[dannyeprice23]

was speaking to a rather nice chap today, and he seemed to know his stuff, especialy fords, but im not sure if this part was a load of balls to be honest......

i was saying that im currently looking for quotes for a full respray of my car, in either RS style white, or matte black....upon hearing matte black, he informed me that it is a realy easy colour to do and a lovely finish would be attainable via simply rubbing the current paint work down (not removing it), so that it was completely dull, and spraying right over it with a couple of coats of the matte black...

if the original colour wont have to be removed, this obviously would keep the overall costs lower, and matte black is apparently a realy easy colour to work with...

i dont know anything about this field, therefore would like to know if this fella is talking out of his pooh shoot or not..??

also, has anybody had any respray quotes at all for the puma?

danny

[fordfreak]

hi,
hope this is ofhelp to you...
when respraying many
people mistakenly believe that the original paint needs to be either removed or primed over. this is incorrect. in order for the new paint to stick, the existing surface be it paint or grey primer or whatever needs to be keyed first meaning that the surface must be prepared in order for the new paint to stick. Two methods are commonly used; wet and dry abrasive papers (600 or 800 grit) or the use of a scotchpad. the number of times i have seen customers bringing in cars to be sprayed having been sprayed in grey primer is unbelievable. once the paint surface has been prepared it is simply a matter of painting over. if any repairs are made; dents etc and filler is used then primer must be used before spraying over.
matt black is fairly easy as it generally doesn't show up any imprefections. Gloss black however is a different story - the bodywork must be perfect.
hope this help.
any questions please ask.
thanks

[JCDenton]

How much you expecting to pay?

[dannyeprice23]

makes perfect sense hmm....you work in a body shop?

as for how much am i expecting, i have no idea.....i have asked for quotes, but not got none back...

iv also made up my mind, matte black it is i reckon

[chestnutree]

Only car i've seen sprayed matt black was a vaux cavalier. Yes it's a nasty car anyway, but the paint looked awful!! it just looked like they had attempted to go for black but forgot to use laquer or something.

Do white, those pics of white puma's look cool!

[PumaJay]

matt black looks mean, neil from fast ford has just sparyed his puma matt black with halford rattle cans,

mate of mine has done it on his BMW M535i track car aswell, looks mean as!!

[JCDenton]

Doesnt spray paint just flake off over time?

This post has been edited by JCDenton: 07 December 2009 - 07:23 PM

[Shilly]

JCDenton, on 07 December 2009 - 07:22 PM, said:

Doesnt spray paint just flake off over time?

no if you have keyed the body properly

that lambo is a vinyl wrap as well

This post has been edited by Shilly: 07 December 2009 - 08:53 PM

[PumaJay]

vynal wrap is about £1500 to be done properly, its really easy to spray matte black, no need for laquering!

[JonB]

Matte black does look mean, my kids spotted a matte black kat parked on the New Cross one way couple of weeks ago, it was on black alloys, didn't clock the reg so didn't "was it you" it. It looked evil.

[Shilly]

JonB, on 08 December 2009 - 07:57 PM, said:

Matte black does look mean, my kids spotted a matte black kat parked on the New Cross one way couple of weeks ago, it was on black alloys, didn't clock the reg so didn't "was it you" it. It looked evil.

it could of been neil at fastfords

[PumaJay]

either neils or blacknight on project has a matte black kat in black FRP wheels, that thing looks mean as!!

[Dezza]

Im still thinking of wrapping the FRP matt black, just trying to find the time to do it. Will probably only leave it on a couple of months though

This post has been edited by Dezza: 08 December 2009 - 09:44 PM

[JCDenton]

where would you get vinyl big enough?

[Shilly]

JCDenton, on 08 December 2009 - 09:49 PM, said:

where would you get vinyl big enough?

http://www.carbonskin.co.uk/

[chestnutree]

PumaJay, on 04 December 2009 - 10:55 PM, said:

matt black looks mean, neil from fast ford has just sparyed his puma matt black with halford rattle cans,

mate of mine has done it on his BMW M535i track car aswell, looks mean as!!

Funny you mention Halfords, thats where i always see the cavalier parked up

[JCDenton]

That site doesnt sell it, they just do the wraps..

[Shilly]

neils at fast ford


also neil said it wasn't him

This post has been edited by Shilly: 09 December 2009 - 10:20 PM

[FastFord Neil]

It's been done....


;-)



Real easy to do though.

[chestnutree]

Shilly, on 09 December 2009 - 10:18 PM, said:

neils at fast ford


also neil said it wasn't him

Defo not to my liking, sorry. A car should shine and polish up! But each to their own, thats why we are all different and have our own opinions