Respraying

**WATAJK** · 05-10-2010 01:36 PM

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!!!!

This is something i didn't know... Thanks for that, you learn soemthing new everyday

+1 Rep to you my friend

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

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

**dc2r-0636** · 05-10-2010 05:13 PM

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

**tiksie** · 06-10-2010 03:05 AM

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

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..

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

**dc2r-0636** · 06-10-2010 01:08 PM

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

**pablos8** · 06-10-2010 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by dc2r-0636

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

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

**dc2r-0636** · 06-10-2010 01:57 PM

thanks for the input

**tiksie** · 06-10-2010 10:54 PM

Any input is good input

**WATAJK** · 08-10-2010 06:17 PM

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