So I hooked a friend of mine with a 2002 Honda Accord, that didn't need it anymore, with another friend that has a son just about to get his driver's license . . .
This is the car as it was sold/purchased . . . a week ago . . .
The top of the car has primer showing through . . .
So I started with the hood . . . took it down to primer, shot the base coat, and then the clear - yes, in my backyard . . . everything looked great . . .
until I came back 10 minutes later and saw all the bugs in the paint ! ! ! ARGH . . .
So on to plan B . . . set up a paint booth . . . in my carport . . . put plastic up . . .
Made a run down to the local "Tear-A-Part" (usually called Pull-a-part - but my name better describes what goes on down there) . . . found a cool spoiler . . .
You can see how bad the trunk is and the top has no clear coat, that's all base coat . . .
Hood repaint 2.0 . . . and spoiler repaint too . . .
Back to "Tear-a-part" and I find a reap bumper cover, that was in really good shape, and when I started to remove it, it didn't even dawn on me that it was the SAME COLOR . . . and I got him a set of front headlamps, the passenger side leaked . . .
Base coat shot on the top . . . and trunk . . .
The finished product - when my painting was completed (including my typical couple of runs in the clear coat) . . .
Titus was, of course, out inspecting my work . . . I think he agrees it's better . . .
Then I get this from my friend, after he and his son buffed and waxed the old paint ( he knows NOT to touch the new stuff, but it still has a good shine on it )
What a difference . . .
Can't wait till he sands, and buffs out my runs . . . LOL
This is the car as it was sold/purchased . . . a week ago . . .
The top of the car has primer showing through . . .
So I started with the hood . . . took it down to primer, shot the base coat, and then the clear - yes, in my backyard . . . everything looked great . . .
until I came back 10 minutes later and saw all the bugs in the paint ! ! ! ARGH . . .
So on to plan B . . . set up a paint booth . . . in my carport . . . put plastic up . . .
Made a run down to the local "Tear-A-Part" (usually called Pull-a-part - but my name better describes what goes on down there) . . . found a cool spoiler . . .
You can see how bad the trunk is and the top has no clear coat, that's all base coat . . .
Hood repaint 2.0 . . . and spoiler repaint too . . .
Back to "Tear-a-part" and I find a reap bumper cover, that was in really good shape, and when I started to remove it, it didn't even dawn on me that it was the SAME COLOR . . . and I got him a set of front headlamps, the passenger side leaked . . .
Base coat shot on the top . . . and trunk . . .
The finished product - when my painting was completed (including my typical couple of runs in the clear coat) . . .
Titus was, of course, out inspecting my work . . . I think he agrees it's better . . .
Then I get this from my friend, after he and his son buffed and waxed the old paint ( he knows NOT to touch the new stuff, but it still has a good shine on it )
What a difference . . .
Can't wait till he sands, and buffs out my runs . . . LOL
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figured he would after seeing it. Grate job.
