The first thing he is interested in is the price of this service in a paint shop. We can say with confidence that this service is not cheap and not every person can afford it, especially if you really want to paint the car normally. The only alternative that comes out in this case is self-painting the car at home.
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Yes, not everyone can do it, and this procedure is not easy - it requires not only paint, but skills and experience. A beginner is unlikely to be able to paint normally the first time and the result will not please the eye. It is advisable to pre-read some articles about this case and first practice on an old body or other bare metal.
Painting a car is not a banal dousing of a car from a bucket of paint, no, there is a different order of affairs here. You need to know how the technology goes, master every moment and gain skills that will help you cope with this case. Before you get down to business, keep in mind that this is a difficult event and it will not work out without preparation. To help cope with this event, so that the car looks normal after painting, modern equipment can help, which simplifies the process. First of all, we need a compressor and a spray gun, which provides the surface of the body.
Preparatory activities
To correctly and need to understand how to work with a spray gun. It often happens that it is not a high-quality spray gun that is to blame for the poor color of the car.. It also happens that the body before painting is not sufficiently prepared. The latter is important in order to properly paint the car, so it’s worth paying enough attention to the preparation. Let's single out the following stages of preparing the machine:
Thorough car wash - The surface of the body is thoroughly washed and dried with a directed air stream. It is necessary to blow out all the dust from under the hood, sills and trunks. It also does not hurt to use synthetic detergents;
- Before painting the car, degrease the surface of the body. For this, an alcohol solution, acetone or a common solvent is suitable;
- With an electric drill or grinder, we remove the old paint and grind the corrosion;
- The spray gun is also used to apply a primer. At the priming stage, it is necessary to immediately start processing the body in advance after. Drying is carried out by ordinary cooling, and it takes two to three hours correctly. If there is no time for this, then you can dry the body in an infrared chamber, where it will take 15 minutes;
- Next, you need to apply paint using an airbrush and other suitable equipment.
The choice for an ordinary beginner is between a high pressure, low or universal device. To properly paint, remember that the lion's share of the time is spent preparing for the action. If each stage took you a long time and in general you were satisfied with the work done, now you need to paint the car with paint. After buying an airbrush, you need to choose the diameter of the nozzle through which the paint can pass out.
Please note that painting with the same device will not work, the tool needs to be changed, or painting will not work. In this case, things depend on the viscosity of the liquid, so if the viscosity is 20, then you need to choose a nozzle with a diameter of 1.35 mm. And if the degree of viscosity rises to 33, then you have to choose a nozzle diameter of 1.77 mm.
To paint the car yourself, you also need to decide on the material used. Types of paints are conditionally divided into matte and metallic. Matte paint is easier for a beginner to get, since there is only one layer of coating, without any additional effects. If you have a desire to paint a car in metallic, then here you will have to learn how to apply several layers of paintwork in order to achieve the desired effect. Also, certain difficulties arise if you want to partially paint the car - here you need to choose the right tone for the new paint to the old one. It is unlikely that you will be able to do without the services of a colorist.
Learning to use a spray gun
So, now we know that the machine can be learned, you just need to make some effort. But the confidence in the result also depends on how high-quality the spray gun is, which is used by the painter. Let's highlight certain rules that you need to follow in order to properly paint the car:
- Before painting, check the nozzle, you need to check the installation. In order to check it is necessary to unscrew the screw that regulates the air supply and adjust the size of the atomizer torch, the adjustment must be carried out for horizontal painting. After we move on to adjusting the consumption of paintwork material, it is important to paint the car. Please note that if you have to paint a lot, then you need to unscrew the paint supply screw completely. The following rule applies here: the more the paint supply screw is open, the wider the spray gun torch will be. Accordingly, it is necessary to make fewer passes in one plane. Initially, it is better to try to paint something else, and then proceed to the car;
- Proper painting of a car requires, but when you make this adjustment, focus on the size of the part being painted. If you have to paint a small area, then put the spray gun on a narrow feed, because in this case a large wide torch is not needed. And, for example, when local is required, then put on a wide torch, since the hood is large and wide;
- In order for the quick painting of the car to be successful, hold the spray gun at a distance of 20 - 30 cm from the surface of the body. But keep in mind that this distance is proportional to the pressure of the atomizer, so be sure to move back if using. Proper painting requires that the apparatus be held perpendicular to the body of the car, and the paint applied gradually and in circular motions with a small radius. Watch out, it should not exceed half a meter per second, otherwise the layer will be thin. This advice is advisory in nature to a greater extent, so do not try to adhere to such an ideal routine - watch the layer thickness, do not exaggerate, and painting the car with an airbrush will turn out to be normal;
- In order not to miss inconspicuous areas that can inadvertently pass by, start immediately with them. Then, slowly moving to the wide details of the car, the result will become more noticeable. Also, in order to properly paint the car, try to keep your other hand out of the torch spray zone, otherwise you can accidentally put the paint unevenly;
- To paint the car evenly, start painting from the top, and then gradually work your way down to the areas below the roof and on the sides. Try to make short strokes in one direction, don't use long strokes. Ideally, it is better to paint in short circular motions, so the end result will turn out to be unbelievably better. In this case, the layer will turn out to be the most even and uniform in terms of thickness.
The spray gun described above, even for a novice painter, because the result in this difficult matter depends on experience and skills.
Heed the advice: before you start painting, find an old sheet of iron and practice on it. It is desirable that the surface that will act as a training surface is also smooth in order to check the quality of the paint applied to the body at the same time. With a hand full of painting, then similar manipulations can be carried out easier.
If in the process of painting a car the technology turns out to be incorrectly performed, then in certain places the paint layer will turn out to be uneven and it will look disgusting. Sometimes, after such a painting curve, the top layer resembles a withered orange, which only spoils the appearance of the car. To get away from such a bad effect, try to evenly apply layer by layer, do not shake or jerk your hand, try to maintain a single interval between the spray gun nozzle and the car body. Please note that in the case when the machine is painted in metallic, then move the spray gun from the bottom up to get an even coating of this type.
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Remember that the sooner you cover one layer with the next, the more effective the result will be. In the case when you want to paint a car with a transition effect, then the hand movements should resemble brush throws on paper. Try to overlap with one layer another by a third, then the paint will come out thicker and it will be better to stay on the body. Following the correct technology, you need to apply three layers of paint in a row with an interval of half an hour for each to dry. However, make the first layer thin so that it is easier to paint on top.
