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SWEET
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 Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 2:21:23 PM
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just wondering guys if u had bad luck and brought a car with faded roof but the rest of the paint job was very good would u go ahead and go buy a spray gun n paint and attempt to re spray ur roof or would u take it to the professionals???
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GrnMchne
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Posted - 19 Mar 2007 : 4:17:09 PM
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| Had that [roblem myself with my first VN. had it booked in for a professional job myself, but worte it off before i could get there. And this time round wit the VN i have now, im respraying the kit at home with some (lots of) help cuz its no where near as easy as we thought if you want to do it right. |
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Butcha
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Posted - 20 Mar 2007 : 5:37:41 PM
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| sanding...alot of sanding lol |
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SWEET
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Posted - 20 Mar 2007 : 7:16:30 PM
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| cant u just wash it really good then dry it then tape it then spray paint it since its gonna be sprayed the samecolour |
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GrnMchne
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Posted - 20 Mar 2007 : 7:23:55 PM
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| well first it was sanded back and cleaned up then we sprayed a coat of primer to show the nicks and things then we bogged any nicks then sanded then primered, sanded, primiered repeated until satisfied. Then your top coat goes on so, the colour then you sand spray and repeat that at least 4 times. Then clear coat, the must have, spray sand, spray sand repeat. There was a lil more to what i am doing as i was spraying a body kit, and i have left those bits out. But if you want real instructions on how to do it properly go to an auto paint shop and ask, they will be more than happy to help. |
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SWEET
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Posted - 20 Mar 2007 : 7:51:44 PM
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| ah ok but wats the results of me just buying a spray gun amd som matching colour paint of the car and cleaning the faded roof up meaning washing and then i just spray the colour over it wat do u think the results would be if i was to do that. lol cos i really arnt the patient type to be going sanding painting sanding painting sanding painting grrrrrrr lol b4dn xxxx |
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GrnMchne
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Posted - 21 Mar 2007 : 2:31:12 PM
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| you would atleast need to sand the roof once before you sprayed it else it really wont work well, you will need a fine grade sand paper for this. And as is it may not work well cuz you may need to do a base coat. If you do sand the roof once and spray the colour on make sure you also purchase some clear coat to go over the top once the colour is done. |
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trizo
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Posted - 25 Mar 2007 : 10:01:36 AM
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sandbak then primer then sand again then some more primer then another rub bak then your paint then some clear over the top to seal it!!! in reality to do it right its a **** of a job
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trizo
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Posted - 25 Mar 2007 : 10:03:15 AM
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| @ sweet if u wash the roof then paint it , it will look 10 times worse than what it did b4!! |
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SWEET
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Posted - 25 Mar 2007 : 5:34:54 PM
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oh ok listening to u guys saying prime sand prime sand paint sand paint sand paint sand coat god i cant be bothered thinking of doing it now. lol
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trizo
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Posted - 03 Apr 2007 : 8:32:06 PM
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haha u lazy sh##! ;)
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vn_turbo
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Posted - 13 Apr 2007 : 10:17:30 PM
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there is one other way too rub your roof back without haveing too sand quite so much the first time round n thats wiht rip n strip disks fom the auto paint supply shops only thing is it will take it all back too bare metal n you have too start from scratch n prime it then sand n so on n so on but it does make it alot easier the first time round im redoing my entire car at the moment so taking it back too bare metal is always the best surface too start wiht not sure how you go takin the roof back too bare n then trying too blend it back in with the rest of your car though you could always try n let us know what not too do  |
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