Any one out there paint their own car

[Aaron76]

Hello all
Just wondering if anyone out there paint their car before
I painted my 79 back about 15 years ago and now I am doing it again on my 76. I have it blocked to 600 and all the cosmetic issues taken care of but there might be some things I may not have thought of. any points or comments welcome
thanks in advance

 

[Riley P]

Just painted my truck over Christmas, but unless you are going flat army green, I probably can't help. Flat colors are beautiful at hiding bodywork that you just do not want to perfect. Maybe smaller questions I can help, but since you already painted one car, I'm sure you've got er down...besides, I just wanted to post another picture of my truck.

 

[not2melo]

You need a gun turret on that thing Riley.

 

[taylorsk8]

Naw, he just need to get the classy arial view letters on the roof.

T

 

[Riley P]

Sweet Turret. Still waiting on the letters and the star.

Well....what do you mean by all the cosmetic issues? All the body work is done? Such as the filler - sanding - light paint - sand to find the low spots, then filler - sanding - light paint - sand to find the low spots, then filler - sanding - light paint - sand to find the low spots....my fingers are starting to ache just thinking about it. If you are ready to paint, all I can think of is rust proofing. I found this great stuff called Rust Bullet that I used on the entire underside of the box, rear frame, door bottoms, rocker panels. It sounds like good stuff. It's like POR-15 except it displaces any moisture in the metal/rust first before it seals it. Stop the Rust | Rust Bullet, LLC.

 

[bigdave6]

Flat-black Corvette Z06 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I always thought this was a cool idea - but maybe the green would work too!

 

[OBSESHON Mark]

Flat-black Corvette Z06 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I always thought this was a cool idea - but maybe the green would work too!

Most of the "Flat Black" cars you see are done with the "Vinyl Body Wrap".
There was an "RFE Z06" done in the Body Wrap, last Saturday at the Wilson Niblet Event.

 

[not2melo]

Flat-black Corvette Z06 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I always thought this was a cool idea - but maybe the green would work too!

Looks very cool :coolgleam:

 

[Aaron76]

all done

it was an adventure but it's done now here are a couple of pics more to follow

 

[Riley P]

Hey, congrats on the new paint! It looks great. Did you run into any issues, or was everything pretty straight forward?

 

[Aaron76]

Thanks the biggest hurdle was the ghost flames I practiced on several panels and then it took about 5 hours to mask and paint them but I think it turned out pretty well.

 

[viperedvette]

Wow!!! Looks great!! please let me know what material/paint/clear coat you used excetera, as I am about to undertake the same paint job!!