The Paint Thread...

['93accordse]

thats a little long imo, but to each his own. i guess its whatever makes you the most comfortable.

[roostaccord91]

SPEAKIN BOUT PAINT I DID MY OWN PAINT JOB. MIXED AN ALL. FIRST TIME EVER PAINTING A CAR. CAME OUT CLEANER THAN CLEAN. LOL. ONLY THING THAT SUCKED WAS THOSE KAMIKAZE BUGS THAT LANDED ON ROOF AND TRUNK. BUT OTHER THAN THAT. CHECK OUT MY DOMAIN AND SEE WHAT I DID TO IT IN THE 5 MONTHS I HAD IT. ITS BEEN SITTIN IN MY GARAGE FOR PAST 2 MONTHS BUT ONLY CUZ IM OUT OF TOWN.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2299967

[Ilikebigbutts]

One more question,my hood has some bumps on it.Should i fill it up with bondo or get an another one (one thats straighter).Reason i'm asking is because i no when i open/close the hood it flexes and i dont want the bondo to be cracking.What would you guys do?

ILBB

['93accordse]

i'd take this as an opportunity to get a new hood, maybe cf? the fiberglass wont crack, but if you fill bumps on the hood, roof, or trunk you stand a much better chance of seeing your bondo marks than on the side of a car. reason is the average person isnt a perfectionist when it comes to sanding. best bet? cf time.

[Ilikebigbutts]

bleh, i hate carbon fiber hoods...so out of place they seem...

i'll end up getting a new hood.

ILBB

[i'm the girl]

One more question,my hood has some bumps on it.Should i fill it up with bondo or get an another one (one thats straighter).Reason i'm asking is because i no when i open/close the hood it flexes and i dont want the bondo to be cracking.What would you guys do?

ILBB

it's not just a matter of cracking from moving the hood... its also a matter or of the stress heat will put on the bondo as your car gets used and inevitably gets hot when the engine runs... and then it gets cold again ... these because more extreme as the weather turns into fall and winter...


...think of the infamous pennsylvania road system - potholes happen majorly because of stress (expansion and contraction) on the materials as a result of weather changes ... and bondo is a cement - a composite material which would be subject to similar stresses

[maroonaccord2.2]

bleh, i hate carbon fiber hoods...so out of place they seem...

Dude, you sound like YODA.....lol.

[JTEK24]

2 questions... What the hell is an integrated clear coat and how can you paint a car with just sanding the paint not totally off(just making it rough enough for the paint to stick and repainting it? does not make any sense to me

[Ilikebigbutts]

Dude, you sound like YODA.....lol.

lol, i'm pretty sure i meant to type "they seem so outta place"

ILBB

['93accordse]

2 questions... What the hell is an integrated clear coat and how can you paint a car with just sanding the paint not totally off(just making it rough enough for the paint to stick and repainting it? does not make any sense to me

all paint jobs are shot over sanded stock clearcoat, unless there are issues. on older cars you may take it down to the sealer, and in some spots take rust down to good metal, but thats just how you paint. i dont know how this doesnt make sense. what wouldnt make sense would be taking the whole car down to bare metal every paintjob.

integrated clearcoat in basic terms is like one-stage paint. it dries shiny. no need for seperate base coat, clearcoat. mostly used on work trucks and fleet paintings, Maaco and Earl Schieb have made the process popular for the average person by offering a paint job at extrememly low rates. while you can get a decent job out of a single stage paint, quality and longevity are really derived from a seperate bc/cc process.

[JTEK24]

what wouldnt make sense would be taking the whole car down to bare metal every paintjob.

I'm no paint expert but I was just wondering because the paint that is on my car from a previous paint job(different color over factory paint) is fading, peeling and cracking. Now I wanna repaint it the factory color now so it didnt make sense to me how is someone gonna keep painting over messed up paint since the color was changed.

['93accordse]

if its messed up then yeah, you gotta take out the bad shit. my point was that you dont need to go down to bare metal. Probably whoever painted yours last didnt prep right. chances are, your oem stuff is still good under all the crap thats been shot over it.

[JTEK24]

. chances are, your oem stuff is still good under all the crap thats been shot over it.

You are absolutely correct, the stock paint still looks shiny as hell. It just looks like they didnt prep at all, just sprayed the damn car and took me for my money. I just dont have $1000 to just give away. So Im gonna try the sprayglo people since I have seen there work on imports at car shows but im not tryin to spend that much anymore from learning my lesson with paint shops tryin to get over. anything just to get the factory color back is cool with me.

[Rustyshakleford]

This thread has alot of usefull info on it. i had Laguna7 *Ryan* paint one of my cars and it came out Siiiiick!

['93accordse]

if you stock paint is still "shiny" then they didnt even scuff the clearcoat. lol. they got you bub, sorry.