What's the best looking, cheapest and fastest way to paint

>>14217908
>best looking
Get a professional to do it

>fastest way
Get a professional to do it

>cheapest
Get a professional to do it

If you have to do it yourself, only go as far as the pre corrosion material stage then let the shop handle the rest. If you don't have the knowledge of how to paint a vehicle, you will fuck it up and it will look like shit.

dip

cheapest, maaco
best, professional
fastest, either of them.

slowest but best compromise between price and quality, doing it yourself if you have the space.

>>14217908
I'm currently stripping fenders down to the metal.
Going to try my luck with spray paint.

>>14217908
Rattle cans if youre not a retard

People shit on cans all the time, but they can give more than qdequite resukts

>>14217955
Do not use canned aerosol paint. Even the shittiest HB paint gun will have a better spray pattern than fucking aerosol cans.

>>14217963
Meh. It's just white paint. Rustoleum lays on thick and smooth.
It will be OK for an experiment. And look better than rust

>>14217963
This, lol.
Why the fuck would you use aerosol for an entire panel when you can buy a $30 HVLP gun that will be 10 times better.

>>14217971
If you have an air compressor, grab a $30 paint gun. It will work like shit, but will at least get something close to a uniform spray. Also can teach you some of the basics of maintaining proper distance, and keeping an overlap.

>>14217978
And then a $400 airconpressor and moisture catcher and body suit and face mask and $80 cans of paint.
All to do a fender.
Worth it!!!!

>>14217982
I know. I use to work in a paint booth.
Not worth it on a $300 car

>>14217978
Because you can get great results with cans and it's cheaper.

>>14217982
feather the trigger to stop paint flow but never stop the air flow, maintain a perpendicular attitude towards the panel by rotating your wrist, if you lay it on too thick it runs if you lay it on too this it orange peels if youre prep isnt spot on youll get shit adhesion and fisheye. quick and dirty? harbor freight hvlp,compressor and some single stage paint like imron. rattle can will have a blotchy look from some angles no matter how careful you are and how much you color sand.

>>14217990
An air compressor is a necessity in many automotive repairs, and if you are considering putting serious time and work into fixing your car you need to get one.

You don't need a moisture catcher or body suit. Face masks are fucking cheap, and can be used in many things outside of cars.

If $80 is a high amount to you in terms of making a car not look like shit then go back to gluing manga pages on your Honda Civic.

>>14217995
If your car is only worth $300, I would concentrate my time and effort more into saving money for a step up than cosmetics. If there is series damage to the body that is causes you concern for your and the cars safety than there is very little you are going to be doing at home unless you knows how to run a bead and keep thin metal from warping under intense heat.

>>14217996
Nice lies?

>>14217990
If you don't have an air compressor you shouldn't be posting on this board as far as I'm concerned. And it doesn't have to be completely dry to still out perform an aerosol can.

>>14218035
>minor rust
>remove paint
>remove rust
>rattle can
Profit

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>>14217996
>it's cheaper
By about $10 or $20.

>get great results
pic related

>>14218045
>minor rust
Is not the problem if you're driving a $300 shitbox. Might as well take nail polish to the car.

>>14218055
>implying you know my shitbox

>>14218043
>If you don't have an air compressor you shouldn't be posting on this board
This. It should be one of the first purchases you make if you even give a shit about working on a car.

>>14217908
I would go with wrapping your car... Its about 1500bucks and the overall quality is superb! Of course it isn't as good as a professional paintjob... But it's close. And a professional paintjob will probably send you back to a 5 to 6000 bucks (at least here in Belgium)

>>14218075
I know if I'm estimating a car, and its worth doesn't even cover the repairs then the owner needs to get their priorities in order.

>>14218043
But I do have an air compressor.
Just saying for average Joe its not worth it.
Also what about people in apartments? They have no place to paint or store a compressor.

>>14218094
>buy $300 corolla
>spend $500 fixing it.
Runs and drives great. It's a bit ugly from rust but the body is straight.
Shut up moron

>>14218097
>Also what about people in apartments
Getting into car repair shouldn't be their priority.

How does HVLP400 from black and decker fend off?

Or would it be better to buy a paint gun from Aliexpress and use a compressor?

Also what's the best paint for the job?

>>14218109
1. The worth is no longer $300
2. You're the moron attempting to take a near worthless Corolla and make it look like something other than the shitwagon it is. I'm not telling you to dump your car lol poorfag. I'm telling you cosmetic repair should be your last concern.

>>14218120
Get a real paint gun with compressor.

Any paint that isn't Chinese will do you fine. Don't go for the high quality stuff like PPG. Waste of money if you aren't running a body business.

>>14218133
What should be my concern?
>he thinks I'm poor
Nigga I have 3 cars and a truck. Own a home and have a fairly nice shop.
Please tell me oh master. How should I live my life?
Since apparently messing around with a corolla automatically makes me a poorfag.

>>14217908
paint and brush.

>>14218154
I don't care if you are swimming in money or live in a barrel. Trying to fix the cosmetics of a car worth less than $1000 is foolish. Go ahead and take cans of Rust-Oleum to your car if you really want. It's just my opinion that you're wasting your time. What you want to do with that opinion is up to you.

>>14218180
>letting a car rust away is better than fixing it
Good god...

>>14218050
How is a spray can only 10 quid cheaper than a compressor, air hose, spray gun, and moisture trap AND paint?

If you can't get good results with a rattle can then you're just really bad at spraying.

>>14217942
Today I learned that Maaco's original HQ was 20 mins away from me.

I wish it was still there. Closed down a few years back. I'd trust them to do a good paint job rather than their branches.

>>14218190
> paying $4k to "save" a $1k car is a good idea

>>14218149
Any paint like what? I've seen many use Rustoleum but that doesn't feel like it could be a long lasting solution

>>14218212
>paying $4 to prevent rust on any car is a bad idea

>>14218190
It isn't minor rust if the car falling apart is a concern.

If you care about the car enough to not see it end up falling to pieces than you can spend more than $20 fixing the damage. You already stated you spent $500 fixing the car up. Would an extra $100-$150 to clean it up semi-properly really be that bad?

>>14218213
nothing wrong with rustoleum m8.
well, apart from the finish

>>14218203
See >>14218043 and >>14218021

>>14218224
Who said there was concern of the car falling apart?
Why are you guys trying so hard to make me spend so much money on a shitbox?
It's a fuck around car. No one cares about the quality of the paint.

>>14218213
Any paint intended for use in a paint gun. Go into any body paint supplies shop and things like Starfire are what you should be looking for.

>>14218234
>Who said there was concern of the car falling apart?
"letting a car rust away is better than fixing it" - You, moments ago.

>Why are you guys trying so hard to make me spend so much money on a shitbox?
I already told you that you can use whatever retarded method you want, I just think you're a fucking dumbass.

>It's a fuck around car. No one cares about the quality of the paint.
Nor do they care about small spots of rust.

>>14218226
would using a fine sandpaper and some polishing fix the grainy look?
>>14218242
Unfortunately I'm not from the US, but it looks like a nice DIY project which I'll surely hate during the process, are there any internationally recognizable paint sold around the world?

>>14218228
I have an air compressor and can't remember the last time I used it for anything other than inflating tires.

>>14218256
Go into any paint supplies shop, and look for paints no lower than $40 a gallon (or your counties equivalent.) Anything up from that is highly unlikely to be Chinese shit.

>>14217929

Because we're all born with skills, and nobody anywhere can ever learn, right? Bodyshop people were born with the ability to paint perfect from day one and never had to learn!

Fucks sake. You can learn. You teach yourself, you fuck up, try again, fuck up, get good. Then you can paint and help people learn.

>>14218007

> Shooting Imron without a clean breathing air supply

Ishiggitydiggity

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>>14218502
But the question was fastest, cheapest, and best, not whether it is possible to do it yourself. Took me about 3 semesters of classes before I could really do a professional job start to finish, each of those classes being maybe ~80 hours of total work. I know a lot of people on 4chan have this idea that their own time is worthless, but personally I value my time a lot, so monetarily it wasn't worth it at all, I only took the initiative to learn because I want to and enjoy doing it. Doing it himself obviously isn't the best route for OP, there's no way you are going to lay down a good job without a ton of practice. Here's the fine work of some midway through first semester students

>>14218570
>His compressor doesn't have a filter
My condolences

>>14218588

> He breathes the air from his compressor

>>14218584
He asked the cheapest. Doing it yourself is the cheapest.

>>14218624
>cost of your time
>cost of equipment
Not even close to the cheapest

>>14218570
You can use cartridges if you follow the timings.

>>14218634
>implying anyone on /o/ has something better to do with their time.
And if we're talking about time he's essentially not paying for labor by doing it himself He's getting paid for it

>>14217908
>painting with only a filter mask

I hope none of you actually do this...

Isocyanate is nasty shit. Enters through your skin even.

You need a tyvek suit and supplied air mask to paint safely.

>>14218634
>cost of time
this is a fucking non-quantifiable variable
>cost of equipment
is cheap when compared to the cost of paint

>>14218669
Cartridges are NOISH approved for isos mate

>>14218691
I didn't know cartridge filters protect your skin and eyes

>>14218702
no the mask does that.

>back peddling this hard

>>14218726
>being this proud of your lack of safety gear

k.

>>14218741
How is it a lack of safety gear you absolute fucktard? Cartridges are approved for isos.

using a full face mask and a suit is a completely irrelevant discussion you back pedaling idiot.

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>>14217908
As far as cheap for semi-educational purposes and if it turns out looking alright that's just so much gravy? Had good luck with cutting cans of rustoleum and running them through these 20 dollar guns that are effectively one use. Pic related, more time spent with high grit sanding would have been time well spent because you get about a foot from the car and the sanding scratches stuck out a bit.

>>14218502
>Bodyshop people were born with the ability to paint perfect from day one and never had to learn
It took me 2 years of training from a man who'd spent almost 50 years in the industry before my body skills were at the minimum for employment.

I'm not discouraging people from learning, but doing so on your own car is incredibly risky, without proper guidance you will develop horrible traits, and depending on the quality of the outcome you expect you may find that you just wasted a huge amount of your time and money and still need to take it to a professional.

If you want to learn autobody, find panels from scrap yards and practice on fixing those while double checking everything you do with an experienced bodyman online. Practice hammer and dolly, learn various sanding grit purposes, how to estimate a vehicle, how to apply body filler, what a proper feather edge is, how to properly mix primers and paint, distance, speed, and overlap when painting, etc.

Just like working on the mechanics of your car there are things you can do on your own vehicle as a beginner, and other things that are far too much a risk to try doing without experience.

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>>14218203
>muh orange peel
>muh streakiness
>muh uneven tone and hue
>muh cake spray clumps
>muh runs

Anyone who thinks they can get decent results out of a can is autistic

>>14219599
On top of this many of these people don't even know how to examine paint on a car so they have no idea if I actually came out nice.

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>>14219599
>>14219626
>forgot about fish eyes

>>14217908
I bought a crx with a rattle can job afew years back and painted it orange for $30 in day and a half. It was cheap and fast. Not good looking but better than before.

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>>14219642
forgot a before pic.

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>>14219648
After

>>14219654
Why would you buy a crx some one used for batting practice?

>>14219672
racecar

>>14219654
>street cone orange
>racing stripe
ya blew it

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>>14219672
Used it through High school. Traded an '87 jeep with a rusted frame and misfiring straight six for it.
Also the jeep was painted with a paint brush and house hold paint.

>>14218584
What the fuck am I looking at

>>14218502

Go paint 50 body panels perfectly then try painting a car.

Otherwise you may as well paint your shitbox with rustoleum spray paint.

>>14219720

What any retard whose never painted a car can expect if they try painting their car.

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>>14219790
>>14219790
My first complete respray was my Miata and it came out pretty good. Used high solids clear and I barely got any dirt. Prior to doing it I watched a shit ton of Youtube videos from professionals. Before that I barely handled a gun but I knew what I was doing from videos alone. You can definitely get good results even if inexperienced as long as you do a little bit of research and read the material data sheet. I don't want to shit on painters but painting is easy as shit if it's just panel painting. Blending, mixing paint and matching orange peel is what makes painting hard. Swinging the gun is ez mode just pretend you're a robot beep boop

>>14218502
We only have a limited time on this earth, with the way the economy works we each specialize in different skills.
So you see I go to work and then I use my money to hire a painter rather than me learning to paint when I only want to paint one car.
Unless your time has no value, which you are posting on /o/ telling someone to learn to be a professional painter, I'm going to assume that is the case for you.

>>14217996
not really cheaper when it fucks over the resale of your car

>>14217937
This.

I'd love to get all the dents out of my car and a full repaint to the original Milano Red. Previous owner did a horrible job repainting but it is better than the faded pink original paint. The front end is a completely different shade of red though and it drives me nuts.

May save up for that when I get everything else good.

>>14219859
This.

Watch some videos, do unimportant panels (like under the hood, or use some test pieces) until you get the hang of swinging the spray gun. My paint was some 100 dollar or so stuff with clear coat as part of it. All together (with paint, hardener, sand paper etc etc) was about 500 bucks.

And if you want it to be glossy and not look like rattle can shit, DO IT INSIDE. I sprayed my car outdoors because I didn't have enough room in the garage (or ventilation). The only parts of the car that didn't turn out glossy, smooth and near perfect were those that ended up getting hit with direct sunlight. They were matted and didn't come shiny. (probably could have been fixed with a lot of buffing but this was a 2000 Chrysler cirrus... Nobody cares). Also bugs and shit.

>>14219859
>Swinging the gun is ez mode just pretend you're a robot beep boop
Maintaining distance and overlap should be easy as shit, but I still see new painters fuck it up.

And you're right, painting is 90% mixing and matching. The painting part is the relax moment after you've finished pulling color chemistry.

>>14219654
Why didn't you fix the dents before painting it?

>>14219859
Can we get a closeup of that paint with a solid reflection?

Good paint gives me boners

>>14220795
top fucking kek m9

>>14220795
>>14220805
Holy shit

Anyone have any tips to fix overspray? it kinda feels like sand paper :F

>>14219599
Because spraying from a compressor magically makes all of those problems a non issue.

If you can't get decent results with a can you're shit at spraying.

>>14220795
>>14220805
ohshitniggerwhatareyoudoing

>>14217908
>Good Looking
>Cheap
>Fast
Pick 2.

Hey guys im in the process of painting a motorcycle fender and i got a question

The fender has a layer of body filler underneath the paint, my question is,
once i remove that, should i reapply it?or can be painted directly on the metal?

>>14223477
>Once i remove the thing covering the dent, can i paint over the dent or should i fix it again
Golly gee nigger i wonder

>>14223478
It doesnt have any dent, the fender has not been damaged, it just have really old paint that has started to crack up and fall by itself