Tips on painting a car?

[Toahk]

Well my teacher has the compressor and a really good paint gun and everything I need to paint my car, he says I can use it I will just have to supply the paint and paint it myself. My question is what kinda motion do I use while painting my car? And any other tips would be helpful. This will be my first time painting a car and ive never seen someone do it before so im not sure exactly how to apply it.

[Toahk]

And also should I totally strip off the old paint or just rough it up with a scotch pad or fine sandpaper? Before I primer that is.

[MainEvent212]

you should definately sand it down to bare metal if you want the best quality paint job...and use lots of coats...

[quiksilvia]

scoth brite pad every surface, then while holding the gun at about 1.5-2 feet away from the surface, go left to right, letting go of the trigger at the end of the pass.

[quiksilvia]

i wouldnt go to bare metal, i grew up in a body shop, but what do i know?

[Toahk]

Any ol Wal-Mart primer is good for primering part right? a few cans of the sandable 4$ stuff should do it you think?

[slw240sx]

get some primer from a auto paint store spray can primers some have differant chemicals and the paint wont adear properly to them !!!

[chrispy]

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[daniel240]

yea, there is no point in going to the bare metal, just start with rough grit and go finer and finish with about 600 or 800.