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If you have a nice HVLP gravity feed gun and a decent compressor, youll need the primer, bascoat (color you want obviously), reducer, clear coat and clear coat hardener, and a &*It load of sandpaper, i used 80-250 grit, and it worked good. You dont have to get all the paint off, just roughenit up and smooth it out. Electric sanders are great.




Spend around 100 or less as opposed to thousands. Save money and Youtube and Google The hell out of the subject. ( painting, prepping, etc..)

I've heard of primer, basecoat, and clear, but reducer and clear coat hardener? I'm guessing reducer has something to do with smoothing out the paint before applying the clear coat and I've never heard of clear coat hardener.. does that speed up the clear coat hardening process?


btw, you got all your equipment and paint for under $100??

 

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Know im just talking about the paint supplies. A spray gun isnt that much tho, and you can get a compressor for a couple hundred.


Reducer is pretty much paint thinner. You cant just put straight paint in the gun , its too thick it wont go through the gun at all.

and yes clearcoat hardner is exactly what it sounds like.

Oh I was thinking it was a whole nother step in the painting process. About how many layers of each do you usually apply?

I've only painted small parts with rattle cans..

 

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yea, black is good, but i want something new i want to be different. so im looking for some nice colors, any good recommendations?

no fast and furious shit like orange, please.

most of the nicer colors I can think of are pearlescent so i'm not much of a help.