How to "Spray Paint Job"?

[sylonien]

Well. Does anyone know or have any tips on how this can be achieved. My aim is to spray paint my Zender Downforce spoiler.



I have found the can of spray in Halfords which was my car colour - Volkswagen Diamond Black and some clear laque?

But how do I actually go around doing so? Any "hints"?

thanks.

[SiDaBa]

i dunno but i'm pretty sure one can will not be enough for a start.

[carmadaaron]

i would get it professionally painted. better finish and wil last longer.... doest cost that much to get it painted, ive been quoted £80 (no VAT) either!

[sylonien]

i would get it professionally painted. better finish and wil last longer.... doest cost that much to get it painted, ive been quoted £80 (no VAT) either!

£80?! I've been quoted for £180 Where is that? Oww I dunno what to do now that you've said that.

[bstardchild]

Well. Does anyone know or have any tips on how this can be achieved. My aim is to spray paint my Zender Downforce spoiler.



I have found the can of spray in Halfords which was my car colour - Volkswagen Diamond Black and some clear laque?

But how do I actually go around doing so? Any "hints"?

thanks.

I certainly wouldn't use Halfrauds paint their colour match accuracy is truely appauling!!!!

[sylonien]

What else can I use then? That's the only place I can think of.

[bstardchild]

What else can I use then? That's the only place I can think of.

You could buy the spray paint from VW - at least it will match

[david burton]

I've sprayed both my spoilers (birds and mine) with good results. Try it yourself!

You will need 2 cans, and yes - halfords can be bad, but black (plain) is a good match - just see if the diamond black matches and hope for the best!

Get some plastic primer, and some thinners. sand the spoiler down with medium - fine grit sand paper to get some purchase, then clean it thoroughly with thinners. get some tack rags to get rid of any dust.

spray it with primer - 5 or 6 light coats (the first 3 will not cover it all - that's how light to do it).

sand with 800 wet and dry or similar, to get rid of dust marks - dry with kitchen roll, then tack rag it again.

spray 2 coats lightly of the top coat, then for the final one give it a good blast of paint so it forms a constant wet layer of top coat (don't drip tho!). that is the fine art bit....

for flat paint (non metallic) that's that! wet and dry it in a month and then t-cut.

the next bit is up to you - this is how i got my best result. basically i gave a coat of laquer, then let it dry completely (3 days). then i wet n dried it (1500 grit with water) and gave it another good coat of laquer (with the "wet" top coat). i let this dry, then after a month i wet n dried it again and t-cutted to get a gloss finish. it still looks good now

[sylonien]

What else can I use then? That's the only place I can think of.

You could buy the spray paint from VW - at least it will match

Do VW do spray ones though?

Thanks Dave for the "guide". Sounds more complicated than I thought though?

But I'll study that one and see what I can do. But what do you mean by "tack rags"?

[david burton]

it isn't hard - trust me

tack rags are sticky rags designed that dirt sticks to em, but they don't have chemicals that effect paint on them. you can get em in halfords.

vw do spray ones - but they're a lot of cash - 150ml or 250ml is about 12 quid with laquer IIRC. It's what I did mine with (just).

[sylonien]

Oh right. Didn't actually know they did some spray can's. Cool cool.

Decision time here, shall I attempt it? ahahahha......

[Tahrey1043]

be even better if they did a range of pre-faded paints
stick em under a sunlamp in the factory whilst still full of thinner to simulate 10 or 15 years of exposure so it matches perfect

[sylonien]

10-15 years? But my car is only like less than 2months old?

[Tahrey1043]

sorry just rambling on

at that kind of age you should be going to the dealer for that

be prepared to see them crying, however, if you tell them why... sticking a big aerofoil onto an almost brand new polo might not put you in their best books shields up!

and as dave says - at the very least, get some primer. a single can of paint isnt gonna stick to anything metal or plastic very easily unless you prime it or it's pre-primed
(thats a pretty good guide actually i think i'll refer back to that in future)

[toXXin]

www.carsprays.co.uk

I do hope you mess it up though, that thing is awful!