Any paint sprayers on here?

woofercooker

woofercooker

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I need a front bumper and ideally a bonnet sprayed in the near future and i am thinking about having a go my self, Its for an old renault 5 gt turbo that is a non metallic black.

I am just after some thoughts on how realistic would it be for a complete novice to get a decent finish if i were to go and buy a compressor and spray gun etc and prep the bumper my self etc? it would be a fun little project and good learning experience to give this a go.

I watched a video on youtube of a guy spray a red rs turbo outside in his garden and it looked shockingly good when it was all finished if i could get anywhere close to that i'd be happy it inspired me to have a go.
 
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I'd be interested to hear about this too, i've got an old shed impreza WRX which will need painting but as it's such a cheap car i don't want to spend twice its value on paint.
 
Surely a renault 5 gt turbo has got to be worth enough nowadays that it's worth getting it done professionally?
 
For someone who tried this my advice is to give up now.

Or buy a scrap panel and be prepared to put a crap load of hours into practicing first.

It's not as cut and dry to do as it's made out on youtube.
 
pepsilol said:
For someone who tried this my advice is to give up now.

Or buy a scrap panel and be prepared to put a crap load of hours into practicing first.

It's not as cut and dry to do as it's made out on youtube.
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What happened in your case? Strange as iv'e posted this same question on another forum and lots of people have said they have had great results with no prior experience. One guy even had quite a few runs and after flatting it out after it looked perfect.
 
Cookeh said:
Ones in good condition (and low-ish miles) are going for up to £60k, so yeah, definitely.
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60k? are you sure you are not thinking of the turbo 2? The Gt Turbo's seem to start from around 3k for something half decent not rotton that's road worthy with MOT, 5k+ for something in great condition.
 
Apologies, thinking of a Renault 5 Turbo and not the GT - please ignore me :) Ignorance on my part led me to think it was the same car.
 
I sprayed a panel on my old car once. It came out so badly that I never told anyone on here about it and went out and bought a new panel. :p ;)
 
I did this about 15 years ago.
I already had a compressor, bought a spraygun from machine mart and Sikkens silver paint from a local bodyshop supply, and some German 2 pack cleaercoat and hardener and something to make it suitable for plastic. I also bought an organic fume respirator from machine mart. Usually you need a air-fed mask and suit but I was doing it outside so went with the face mask and chose when to hold by breath and breathe.

I found it really easy and the finish was excellent. Bumpers are forgiving anyway compared to flat panels. The hardest part is the prep work. It needs to be smooth all over. You can't hide blemishes with paint, it makes them look 10 x worse.
 
If you have the time it's really easy to get a perfect finish, and with half decent kit and materials you can get a decent finish without the need for too much time. My advice:

- buy a cheap tent for makeshift dust free spray booth.
- get a half decent gun, not a £10 cheapie. Something like a Fast Mover is fine. Don't forget water trap, pressure regulator & uncontaminated air hose. A cheapie gun is fine for primer.
- use a decent 2k lacquer & use appropriate respiratory gear to spray it. IME this is the most critical step to a nice shiny pro looking finish straight out the gun. Look to pay £100/5litres or so.

You can get all of the above on eBay.

With a flat black you won't need to do any blending etc - nice and easy to get started on ;)
 
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