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Hey guys i plan on having my HG kingswood ready by the end of the year to be dropped in for its big spray and i was wondering is it easier for them to spray the doors bonnet and boot lid on or off the car?
The reason im asking is i am going to be doing all the prep and i will be blasting all those mentioned parts. I wouldnt mind putting the doors back on and alligned correctly. Same is for the guards. Are they easier to spray on the car as they are an easy thing to install.
I was a bit worried that if i was to put them all on after spraying i might scratch them jigging around to get them all alligned.
Any advice would be awesome.
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If it was me i would be doing all the panels of the car as it is easier to paint them this way and you get a much better finish this way . I would then fit them back on the car and allign them for final paint of outside . Just make sure you allow time for the paint to cure before fitting them up get someone to help withe the heavy items when you do it
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solid colours are better if you are doing it bit by bit, less chance of colours not matching off the gun,
But as 275 said, you get a better result if it is done all in one go, and definitely if using a flake or pearl etc. |
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Dont spray any metallic separately or anything that
is not a "solid "colour as it will NEVER match
i would/have done the insides IE boot under bonnet
door inners etc off the car so to speak but fit them back on
and do the whole lot for the outside coats...trust me...it'll never match if you dont...hq windowless paint finished in "members rides" if
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Im doing the colour white, The same as you see on the ford territories, that and chrome bits look good.
I have done quite a bit of 2 pack paint spraying as well as one pack but i was just wondering are automotive paints one pack and adding thinners progressively thinning it more to bite into the next layer or are they a 2 pack set up with a curing agent?
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The 2nd PAC so to speak is your hardening agent, the catalyst, it does also slightly thin the paint too but thinners are also required. As others have quite correctly stated don't paint a car that is metallic or pearl with panels off the car. Paint your insides with the panels off. Then fit up the doors which should be prepped for the final coats.
Note, even the orange peel can be different when you paint panels off the car, you will get the best finish, that is the most even when all parts are on the car. If you are cutting back and then buffing, this can change but you need to know that is going to be very expensive. What can do is a flow coat, cut back after the top coat has dried with 1000 paper and remove the orange peel and apply one coat over that and you will get a very glossy finish without massive amounts of cutting and buffing.
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