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[Kart59]

I've got a few chips, paint bubbles, and crack repair that need sorting on my rear clam. I can sort these no problem. However the hard bit is the painting. I reckon a body shop would just repaint the whole clam as the touch ups are spread all over the clam. The thing is I am contemplating spraying it myself.... How have people found the colour matches of new and existing paint especially in rab red? Any tips? If I screw up I will just send it into a body shop, but I think I would like to try. I seem to recall a thread where someone repaired a sill and painted it, then attempted spraying the rear clam, anyone know what I'm on about and have a link to it?

[techieboy]

Yes.

 

Fezzasus' thread is the one you're thinking of.

[CKR]

Hmmmm. Are you talking about rattle can spraying or a proper spray booth? Peesonally I'd just do all the hard work, the prep work which takes forever, letting a pro finish the job correctly

[techieboy]

If you really must try it, have a search online to see if you can hire a prep area/booth/oven/equipment locally. Quite a few bodyshops seem to offer this facility by the hour/half day/full day, these days.

[Kart59]

The thread I'm thinking of had a red vx in it, so I'm guessing that's not fezzesus? I've got a spray gun which I've never used, don't know how good it is, but I'd quite like to try it out. Thinking of getting a car wing or door from a scrappy and testing it out.

[Chris P Duck]

Yup, mad

[fezzasus]

Jules_s did that

[Tusk]

I've attempted to paint bodywork before, very very difficult.

[jules_s]

Yep, my tinkering thread

 

I don't doubt rabi would be a whole lot harder to match though.....and tbh the mount of time/materials I ended up throwing at it I may as well have bit the bullet and had it done by a pro

[Claws]

I did the side of my 330ci in Topaz Blue using rattle cans after someone keyed it. It stood up to inspection a year later when it came to selling it. Also did the rear bumper in my mates garage using a small makeshift booth and extraction. Rab Red is pearlescent though and a bit of a funny colour, could be difficult to match/blend

[jonnyboy]

Given that Half of"professional" bodyshops can't paint properly I would go down the doing the prep route. If your making the effort to sort it out might as well go the whole hog. For the difference it makes to the car I think a pro job is worth it. Should be 1500 ish for a proper professional same colour repaint.

[Bumblebee]

1500 That's cheap!

[nicollow]

I got a full respray for £800 for my old VXT. Was a 7/10 job but pretty cheap

[TubbyNorman]

I'm told paint is about £70 litre these days ! 

[YorkieAndrew]

Hm, I want my rear doing aswel. There's no way I'm doing owt myself - want a proper job through & through & preping a sash window is bad enough!

[FLD]

I paint in my back garden.  Its not that hard.  My local paint shop charge about 40 quid a litre for a mid-brand paint.  2L will bury a VX IMO.

[mbes2]

I now have this image in my head...

 

[Kart59]

Yep, my tinkering thread   I don't doubt rabi would be a whole lot harder to match though.....and tbh the mount of time/materials I ended up throwing at it I may as well have bit the bullet and had it done by a pro

Paint looked good in the pics, how was the finish you achieved? Any tips?

[Tibbles Stryker]

I now have this image in my head...
 

Joking apart a reasonable finish can be made with a roller, wouldn't do it on my car tho

[siztenboots]