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It's perfectly possible to make a good job of painting your car, but you've a fair bit working against you, with weather and workshop difficulties. If you have most of the kit for spraying paint, and can use it, I'm sure you could make a reasonable job. Preparation is everything if you want it to look good, and last. If you can prepare the car well for a professional to put on the paint in ideal conditions, it could be quite economical and you would get a much better finish than spraying it yourself - it may even last better if you prepared it more thoroughly than a professional would generally bother to do, particularly flatting off the paint in the louvres and corners. Bear in mind that modern catalysed car paints can be quite harmful to your nervous system, and fatal in some cases. Air-dried acrylic lacquer is safer but will lose its finish quicker, particularly if left outside in the sun and rain. Finally make sure the primer you use is compatible with the other coats! Now I'm just off outside to remove the wrinkled top-coat from some temporary patching I did using a cellulose undercoat and non-hardened 2-pack. Well, it's a learning process - I hoped it would last until I can remove the fenders and repair them properly, but instead I've learned something I sort of already knew. It would have taken less time to have gone into town for some fresh hardener and done the job with 2-pack throughout. BTDTII (been there, done that, ignored it). ;-) Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: <eggmeg@netzero.net> To: <type3-d@vwtype3.org> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 1:20 AM Subject: [T3] Painting > > Evening all, > > My car is ready for paint!!! I'm finding that paint is expensive and I was wondering if anyone has any advice for or against painting my own. I am comfortable enough with my sprayer although I will have to get a larger compressor. Can I or should i paint it outside? I have a garage but the wife complains when I lay fiberglass much less spraying paint, so outside would be nice. My concern is with any wind and temperature. > I would appreciate hearing from anybody with related experiences. I have to make the decision soon. I live in south Jersey and its gonna get cold soon. Thanks for any help. > > > John > 65 square (weezer) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~