Respraying

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Originally Posted by sxmachine

WATAJK you are talking about 2pac paint as in a solid means you spray the colour and its shiny already and the other system is clear over base which is better as you said last longer when applied properly.
with acrylic paint system which has been used by tiksie, its a clear over base system as well just does not last as long these days because they dont make acrylic paints as good as they used to on the old school cars. just have to buff it after painting and comes up with a reall good finsh but always have to polish it to give it depth or it will just go to shit!!!!

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This is something i didn't know... Thanks for that, you learn soemthing new everyday :)
+1 Rep to you my friend :)

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Originally Posted by tiksie

WATAJK,

All good man, I'm not doubting you either, just everyone has different theories that's all - I would rather take advice from my teacher that taught me how to spray who taught spraying for 35+ years.

That's right sxmachine, you hit the nail on the head :) But acrylic doesn't fade as fast as some people say it does.. You just have to put more maintenance into it - But ofcourse; go with 2pak if you can, you can get much much better results if applied correctly and in the right environment.. I just wish I had access to an oven :(

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The only reason i said what i did was because i asked my panel beater to add clear but he said no, because 2Pack Milano Red is a solid base paint which has a clear to bring out the shine which makes this colour so nice but the downfall is that it has no UV protection and thats why i said it's a pain to maintain like i tell other owners because it requires regular wasx and polish...


But i agree with both your theories..
I didn't remember the fact you sprayed acrylic and mine was done in 2PAK...

Just keep in mind, spraying 2PAK in your backyard is illegal :P

hey guys how much paint is needed for a full respray ?? 2-3coats ?

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Originally Posted by WATAJK

This is something i didn't know... Thanks for that, you learn soemthing new everyday :)
+1 Rep to you my friend :)



The only reason i said what i did was because i asked my panel beater to add clear but he said no, because 2Pack Milano Red is a solid base paint which has a clear to bring out the shine which makes this colour so nice but the downfall is that it has no UV protection and thats why i said it's a pain to maintain like i tell other owners because it requires regular wasx and polish...


But i agree with both your theories..
I didn't remember the fact you sprayed acrylic and mine was done in 2PAK...


Just keep in mind, spraying 2PAK in your backyard is illegal :P

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The fine is between 15k - 30k.

I'm sure there wouldn't have been a problem with your panel beater putting a clear coat over it.. Its more shine and gives much more protection, even in 2K.


DC2R0636,

I highly doubt you are going to attempt spraying anything with a question like that, but for future refference, you will need about 4-5 litres of colour.


Here is milano red ACRYLIC straight off the gun, base, no clear coat on it yet..

http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/UNI_0766.jpg

Note that there is NO clear coat on it and it's Acrylic!

where did i say i was going to respray my car? just was curious

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Originally Posted by dc2r-0636

where did i say i was going to respray my car? just was curious

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He didn't say you were going to respray your car, he said "anything" in terms of anything at all from a lip to a panel etc etc

;) thanks for the input

Any input is good input :)

The thing what i was told... the reason he didn't put clear was because it's solid and also 2Pak solid paints come with abit of clear in them (SOLID's only)...
My car to be honest, is pretty shiney but then again that's probably cause i always wax and polish her :)
Gotta look after solid based paints more then clear coat paints IMO..

Good stuff with the painting dude :thumbsup:

Post up some pictures of what you got sprayed man :D Would be good to show the difference between acrylic and 2K, 2K is godlike! I love the stuff.

Just outta the booth

Thats a few..

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...ckberry006.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...ckberry005.jpg

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t...ckberry003.jpg

Sweet!

Looks awesome.

how can you make it that shine, if not apply any clear??
how can you do that? what did u apply to make it looks shine