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Well after mucking up my front badge my dad kindly sanded it down so I got it primered tonight. That's 24 hours wasted. Now I primered the rear badge last night, so tonight I sprayed the reflex silver over it.. Left that to dry a few hours then tried the laquer. All went well until a big hair got stuck on the badge so I tried to scrape it off, and now it's left a mark. Tried rubbing off the primer but it's screwed up the paint so now I got to wait for it to dry, sand it down then primer it again (another 24 hours) paint it (another 24 hours) then put on the laquer (another f*****g 24 hours) and I ain't got that time. The car looks crap as it is with all the scratches, stone chips and corroded bits, and I can't even make good badges after £35 and 2 days! And now I can't go out tonight as I've missed the bus because of this f*****g badge. So angry just now, I feel like a complete 'tard! Just want the car to look good but it costs so much

I know how you feel mate, my first one was a bit like that.

Luckily though the 2nd time was enough.

I've done about 4 more since for other people

I wasn't happy with the paint in the first place before I did the laquer, it had heaps of imperfections and crap, but I just accepted it. Tried sanding it down just now but it won't budge

Car will look great tomorrow with a gaping hole in the front grill and a black sticky pad on the boot

practice makes perfect
when i sprayed my rear badge my mam parked her bora on top of it while dryin
not happy
trust me if you spend the time it wil be worth it in the end

I am absolutely crap at painting, seriously!

Every time I try to spray something, I have to do it about 5 times.

I get so impatient, and always put too much on and it goes bubbly or runs.

I should really just take stuff to a body shop when I need it painting and pay someone who knows what they're doing to do it.

Im like Josh. No patience whatsoever when it comes to painting.

Cheers,

Alex

Yeah I get other people to do it too

Classic example was when I bought my de-locked door handles, I knew of no reputable bodyshops near me so I went to the body shop at my local dealership... £80 for the pair to be done but on the plus side, a first-class finish, no doubt!

In your position Mouse, I would have bought a second front and rear badge to play with, that's generally the approach I take to these sort of things

As Bob says, practice makes perfect!

Cheers

Mouse_GTI wrote:I wasn't happy with the paint in the first place before I did the laquer, it had heaps of imperfections and crap, but I just accepted it. Tried sanding it down just now but it won't budge

Car will look great tomorrow with a gaping hole in the front grill and a black sticky pad on the boot

Mouse, how do you think i felt when i was rollin around in a massive primered bodykit slapped onto my car What a fool i felt!!!

All will be good son enough bud, just have to bide your time. I chipped my door when i opened onto a rough wall. Big chips!!!

And I was considering to colour code my front splitter after all, no chance lol. I got a short fuse when it comes to things like this and I'm exactly the same with bad drivers. I'm just a little picky

i had that sorta luck when i was painting my wing mirrors back in the summer! i bought all the stuff to do it in like april and finally got them on the car in september at E38!!