thats y you have a climate controlled booth like we do hahahah jk man yeah it was hella cold in there that was my first guess when i saw it run.

 

YEAH! I just got busted for my tail lights. What's funny is they're not dark at all!

 

Damn frealz man did you get a fix it ticket??

 

I def. don't consider myself an expert painter AT ALL, but I did paint the hood, fenders, front/rear bumper, side skirts, trunk, and tails on my old cavalier when I was 16.

No where near as good as flea, but I know my way around the spray gun a little.

Best pics I could find...













I miss that car...

 

looks good to me

 

awesome work man, im surprised your neighbors dont complain.

 

yea looks pretty good!

 

What about weather conditions & Dust Particles??

I beat U have A LOT of drip spots & dust getting stuck within the paint??????....

Looks good from a distance!

 

From the looks of it the area he was working in looks pretty clean and at the time when he was painting looks like he had good weather on his side where as if it was pretty cold then yeah he would have runs depending on how he sprayed.

 

Too cold in a spray booth?! Spraying not in a non temperature controlled booth?! lol

Nice backyard (well in this case driveway) paint job. It looked pretty nice but I would imagine the close up pic is after being wet sanded and buffed.

 

I was actually worried they would, but they were all pretty cool about it.

I had no drips whatsoever, I practiced on junk pieces with the gun before I went at it. As far as dust particles, yes I did get a few here and there but most, if not all, came out with wetsanding. I made sure to wet down the driveway and all surrounding areas before I went at it to keep dust to a minimum.

Yes, I waited all winter and then into spring for those perfect days. No wind, and just the right temperature and no humidity. I remember praying for nice days so I could spray haha.

As long as you wait for the right day, a do it yourself at home paint job is possible without a spray booth. Of course a spray booth would be alot better, and faster to cure, but it can be done.

And of course the close up pic was after wetsand/buff lol.

Honestly in the end I was pretty proud of myself for my first attempt at paint when I was only 16, I got alot of compliments at shows from people and had them asking where I went to get it done.

I can say one thing, In the end I realized why paint jobs cost so much $$$. The time and effort that goes into it is unreal. It took me a good month to get it all how I wanted. I was so sick of wetsanding

 

well i am I-CAR certified in paint and body, but i am going to be a ploice officer. some of my work

Tail lights:


Driver fender (no blend into other panels) and front lip:


Viniati Spoiler:

shooting clear with no mask, oopsie

Oh and a custom tC bumper i was working on until i was laid off, hence y i am goin to be a police officer

 

^Very nice. I want to get my RS1 lip back. Did you attach your rear lip with screws in the wheel well area or the pre-drilled holes on the bottom of the lip?

 

^^ i used the brackets that came with it, aswell as the sel tapping screws in the wheel wells

 

dood thats a bad a$$ bumper im liking the sidevents.

 

had to trash it once i was laid off. didnt get to finish it. i wanna do another

 

how did you get it like dat did you plastic weld anything nething or was it all fiber glass??

 

2 part plastic epoxy

 

Plastic welders work wonders. I saved an 08' headlamp from going in the garbage with it. It is currently on my car.

 

yeah b4 i got into bodywork i didnt know dat you could weld plastic and i saw it done i was amazed hehe. but good job on the bumper too bad you had to throw it out