DIY: painting car parts (front lip)

[b939625]

I deleted all info because it's useless trying to get anything across in this site. THe ignorant masses win!!!!!

[lovecheese]

Do It Yourself Articles - 8th Generation Honda Civic Forum

since ya forgot to look in the right area

[b939625]

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[lovecheese]

That requires a sub? I found it and posted it for ya. Lemme log out and try

[b939625]

I deleted all info because it's useless trying to get anything across in this site. THe ignorant masses win!!!!!

[lovecheese]

Check my link, you can get into it without being a sub. Atleast I did when I logged out and tried going into it.

[lovecheese]

Good paint job? God you have no idea bro! My car has been in the shop 4 times for an accumlitive 26 days due to paint issues...

Now the 5th time is going to put it over 30 days because the ENTIRE car needs repainting. Lemon law FTW.

[b939625]

Actually, I know exactly what goes into painting cars,,, like I stated at the start of the article,,, if you want a good paint job get in done professionally!!!!! Because there is a lot of small detail work that takes a good while to do, there are ……... this is a DIY for small paint jobs, like the one I did....not a way to paint your entire car. Especially because I don’t think many people have paint booths at there house!!!!! Or knows about all the different kinds of rubbing compounds needed and the amount of time it takes to polish the clear coat……but I didnt think I needed to get into that because I am not painting my entire car, just a small area of the front lip black…… Oh, and read the last statement , helps to have some artistic skill. ( I am a artist so this kind of stuff isn’t difficult for me) plus your paint people are f-ing you over with taking that long to paint the car, And yes I got a very good paint job this way!!!!!

[lovecheese]

I aint bashing you I'm bashing Honda in general... I could do a better paint job on my car than honda did!!! But... since it's under warranty, THey are repainting it.

[ichheibeangel]

subsd.

[typemodulo]

"4. Clear Coat. This is the part that will mess up a lot of people. Apply too little and you don’t get a good even coat, but too much will cause drips, and you have to sand it down again and start over. Give it a nice light sanding (we used the 1000 grit). Wet is better than dry. Again, make sure to do a light coat first, and then you can put on thicker coats afterward. We put on a good number of coats due to being paranoid about screwing up, but a good even thick coat is better than a million light ones. We didn’t sand in between each and every coat but from talking to friends you probably should"

Are you saying you need to lightly sand the paint with 1000 wet before clear coating?

[b939625]

I deleted all info because it's useless trying to get anything across in this site. THe ignorant masses win!!!!!

[RiceBowL54]

Man, sorry for all the haters, B939625, wish I read this thread earlier, before you deleted everything. I started painting my front lip yesterday and was looking for some advice, but all I could find were "how to paint your rims" threads.

I roughed up the painting surface with some 220 grid sandpaper, then sprayed on 1 coat of primer. After drying, I sprayed on 2 coats of black. This is where I'm at right now.

I'm thinking about wet sanding it smooth with 800 grit then 2 more coats. 1500 grit wet on the final coat before the clear coat. I read over someone else's post that quoted your step #4.


"4. Clear Coat. This is the part that will mess up a lot of people. Apply too little and you don’t get a good even coat, but too much will cause drips, and you have to sand it down again and start over. Give it a nice light sanding (we used the 1000 grit). Wet is better than dry. Again, make sure to do a light coat first, and then you can put on thicker coats afterward. We put on a good number of coats due to being paranoid about screwing up, but a good even thick coat is better than a million light ones. We didn’t sand in between each and every coat but from talking to friends you probably should"


Thanks for the info. This definitely helped a lot. For a garage project I wasn't looking for a professional finish, but at least one a finish that was smooth to the touch and could hold up to a pressure washer and a few rock chips.

Do you have any other tips?