Monday, 22 September 2014

Repaint An Automobile

A dual-action sander speeds up the preparation in repainting a vehivle.


When a motorcar's distemper is ancient, faded or stupid, sometimes the individual contrivance to create is to repaint it. Bringing your vehivle to a gloss shop to be repainted can value thousands of dollars for of the labour involved. The value of the materials needed to repaint your van comes in approximately a infrequent hundred dollars. Enroll repaint a vehicle and colouring your own vehivle, saving future in the shop and method.


Instructions


1. Spray paint onto the surface, using the same techniques as when spraying the primer. Apply a total of four to six coats. Wait five minutes between each coat before you spray the next coat. Let the car dry for 24-hours before touching or driving it.


2. Incorporate all trim and accessories with masking tape and paper. Subsume the window glass, grille, lights, door handles, main holes, bumpers, weather stripping, wheels and tires.


3. Spray primer on the surface of the van. Occupation the spray gun 12 inches from the surface and spray left and hold together, not up and down. Depart at the top of the van and elbow grease down to the backside. Let the primer dry for 30 minutes. Spray a moment coat of primer and let it dry for 30 minutes.


4. Sand the Dried apricot primer with 600-grit sandpaper while you hold a running water hose with the other hand over the sandpaper. Keep the sandpaper wet while it is touching the surface so the sanding buildup doesn't scratch too deep into the primer. Sand the surface until the primer is smooth.


5. Use 900-grit sandpaper and a water hose to sand the surface again. This removes the deeper scratches left by the 600-grit sandpaper. Sand until the surface is smooth. Rinse the car and let it dry completely. Pull the masking tape and paper off since it is soaking wet and no longer able to adhere well enough to keep paint overspray off the covered parts.


6. Apply new masking tape and paper in the same way you applied it the first time. Wipe the car's surface with wax and grease remover and a microfiber towel to receive rid of any remaining particles that could harm the paint.


7. Sand the all-inclusive painted surface with a dual-action sander and 320-grit sandpaper. Sand until the motorcar is stupid and no glossy areas persist. Swab the van with a Hairpin rag to pick up any dust or dirt on the surface.