Wanting to paint my car help!!

[Dflores2]

Hi everyone I currently have a cb7 here in NV and I do want to paint my car where can I purchase paint for cars and I would like navy blue or silver plz let me know thank in advance for

[Fleetw00d]

Do you plan to paint it yourself? Then the Yellow Pages or Google would be a good place to start looking for automotive paint suppliers in your area. Same thing if you're looking for a body shop to paint it for you. The OEM paint code is on a sticker on the driver door pillar, but it sounds like you want to change the color of your car.

[deevergote]

Start on Google. Search for automotive paint manufacturers. Once you know a few names, figure out which ones are good. Once you know that, search for each name and your town's name... and you'll likely find yourself with a long list of body shops and paint suppliers in your area.

Given the nature of your question, I'm assuming that you have no prior knowledge or experience painting cars. It's not like painting a wall in your room. To do it right, you need the proper equipment, and you need to know how to use it correctly. You need a space to paint the car, and let the paint dry (in other words, outside is a very bad place to do this.) You need to do careful prep work, or the paint will bubble and peel.

If you want to learn with something a bit more forgiving (and removable!) try Plastidip. dipyourcar.com has a nice kit for under $500 that will get you started. For an amateur, the flat plastidip products are your best option. Still, the results can be decent. And if the final outcome doesn't look good, you can just peel it off.

[AccordWarrior]

Start on Google. Search for automotive paint manufacturers. Once you know a few names, figure out which ones are good. Once you know that, search for each name and your town's name... and you'll likely find yourself with a long list of body shops and paint suppliers in your area.

Given the nature of your question, I'm assuming that you have no prior knowledge or experience painting cars. It's not like painting a wall in your room. To do it right, you need the proper equipment, and you need to know how to use it correctly. You need a space to paint the car, and let the paint dry (in other words, outside is a very bad place to do this.) You need to do careful prep work, or the paint will bubble and peel.

If you want to learn with something a bit more forgiving (and removable!) try Plastidip. dipyourcar.com has a nice kit for under $500 that will get you started. For an amateur, the flat plastidip products are your best option. Still, the results can be decent. And if the final outcome doesn't look good, you can just peel it off.

You know my thoughts on Plastidip, but I've been reading some reports lately about Plastidip causing damage after being on a vehicle for some amount of time. Maybe it's just isolated incidents with lack of surface prep, but they are out there.

To the OP, technique is everything. Practice painting first before you even think about doing your car. I painted a set of fenders for my old Toyota Pickup and even though I used a PPG single stage (same as OEM White for Toyota that year), my results looked like it was my first attempt painting a vehicle. It was plenty serviceable for an old truck, but it was definitely not show caliber. Both silver and navy blue are going to be difficult to spray.

[deevergote]

If anything corrosive, such as road salt, oil, etc... isn't cleaned off properly before applying Plastidip, certainly.

It's not a replacement for paint, for sure. It's a novelty. An effect. It really is a great way to practice painting a car, though. The same concept applies... prep, mask, spray with even strokes. The only difference is that Plastidip can be peeled off if you mess up, or you get tired of it. For a $500 investment, it's not a bad way to learn, and there's very little risk involved (especially if the original paint is already in bad shape.)

Done well, Plastidip can look good. Many aren't done well, of course, and the result looks pretty awful. Even the shiny stuff isn't a proper replacement for even a low-end paintjob like you'd get from someplace like Maaco. I feel the low cost, removable nature, and fairly forgiving application lend itself well to an amateur, though. There's a better chance he'll end up with a decent outcome, and if not, it's not permanent.