I painted my first vehicle today

[rousie13]

Today I helped my friend sand down some spots of rust on his truck, then fixed them with fiberglass. Then we painted the entire truck, and it turned out pretty good for our first paint job. We had a little bit of orange peel, but it wasn't bad at all. I was amazed he let me spray his truck considering I had never done it before. I want to practice a few more times, then I might try to respray my car because the people who did it, didn't do a very good job. I'm just excited about this and wanted to share my first painting experience. :ylsuper

[nlzmo400r]

congrats man, show us some pictures if possible, and experience is always the best learning tool

[[Zero-S]]

So if orange peel is when the paint gets little dimples in it, what is it when the paint actually peels off (like my car:()

Glad you got your first experience...I need to make sure if I do mine myself my first experience comes out to be damn nice...

[240SXedUp]

I would love to learn how to paint a car. Too bad home depot doesnt have classes for that

[rousie13]

The only thing I've ever done is just watch my uncle paint a few cars that he's worked on, but never actually painted myself until today. When I get my winter rat, I'm going to repaint that thing for some more practice. Painting is a lot of fun and you get to see that all your time actually created something nice.

[SilSweet80SX]

i am getting ready to paint my second job. my 240, in my back garage. my dad has a custom 38k paint booth

[[Zero-S]]

lucky...I have...ft.eustis .

[rookiegtr]

hey rousie, would your friend let you borrow the spray gun to paint say.. my car?

[rousie13]

haha I don't know if I'd want to paint someone elses car until I've practiced a little more. And I'm going back to school in a week. Where do ya live anyway?

[Charlie240sxt]

I've about got done with my body work school then droped out I did paint booth and custem panit classes it fun learn to do custem panit it alot funner then the reg stuff sorry for all mis spells hung over from last night later

[singlecamhonduhkilla]

paint is pretty simple once u get the technique.. i worked at a paint and body shop for half a year.. orange peels suck.. just let it dry and wet sand it.. smooth it out and repaint it again.. i hope you did more then 2 coats? and dont forget to clear it.. the clear should smooth it out.. joe

[nlzmo400r]

we're going to paint a friend of mines s13 pretty soon, he rear ended a ford ranger, so he decided to get the s13 silvia conversion, and we need to paint it all to match. But we're unsure whehter or not to paint the carbon fiber hood.