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You may of gathered from my other posts that I generally have a go at most things car related.

The wing I replaced on the Rover got damaged when the drive way wall suddenly clipped me ;)

So I have taken the wing off.

Gave it a good clean. Managed to knock the dent out within about 10mins of careful work with a piece of wood and hammer.

I have sanded the dented area down to bare metal or almost there to get the scrape marks out.

I had some primer in the garage so I have primed this area, just waiting for the first coat to dry.

I will give it a quick sand then do another primer layer.

My question is though is where do I get perfect match paint?

Should I just get a can from Halfords shelf? The car is white so it shouldn't look too bad if it's not 100% perfect.

Also how many coloured coats? 3?

Do I need to laquer after?

Cheers,

Chris
 
I needed white primer and thats what I had in the garage.

Just put the first colour coat on, looks good but I think I sprayed it a little bit too thick.

Will see how it goes. Can always sand it all down and start again, would need more primer though.
 
I have sprayed before but only once, it came out ok too :)

Can I speed up the drying process with a hair dryer?

Do I need to laquer with solid paint?
 
Are you sure about the laquer? The paint looks duller than the rest of the car?

Does it just need a T cut and a wax in a fortnights time to make it the same?
 
Well it was going so well but then the sun went down and it got cold and moisture appeared in an area of the panel :eek:

So there is a odd blotch on the panel. It has wrecked the last layer of paint I did in that area.

So it's indoors now. Tomorrow I will sand down this dodgy patch top layer and then add one more layer.

Chris
 
Right, I just had a look at the wing and the paint is flat and not shiny.

Do I just need more layers?

In a week or 2 will a T cut and wax make it looks shiny like the rest of the car.

The best way to describe the finish is like a PC case. That's not shiny.
 
The paint has bloomed on the last layer in one area so I have to sort that out before I can continue.

I am thinking of just giving the panel to my friend to spray as I dont have a warm place and it's just too cold outside. He works in a bodyshop and did some work on the Mondeo cheaply. He may even do this for free if I ask nicely as he only has to blow it over, all the prep is done.
 
It sanded down fine but the paint ran out again. You don't get much in these cans.

I think I will just get my mate to do it now as it is just too cold for a proper finish.
 
Morba said:
buy the big cans, its all good!
i think you need to do it in temps over 5oC and then have a ncie warm place for it to dry.
the weather is putting me off some spraying on my bm atm :/
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The paint I spray is just blooming, going all weird. It's just too cold, takes hours to dry before you can do another layer so is a bit pointless.

I'll get my mate to spray it in the booth at his work I think.

What a waste of money I spent on paints. lol.
 
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