Well, i spent 3 days doing this and it is not finished yet, but i will have the final coat on tomorrow. I want to paint it the same it was but i foud this cheap hunter green for 30$ plus activator and reducer.











End result, basically a better than it was paint job, but the humidity was killing me and it even started raining, not to mention my spray gun was not working as it usually does. I will redo the finish later, but for now i am happy with it. I will update later.

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Thats a great color. My car is getting painted this weekend.

 

I like the color, but the job it self looks like crap from the humidity.

 

Here is a better look:




Can say, i have never seen one this color.

 

Alright, i am pleased with how this turned out. I didnt have enough black so i dumped about the same amount of the green and it was fine, it is still black, just a touch lighter.





Not bad for a BS job, i wanted to do this so badly with these wheels, i think the offset is great with the color and there was a thought to go with the black from the middle body line on up, but this is great.

I will update when i get all the rest of the lights and grille in.

 

That looks good man. Mine is getting to the primer state tomorrow.

 

Thanks, i did it in a hurry so it is not anything to stare at, but i am happy as hell it turned out decent looking.


Good luck with yours!

 

Here is the rest of it with grille and lenses:

 

Well, here is the latest, got s hood, brand new, never installed, jewed the guy from 300 down to 240$.





Used my mad skills to fix the couple of chips the hood had from shipping and being moved around.

 

SS hood ftw! Is this the car getting the big block?

 

LOL, no, this is the one

 

Nice cars!! I really like the green with black! The last one you posted, is that a flat black or black primer? I really like that look. I am looking to paint my car myself, is it as hard as it looks?

 

The black one is actually primer sealer, it goes between the surface primer and the actual paint. They also offer a hotrod black that is about the same color. The sealer fades over time unlike actual paint.

It is not TOO hard, but you need practice to get good enough to want to shoot your own car. You need a clean area with good ventilation but keep debris off the fresh paint.

The more you do it, the better you get. You need to know when you can and cannot spray if you care. High humidity is impossible to make a good paint job. Plus the prep work takes WAY more time than the painting process.

You simply get better with time, between getting a mixture right and reducing it to spray correct and learning to adjust your spray gun, it doesnt happen over night.

 

How much did you spend in total to paint it for i could try painting mine if its not that expensive

 

Well, the green one was 110$ for the sealer, plus sand paper ect. The green one was 27$ for the cheap green.

 

But around how much did you spend for the whole paint primer sand paper and etc.

 

PRimer was about 30$, thinner 25$, sand paper about 20$, paint 27$(green), paint 10$ (pint black), reducer 12$, activator 12$, wax and grease remover 20$, masking tape 15$, newspaper to cover windows ect...free green sheets, old sheet cut to 4 even sections to cover tires..used, DA sander 65$, paint gun kit 80$, 60 gallon compressor 699$, air hose 20$....think that covered everything.

 

Oh ok i already have the compressor and a gun and my car is primered so i would be able to do it with around $100 i will try it is there any technique you have to use the gun with to paint it

 

Well, if you have never sprayed before, you need to practice. You need someone to give you a input on the paint you use to give you a short cut on how much to reduce it so it turns out better also. I used a HVLP gravity feed, i have 4 of them.

 

Well i have painted over 200 metal chairs for my parents and they all came out good also a hood, but i don't know if it would be the same. Also what is HVLP gravity feed

 

Im not sure if it is the same as in the air craft world, here in the air force thats our acronym for high volume low pressure

 

CLEAR IT!!!!

 

Correct.


It is temporary, if the body work was perfect i would. So the car will be getting repainted in a year or something to that nature.