Repair scratches and peeling of cars! The heart of spray painting.
Some people might repair their car with a spray can as the retouching if the car paint surface gets some scratches or it is peeling.
However, if it is small areas which has scratches as the partial retouching, the car paint surface becomes uneven.
Therefore, you should spray to every parts if you can.
You need to repair whole parts even though you want to repair the small parts.
For example, you want to repair the part of the door, please spray to whole of it.
We found an expert of retouching with a spray can in YouTube, so we will introduce the video.
This is a wonderful skill, isn’t it?
To be honest, we were surprised with his skill of using a spray can.
However, we also think “Are we (armatures) able to do like this?”
Are we able to paint whole a car by ourselves?
The answer is YES.
However, truly, it is very difficult.
Anyway, it needs a lot of time to paint.
The person who are skillful such as the YouTube video we introduced doesn’t have to ask professionals. Because he can do it himself.
However, regarding car repairing, the preparation is more important than skill of using a spray.
The steps are scratching the original car paint surface with a sandpaper, and to preparing the foundation.
If you’re success two of these, it is equal that painting is success, too.
The point is whether you can do these works carefully and perseveringly,
※Please make note that you paint with a spray at once, your need to ask professionals to remove all of the paint.
The preparation to paint with a spray by oneself
First, we would like to introduce essential tools.
-Dry sandpapers (120, 180,240 and 320 grit)
-Wet sandpapers (800 grit)
-Primmer Surfacer
-Degreaser
-Paints
-Clear coating
-Waste cloth
Beginning from removing the car paint
Please remove the car paint surface (the clear layer) with a 120 grit sandpaper properly.
You should better to do it equally.
The small number of sandpaper is rough, so you need to use higher ones gradually.
For example, when you can remove it with 120 grit, next let’s use 180 grit and remove the streak of 120 grit.
After this, please use 240 grit and 320 grit well.
Removing the oil
Please remove the oil with a degreaser.
You only need to spray and wipe, so it is very easy.
Applying Primer Surfacer
Primer Surfacer can make the foundation and the surface evenly together.
You should better to apply as the practice for applying a spray.
Using a wet sandpaper
In this step, you make the car surface more evenly.
Basically, please give 800 grit sandpaper a little to make the surface evenly.
If it gets to even, finally you can go to the steps of applying a spray.
Painting
Moving a spray can in large sideways after stir it up well is the most important for painting.
If you do this step carefully, the finishing will be beautiful.
Same as Primer Surface, you don’t have to replay many times.
Applying evenly is more important than applying thickly, so please apply it like you spread it thinly.
Applying the clear coat
This is the final step.
Normally, for the solid paint, this step doesn’t need.
However, if you polish with compound after this step, the car will get the natural gloss and beautiful finishing.
The tips of applying clear coat is checking when you spray it to the car body.
Then if the clear matches with the color, you can sprat it properly.
The more you apply, the more gloss your car get, but please be careful not to apply it too much.
Let’s do it from small parts
When you paint with a spray by yourself, you don’t need so many tools,
but the steps are same as professionals of course.
You should do it carefully for the natural finishing.
Therefore, starting from small parts should be nice.
Does this article help you?
We wish that your DIY will be comfortable.
