Re-spraying a car at home, worth a shot??

[wculbert]

Hi,
I have a Rochdale GT, it is currently bright yellow and did a previous owner paint brush with Valspar in about 1997.

I was thinking about repainting it over the winter.

I would either use enamel like Techaloid coach enamel with a thinner and spray it on or use a protection coat and use cellulose paint.

Could one just sand it down a bit and spray over it again with out priming it again?

Is it easy to do it in your own garage?
Would a £100 compressor and gun surface?

Can you still get Valspar?

Anyone any ideas?
Thanks William

[Martin_S]

I've resprayed my Sylva at home, using cellulose paint and a cheapish compressor. Provided you are carefuk with the preparation, there's no reason the finish shouldn't be fine.

[feet]

Just think ventilation and preperation and it should be fine. Always start each coat on a spare panel to test the setup, so you don't get any runs or spatter. And make sure theres no dust in the garage because theres nothing worse.

[ricola]

I've used an HVLP electric spray gun from Earlex on another project and it was very easy to use and I definitely will again! It was only about £60 from Argos and I know several other people that have had success with them...

Rich

[ninjadave]

Re-sprayed my mini way back when.

I would recomend getting a compressor with an in-line water remover. It'll cost more, but it will save you touching up, and re-spraying where the water drips from the pipe to gun connector.
This is a lesson I learnt the hard way, and had to re-spray the whole car as I started a re-prep, and realised I was wrecking the paint on the other panels with the dust. Luckily it happened pretty early on, but it was still annoying after I spent 3 days prep'ing.

I went to HSS hire and told them what I needed they helped me out loads, also advised I got the masks and clothes, but I already had some.

The other propblem with spraying in the winter is the moisture in the air - you need a pretty big garage to keep the car, compressor, air de-humidifier. As you'll want to keep the doors open, or you'll not be able to breath, you'll want a heater too.

You'll also want a few rags, face masks, goggles, latex gloves, and some very lint free clothing for the spraying, medium and fine glass paper and some sanding blocks (to make sure you done wear any areas down by hand). If you've got a clean garage, then you may want to hang some sheets on the walls to catch the over spray. However, I'd expect you'd have most of these being the owner of a kit car already!

It's very tiring in the prep stages, and seems like it will never end, but all in all, I'd say it's a very re-warding experience!

Good Luck!

[eliot]

Yes, get a water filter doobrie. Never sprayed a car, but what little spraying I have done, you always get drops of water comming through the air.

You should be able to score them of ebay or get em from machine mart.

e.

[hal 1]

Be VERY!! careful if you intend to use cellulose over coach enamel even with an isolating primer you run the risk of a reaction between the two different types of paint, a nice krinkle finish!, as for spraying coach enamel i've no experience spraying it but it does take longer to dry and in winter that could pose problems with sags and runs etc if your garage isn't warm enough, as for cellullose i've used it quite a few times both at home and at work and it's very forgiving for instance you can flat down and polish any blemishes as long as you're careful, i'd try an aerosol tin of isolator in a hidden place then try the cellulose over that, whichever paint you use just make sure everything is spotlessly clean you can buy 'panel wipe' from your car paint supplier but i'm not sure about its compatability with coach paint good luck.