#1: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:44 am ---- Right, so I've seen this posted on here a few times, people saying they've sprayed something but it looks more matt than gloss..
After a minor accident a while back, my drivers wing was completly doofed! Rather than buying a new one and getting it pro-sprayed I decided I'd put my spraying skills to the test.
I'm no professional sprayer, nor will I ever be, I dont even own a spraygun & compressor!
This was sprayed with Halfords (Yes HALFORDS) rattle cans (Primer & Sprays) and some Carplan Rattlecan Laqcuer (sp?)
So here we go:
First, you need to prang your car like so:
Next up, pull it to bits:
Remove the dent with either a dent puller or rubber mallet (but please please dont SMACK it with the mallet, take it nice and steady!)
Wetsand it down to smooth it out abit and key for the filler (I used 250grit w&d)
Start applying the filler to fill in the remainder of the dent.. (P38 filler is used for this)
...And then sand it back nice and smooth, you can see how smooth it is by running alittle water over it and looking at it under light, you want ZERO dents, pimples, spots of water, or reflection wobbles.. Make sure you take your time on this, as this is the shape your car will end up with on the final spray!!!
Then it's spray time baby!!! 3 coats of primer later and we have this
Leave to dry for 24 hours, and then sand back very slightly to key the primer for the spray, (Use 1200 grit wet and dry and allow to piece to dry before attempting to spray) After 4-5 coats of spray I was left with this (P.S - Dont spray an area, spray the whole thing!!! I sprayed the whole drivers wing here)..
I then left this to cure/dry over night (about 12 hours I think I left it) and then keyed it once again ready for the laqcuer (again with 1200 wet and dry) After 3-4 coats of laqcuer I was left with this...
As you can see, your left with a slight pimpled' effect to the finish, which gives it a less gloss like look and more a matt look from a distance, and very minimal reflections, which I'm sure is what most of you are experiencing hence asking for tips on how to get it back glossy.. Well todays your lucky day!
Gloss time y0!
You will need the following:
- Some quick detail or soapy water
- 1500grit wet and dry
- 2500grit Meg's finishing paper (eBay sells this at a good price)
- Rubbing compound (I actually used halfords own stuff lol!)
- Some high quality SRP
- Lots of elbow workings, and abit of hard work!
The first step is to make sure you have left the area to dry for a good few days to make sure its 100% fully cured and hardended, otherwise you'll just end up starting from scratch again!
Spray the area with QD or Soapy Water, and also the 1500 wet and dry, and start sanding down the area, dont use too much pressure and dont sand for too long, also make sure you keep the area lubricated and check that the wet and dry doesnt get clogged up with crap from sanding down..
Every now and again stop sanding and get a mircofibre cloth and dry the area you are sanding, you will be left with a semi-dry area now WATCH it fully dry!! Keep a lookout for small pimples, wet spots or dry spots appearing as it drys, if this happens you havent sanded enough so back to work it is Spray with QD or Soapy Water and carry on.
Once you stop seeing the piples upon drying it's time to switch to the 2500 and sand again, this time no where near as much though, this is just to make it easier to get the scratches left from the sanding out of your fresh paintwork
Again soak the area and the 2500 wet and dry and sand away, dependant on the area depends on how long for, you can roughly tell by how the sand paper feels as your using it, it gets to the point where you feel like your not actually doing anything other than rubbing a piece of paper over glass now it's time to stop..
Dry the whole area again and make sure you see no spots.. If you dont 'grats to you, thats the easy part done
Next we get our Rubbing comound, put abit on a cloth and rub in a circular motion, it'll more than likely sound like your rubbing gritt into your paintwork, dont worry it's fine - the compound will slowly disapeer from a white paste looking substance to a polish looking substance on your car, do a couple of rub overs when it does this and then stop and wipe it off with another cloth..
Your paint will probably look crappy, and very very Matt looking, grab that SRP you have and polish your car like a crazy man, I polished the area twice to get to the point of the images below, however it may take 3 or 4 times, I'm sure I dont need to go into 'how to polish your car' so I'll leave this at this point..
I know it's abit of a flakey FAQ/How-to, but I'm sure it'll help some of you out!
The final result:
I now need to polish the whole car as the wing is actually more glossy and mirrored than the rest of the car, darn Pugs for having a pimple effect spray all over them :grrrrrrrrr: lol Last edited by Ste on Mon May 13, 2013 1:16 pm; edited 1 time in total
#2: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Dillon, Location: KentPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:57 am ---- Ace guide And proof that you don't always need the professional tools to get a really good finish !
#3: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Ellis1612, Location: St.NeotsPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:30 am ---- So if i was too the whole car Still use the same technique ahaha
#4: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Teebag, Location: exhall, bedworth, coventryPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:43 am ---- good guide this..... would only add never spray edge to edge, the edge's of a panel are the dangerzones as this is where colour matching can be spotted if there's a slight difference. always blend basecoat and use fade out thinners if blending lacquer
#5: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:37 pm ---- Good point, although I didnt worry about that, as my doors always been a different shade 'previous owner I think' so that'll get resprayed soooon!
although the colour match is extreeeeeeeemly good - which I was very very supprised about lol!
But thanks for bringing that up totally forgot about it / slipped my mind at the time of typing..
#6: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: bertt, Location: chesterPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:56 pm ---- quite impressed with the finish on that mate considering you did it with rattle cans very good!
#7: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: n1ck106, Location: scotlandPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:57 pm ---- Whats srp ? Just polish?
#8: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Ruffy_206, Location: BristolPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:23 am ---- super resin polish.
#9: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Schnakey, Location: CoventryPosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 2:59 am ---- Just to add, match may have been better still (in all lights) if you had added a drop coat before laquering. Really help with silver. (light, low pressure, further distance)
#10: Re: FAQ: DIY Respraying - Getting that gloss finish! Author: Ste, Location: Hull -or- The World Of Info CodePosted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 3:45 am ---- Yeah I did a drop coat/mist coat
Not a 'propper' one though, as remember this was rattle cans, couldnt really adjust the pressure
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now it's time to stop..
totally forgot about it / slipped my mind at the time of typing..
