Are there any paint sprayers out there? am wondering how i strip the paint from a spoiler im getting so i can prep it abit to cut down on respraying costs??

its going to be in red but need it black but thought i could prep it a bit but not sure of the best way to start stripping paint off?

any tips will be greatly appreciated.

dave

i need to remove paint from some morrete headlamps too, any suggestions??!!!

you dont need to remove thw old paint??

just sand it down so its all smooth, prime if needed and paint the new colour ??

Several times (well at least 3) with the sanding down and undercoating though :)

im not going to do the respray myself, but thought id have a go at the prep work so a step by step guide would be great if anybody has done it themselves before. :thumb:

One tip when sanding by hand, dont use cheap paper, but buy a 3M sand paper with thin layer of foam on the other side. They last "forever" and two or three of these can sand an whole car down. The foam smoothes the surface over stone chips, like no other plain paper, and gives a result like "water paper". But this type is dry paper. So you also save time by not using water. You can also use the foam to clean the area, and make sure the paper dont clog up.

First time i used this paper, i threw away ALL my ordinary sanding paper. Ordinary paper is useless and gives a crappy result compared. In the long run, the 3M paper also last much longer. So the higher price pays off in the long run. Expect about 5gbp for each pad. For one fender i reccomend to only buy 3 different pads (5cm X 10cm each) to start with. They come in ultrafine, fine, medium and so on.

Good professional paint shops got these special paper, but they are hard to find. These are small pads.

or, paint shops often stock them in large rolls, ask your sprayer if you can have "a foot".

As always, good tools is essential for a good result.

There is too much to say about prepping a car. Its not as easy as it looks and is more important than the spraying part.
Will try to do a guide later today (getting dragged round the sales with the missus)

TheBigYim (painting cars since1995)

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as long as the surface is not damaged and needing repaired, its should take very little time to "prep" the spoiler

i use scotchbrite pads, scuff the surface down, clean it with panel wipe and after a tack cloth rub down its ready to paint, it took me 10 mins to prep my spoiler last time i "prepped" it for painting :lol:

i definatley want all the good advice i can get as i am getting a version 5 spoiler for a crazy bargain price tomorrow so will want to prep it and think ive found someone to spray it for me at mates rates so looking good, just want to make sure i prep it in the best way poss.

thanks

dave

Just preparing the surface by rubbing down the old paint to a smooth finish is not always the best way! You never really know what has been applied to the spoiler previously, and this can cause problems with reactions and blistering. Various paints and primers can have adverse effects on each other when just overcoated! In the case of a preciously painted panel we would generally recommend removing the majority of the previous coats with P320 sand paper, then apply 3-4 coats of a high build primer to remove any imperfections. Then once dried use P500 paper to take the primer down to a nice smooth finish. U are now ready for your basecoats and lacquers. This way u ensure a good finish and the peace of mind that the jobs been done correctly. On Black vehicles we tend to go one process further and sand the primer down with P800 after the P500 as black shows more scratch marks etc.
Have fun :brickwall

isnt p500 a bit rough?
we always use 800 for primer on all jobs regardless of colour.

I wouldn't use p500 for basecoat either, I use p800 finished with 1000 or 2000 abralon pad