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JET
10-07-2014, 06:43 PM
So I have always wanted to paint a car and my wife's 2003 Denali XL has a little bit of bubbles starting around the one rear wheel well. There are some rock chips and a few small bubbles on the hood and a small one on a front fender. A couple small dents elsewhere also.

We want to keep this truck for 3 more years, so it is time to take care of it before it gets bad. I will end up painting the rear hatch (aluminum), both rear quarters, the hood and one front fender. I am tempted to paint the other front fender just so it matches the hood.

I picked up a spray gun set that has great reviews from Harbor. This is the exact item number you need, they sell 3 of them that are interchangable but the others are not as good.

http://www.harborfreight.com/air-tools/paint/professional-automotive-hvlp-spray-gun-kit-94572.html

I already had a DA sander and a good variety of disks. I picked up some wire wheels and scotchbrite pads to help out also. I also got a small sanding block.

I have glaze to fill the small imperfections. There shouldn't be anything over 1/8" so no body filler needed. I will be picking up the paint and all supplies from Welle. They aren't the cheapest, but they are really helpful and have great stuff. I am using PPG's value line and will be doing base/clear.

I just got all my buffing supplies today, they will be used on all the cars. Pretty pumped to polish the BMW after I get this project done!

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zzu7v1fLdFc/VDRs6YA-FFI/AAAAAAAABrI/pUdY1XuTrR0/w1137-h853-no/20141007_174439.jpg

I'll be updating the thread with pictures as I go along. It should be an adventure!
turbotalon1g
10-07-2014, 06:50 PM
Hot damn!!
Looking forward to this, paint/body work scares me.
TkrPerformance
10-07-2014, 07:15 PM
bring back the cheap paint gun. You need to spend some good money on a paint gun to get anything that is worth a shit.
good luck on your first paint job
JET
10-07-2014, 08:18 PM
bring back the cheap paint gun. You need to spend some good money on a paint gun to get anything that is worth a shit.
good luck on your first paint job

This is the Devilbiss Starting Line but without the price tag, parts are interchangeable and they are made at the same factory. In the reviews many pros love them and use them over their big $$$ guns. I did my research and was planning on buying a Devilbiss until I found this one. Why not save $100?
b00sted_spyder
10-07-2014, 08:57 PM
I don't know, a lot of harbor freight reviews are mostly from guys who love to buy harbor freight tools. One of my buddy bought one and said it was a piece of crap. Spray pattern was horrible and he threw it away after using it.
Kevin 1G Drummer
10-07-2014, 09:38 PM
I had one of the nicer devilbiss guns a few years ago and threw it away after a couple uses. My super old SATA gun I got from another painter who had it for probably 10 years still sprays better.
JET
10-07-2014, 10:00 PM
I don't know, a lot of harbor freight reviews are mostly from guys who love to buy harbor freight tools. One of my buddy bought one and said it was a piece of crap. Spray pattern was horrible and he threw it away after using it.

Harbor has 21 different paint guns, he probably wasn't using this set. There are 45 reviews on it and only 3 are under a 4.0 out of 5. I also read reviews on quite a few forums where the guys love them and some professional guys using them too because if something goes wrong they toss it instead of having to try and fix a more expensive gun. Anyway, not here to argue about guns, I made my decision on that. Just trying to share my adventure for anyone else that has thought of doing bodywork but never gave it a shot.
tehehodi
10-07-2014, 10:03 PM
I have a wagoner paint sprayer that my parents used to paint their fence ;)
JET
10-07-2014, 10:05 PM
I have a wagoner paint sprayer that my parents used to paint their fence ;)

My last job was at Wagner and I hired Spaz and Grappler when I was there :P
Dark2g
10-08-2014, 06:51 AM
I am almost willing to guarantee failure with a hvlp low quality gun. Been there done that, it is all good tell it ruins a paint job. If u insist on staying cheap I would shop Eastwood if I were u. They sell a better quality then harbor freight and are still somewhat affordable. Obviously the better the gun the better your experience will be. All the prep in the world won't mean anything if your gun is dripping well spraying or the spray pattern makes it impossible to avoid proper layering of paint. Just my 2 cents but hvlp needs to be a quality gun otherwise u are better of just using a cheap siphon gun.