Gestapo007's Paint Job Thread: Project Pumpkin
 

Been talking about it in several threads for awhile now. Im exited, and I finally started it. I will update it everyday I work on it. Just check back to see some progress! :)



DAY 1
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Welded spoiler holes and trunk lock, filled them, and banged out a hood dent.

Tommorow starts the fiberglass custom lip spoiler

Day 2
Spoiler day. Pain in the ass! and tommorow will only be another pain in the ass :lol:

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Picked up some fiberglass reinforced body filler, will be shaping the spoiler more tommorow, and making the ends that come off the side of the trunk come to more of a point, then just smoothing it all out and priming it and everything. Probobly take me all day to get it to look right.

what kinda primer did you use...filler out of a spray can or a actual gun? looking for tips i just did mine


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whats with the hood?

looks good man...like the eyelids

My girlfriend sat on it awhile ago to take a pic, when she slid off it pinched the metal at the very end and made a dent. Knew this question would come up so i took a vid http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y52...rent=009-4.flv

lol thanks man. did you see if before? cause it looks like ass now :lol:

Real primer out of an actual gun. We cut a piece of sheet metal and welded it up behind it. Then dynaglass fiberglass filler over that, then just some bodyfiller to smooth it out. Then sprayed with primer surfacer. You need any tips let me know. Looks good now though

Can't wait to see you finish this sexy ass orange Cobalt!!!

lmao you have no idea how pumped i am. gonna look real cool. gonna be a pain and alot of sanding. And then after i get it all painted and cleared and i stand back and go "wow that looks cool." im gonna have to wet sand and then reclear it again :lol:

The pictures tommorow of how i do the fiberglass spoiler should be cool to look at. iv never fiberglassed something like that so it's gonna be a learning experience for me. Should be fun though and be cool to see what it looks like out the rearview mirror. Stay tuned!

subd

looking good so far
smae thing ima do if i ever need to repaint
or atleast have money to redo trunk

how much do paint guns run for

I really need to get in that class.

What's the total cost of the class?

from $30 to thousands. My household spray guns consist of 2 harbor freight primer guns for $50, and a $115 Sharp Finex. Primer guns can be cheap, because primer always has to be sanded. So it can chunk and glob out and have all the texture in the world, as long as the paint makes it on the panel, you can work with the rest. Basecoat/clearcoat guns range in quality and what there made out of. They difference is how they spray, the fan pattern, the air pressure needed to get the proper spray, like HVLP guns (High Velocity Low Pressure), and just how well the gun atomizes the paint (how fine and evenly it breaks each paint droplet into a fine mist) For your average stuff, a $100 sharp finex will work and spray just perfect. If your going into business for this stuff, and your finish matching and blending metallics and shit you may want like a $600 Sata. Or a few of them.

Maybe $900 a semester

There was mureder out, stormtrooped out now, he gonna be the first to go pumpkin style
awsome choice gestapo
thats same idea ive had if i ever have to have the car repainted

thanks alot dude, appreciate it! Should look like a pissed off Jack-o-lantern after i color match the eyelids lol. no more bumble bee remarks finally. And im exited to color match the calipers and spray some pearl into the tail lights. Should look cool

i wanna shave my trunk so damn bad

it feels good :lol: you should do it. those freakin spray bombed autozone push clips i had in there to fill the spoiler holes were really bothering me

:lol: i think ima do it

how much is the paint going to cost you

I dont know if your prepared to know how much its gonna cost

Ill take it right off the invoice:

1 Pint of SEM Mandarin Candy Concentrate- 47.74
3 Quarts of Coarse Metallic Silver - 134.61
2 Quarts of Deep Black - 61.15
5 Liter Clear/2.5liter Hardener kit - 184.72

I get a 10% discount since im going to school for it, so the final cost for all the paint materials is:

$415.27

I think im going to need a bit more clear though since im going to wetsand and reclear it after paint. Usually you do that after you spray candy's. SO it may jump up 30-50 bucks or so. Maybe not.

good work, sub'd

get some summit white for a rear lip! :D

^lol YOU!

subd

I want to see what this car looks like when its done.

I think i wanna see what it looks like to, maybe we should subscibe and see if this asshole messes it up or not ;)