th Feb 07
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Looks a good job for a first attempt
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andyc1234
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Registered: 7th Nov 06
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sprayed plenty of bits before just never a whole car. mines going st orange tomorrow. not sure what its going to look like but im not too bothered. if it looks gash il spray it a different colour
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