geordiewrx

can a bonnet scoop painted in blue be resprayed silver without too much bother

ABW

iTrader: (1)

yes mate no problem atall

weemac2000

for a job that size best bet is pop along to halfords and ask them to make up an aerosol in your paint code. modern aerosol cans are amazingly good at spraying, almost as good as pukka spray guns but without all the hassle. while you are there get a tin of grey primer and an acrylic clearcoat.
clean the scoop with detergent then rinse and dry, then scrub down thoroughly with fine wet-and-dry or a fine scotchbright pad. no need to remove the exisiting paint colour. just take the shine off the surface. A couple of coats of primer then flatten down again. Then 2 mist coats of colour followed by an even wet coat. Let that dry then overcoat with 2 coats of clearcoat .voila

Puppetmaster

I did my scoop myself...
thorougly sanded it down with fine grade sandapaper - and then used wet n dry paper.
In a clean area I sprayed the primer on from a distance of no more than 12 inches...I waited for this to dry thoroughly and then reapplied another layer of primer and then wet n dryed it
Once this was fully dry I misted it with a the correct colour. Moving from side to side.... starting from past one side of the scoop , moving across it and then releasing the nozzle once past it
Wait for it to completely dry.... and then...
A fine rub down with wet n dry again.
Then a final two coats of clear lacquer.... Waiting for it to be completely dry in between.

If you don't wait long enough in between coats or spray too close to the item you can get runs/drips of paint - which is a nightmare.

weemac2000

Nice technique , Pups.
Just one thing: on a metallic or mica colour you dont want to rub down the last colour coat before the clearcoat, just let it dry then overcoat with the clear

Puppetmaster

Whoops! My bad - completely forgot to mention that! Thanks for picking up on it for me, Weemac