The definitive paint thread. Nuff said.

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

use that shit with a wool pad and then go over the entire thing lightly with a foam pad and a finer cut compound.

Also, you can use 3M's Perfect-It. Thats what all the shops I have ever worked in use and they love it.



Finished pictures of CJ's car

[speedgod^s13]

Originally Posted by WakeBHR

Im not sure where my post ends and your begins but all those little car shapes are directly off the HOK website
House of Kolor Speedshapes - Preperation & Undercoat

Thanks bro!!

[GripTerror]

Anyone able to find a color like this that's not metallic but has a transient change so to speak kind of a pearl kind of a 'maziora' orange/red/white i dunno how to explain... this is from a video game though:



And also can anyone identify this color exactly... it may be custom but... something like it? It's a hamman x6 custom made:

[Lite it up]

Finished product. JW0

[dontxploitme]

And also can anyone identify this color exactly... it may be custom but... something like it? It's a hamman x6 custom made:

not positive but it looks like bmw's electric red
color code 438

i wanna paint my hatch that color and add flake

[dontxploitme]

i have a question for all the painters on here. my uncle said he'll paint my car for me. he's not professional but he used to paint lowriders and he did a pretty good job. he told me i just need to get the paint and an hvlp gun. but i don't know how much paint to get? this is roughly what i'm looking at

2 coats of primer
3-4 coats of paint
3-4 coats of clear

on an s13 hatch

can somebody sum those numbers up for me in qts? for example how many qts of primer and how many qts of paint & clear will i need for the job?

thanks in advance

[rREValo]

Pearl green paint code 0080 Lamborghini green

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Originally Posted by dontxploitme

i have a question for all the painters on here. my uncle said he'll paint my car for me. he's not professional but he used to paint lowriders and he did a pretty good job. he told me i just need to get the paint and an hvlp gun. but i don't know how much paint to get? this is roughly what i'm looking at

2 coats of primer
3-4 coats of paint
3-4 coats of clear

on an s13 hatch

can somebody sum those numbers up for me in qts? for example how many qts of primer and how many qts of paint & clear will i need for the job?

thanks in advance

Get a gallon of everything.


Even though you may think you need primer, you probably only need sealer.


Remember, primer is a FILLER, and sealer is to help level the panel for the base coat and is sprayed about 20 minutes before any base coat.


If your car is completely stock body, but you are painting everything but the door jams (which I suggest you go ahead and paint them as well) you will need a gallon of clear, a gallon of base and reducer (unless you are using a waterborne system or pre reduced system) and depending on the body work done or not done anywhere from 2 quarts to a gallon of sealer.


You can always use primer as a filler as well as the sealer pre base coat, but you will want to make sure you don't sand through any of it so you don't get hazing or inconsistent coverage over the car. This is why I typically will seal everything I paint, helps everything come out the same and almost perfect.

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Originally Posted by rREValo

Pearl green paint code 0080 Lamborghini green

I fucking love that color but can't bring myself to paint anything I own that color because of color matching and cost.

Lamborghini has some of the coolest most involved colors I have ever seen or worked with, and as such, I have never painted one that didn't have to get fully resprayed haha

[upsdude]

question regarding the s14 kouki valences:
they appear to be pre-primered. has anyone just painted these the way they were? i was thinking about scuffing and at least spraying some adhesion promoter before painting, or is it necessary to lay down a fresh coat of primer? i'm a rookie at painting so yeah i'm clueless...i have a major run to fix on my bumper

[Z28ricer]

Jet Black basecoat over PPG black sealer, HOK Rich gold flake midcoat, then clear

[endlessboost]

Originally Posted by upsdude

question regarding the s14 kouki valences:
they appear to be pre-primered. has anyone just painted these the way they were? i was thinking about scuffing and at least spraying some adhesion promoter before painting, or is it necessary to lay down a fresh coat of primer? i'm a rookie at painting so yeah i'm clueless...i have a major run to fix on my bumper

Usually oem parts come primed already. Adhesion promoter is usually only for raw rubber to help adhere primer. I'd say just scuff it down with 800 grit and paint.

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Usually you don't want to trust primers on oem pieces, best thing you can do is sand it down by hand with 400 wet and see what it looks like. I would absolutely seal the pieces though before you hit it with any base coat

[jing]

Is this factory paint?

[driftsilvias13]

^ nope....

[onehundredoctane]

my S14 with GM Charcoal Gray Metallic from 09 Corvette

[jing]

Originally Posted by jing

Is this factory paint?

Well if anyone was curious, the colour is Bright Aqua Metallic from a 94 Corvette

[frsh4]

can someone confirm this for me?
#283e67 is Seattle Seahawk Blue.

[upsdude]

Originally Posted by Lovely Idol Inc.

Usually you don't want to trust primers on oem pieces, best thing you can do is sand it down by hand with 400 wet and see what it looks like. I would absolutely seal the pieces though before you hit it with any base coat

uh, what is the sealer? that's separate from the adhesion spray i'm guessing? well i'm limited to using a single stage paint, since the previous owner painted the entire car that way. i was told if i go the base/clear route on the new parts it would stand out way too much...and if i was told the wrong info it's too late the valances are already painted an on my ride lol :P

[Wake]

Originally Posted by frsh4

can someone confirm this for me?
#283e67 is Seattle Seahawk Blue.

Thats what comes up when I google the number so i would say yes.

[wacko2]

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does anybody now this color code this red,

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Originally Posted by upsdude

uh, what is the sealer? that's separate from the adhesion spray i'm guessing? well i'm limited to using a single stage paint, since the previous owner painted the entire car that way. i was told if i go the base/clear route on the new parts it would stand out way too much...and if i was told the wrong info it's too late the valances are already painted an on my ride lol :P

Yeah you were fed the wrong info absolutely.


Sealer is essentially a leveling primer whereas primer is a high build product used when you are filling things or covering bodywork/bare metal.

You use sealer before base coat to ensure the base lays down the same everywhere and there are no transparent spots when you are working with pearls or metallics.

[.jrmyrmx]

hard to tell from the picture but the car looks like it was anodized gold. has a little bit of texture to the whole thing, looks amazing!! I wonder how this type of color would look on a newer car....

[fckillerbee]

Originally Posted by Z28ricer

Jet Black basecoat over PPG black sealer, HOK Rich gold flake midcoat, then clear

and to think i was going to do the same thing to my exterior...whew...dodged that bullet.

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

accessory, interior, engine bay, roll cage, wheels are okay with that stuff, but to do the whole car is just too much. If you have something that prismatic you can do it over blues (not really dark ones or it looks like its over black) or over white or some other bright color.


In person vs. pictures is ALWAYS misleading with prismatic flake

[dontxploitme]

does anybody know the code for this color?

[Yad]

hello silvians!

does anyone know the name or the color code



thanks in advance

[fyneyoungstunna]

this is an epic thread.
if somene knows the paint code to that candy brown volkswaggon and the little grey sports car(haha) it reminds me of a caterham that would be awesome.

this thread makes me want to buy cars just to paint them.

also if i want to try to match that lotus purple how would i do it?

[Lovely Idol Inc.]

Lotus purple, go to a paint supply store and open a color book and have them mix it up for you

[ETHANOLED SR]

Engine bay only! BMW Laguna Seca Blue color code 448.