# Anybody want to earn some $$ and spray my car? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 9, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276 "2009-09-09T13:21:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/41 "2009-09-10T12:49:17Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > with a clear/base, this method is a lot harder than with a single stage. With single stage, you can just lay on a ton of paint and cut it down…corners would still be a bit of an issues though. At least if you burn through, you can just lay down a few more coats and start over. > > with that said…good spray technique \> \* …but for a cheap garage job, this method does work what modern daily driver is going to go with a single stage ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/42 "2009-09-10T13:01:52Z")
> [@NYstanger](#): > > I primed everything and then wet sanded it all. There was no spot left untouched… I am not saying anything about your situation, but if anything goes wrong with a paint job it almost always goes back on who ever pulled the trigger. > [@walter](#): > > what modern daily driver is going to go with a single stage exactly. ---
**Author:** ![1sik\_bmw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1sik_bmw/32/7341_2.png) [@1sik\_bmw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1sik_bmw)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/43 "2009-09-10T13:02:53Z")
You never PMed me ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/44 "2009-09-10T13:54:36Z")
> [@travisn](#): > > you would leave the hood on to blend with the fenders. and the wheels dont have to come off (but since the roof isnt getting painted it would be easier/cleaner to get it off the ground). headlights would stay, just the side markers would come out. the roof has its own trim and can easily be removed to tape off the roof. > > the whole car can be taken apart for a complete paint job in 3 hours 🙂 I have disassembled many a 3 series. (mercedes are easier, btw) > > ugh, its been a while. I miss working on european cars blend a hood ? if its rock chipped all across the front, and its got to be painted down the sides to match the fenders, that leaves like a 6th of the hood unpainted for blending your better off painting the whole thing so its perfectly the same color / same amount of metallic / same coverage of sand scratches. blending color on a hood is an EXCELLENT way to have a customer come back pissed off because it looks like ass. Blending should be done on curves, so that the fresh paint and old paint have 2 totaly different reflections. this greatly helps to hide any miss match in the color. especially black, its not like its a color thats $150 for just the pint of paint ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/45 "2009-09-10T13:58:15Z")
> [@1sik bmw](#): > > You never PMed me i will, i have had a long day at work… ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/46 "2009-09-10T14:05:15Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > blend a hood ? you know what I meant. there is no reason to take the hood off to paint it if the fenders are being painted too. better color match/metallic pattern if its on the car.(I forget what its called; the metallic flake direction. I do bodywork, not paint) idk anyone who would do it that way. plus you would have to mask the engine bay if you took the hood off. ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/47 "2009-09-10T14:18:59Z")
no flake in my paint BTW just jet black paint ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/48 "2009-09-10T14:52:44Z")
so this wont be a bmw color then? regardless, its easier to paint on the car. ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/49 "2009-09-10T15:43:49Z")
> [@travisn](#): > > you know what I meant. there is no reason to take the hood off to paint it if the fenders are being painted too. better color match/metallic pattern if its on the car.(I forget what its called; the metallic flake direction. I do bodywork, not paint) idk anyone who would do it that way. plus you would have to mask the engine bay if you took the hood off. i took MANY hoods off at Schmitts, one reason being shop space, another being that it allows you to perfectly mask things off so that the new paint job ends INSIDE the jamb away from future. you also get 100% paint coverage well beyond whats visible when the car is assembled and the hood is closed. I also always fulled masked any engine bay on a vehical that was getting a hood job, this kept all the filth that engine bays have in the engine bay and NOT in the paint. hell, on soem customers cars we ran a new 12" strip of masking paper along the edge of a panel that just received it base coat, keeping any dust from the base from getting kicked up during clear coating. Paint jobs i prepped didnt have problems, but oddly enough my one lazy coworker always had massive amounts of cut / buff time on cars he prepped / masked. guess which one coworker had 50% of all the immediate resprays we had to do too … ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/50 "2009-09-10T15:51:08Z")
yea I guess you are right. I am looking at it from a production shop perspective, which is what I am used to. but if you are doing a same color respray on the whole car I dont see the need to take the hood off. if it needs to be edged then edge it and put it back on the car. foam tape goes a long way. rarely will you paint a hood and not put any paint on the fenders… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/51 "2009-09-10T19:42:24Z")
> [@walter](#): > > what modern daily driver is going to go with a single stage I would…but I never really worry about having a good looking paint job on my cars. They always get wrecked and paint chipped anyways. If it was me, I wouldn’t even repaint the car. I was talking more about quick-fix garage paint job(aka CHEAP) though. IMO, if you want it to look its best, you should pay a pro. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/52 "2009-09-10T19:55:32Z")
> [@Willybeen](#): > > This makes me love owning a bike… and not having to repaint a car. x-90 > [@travisn](#): > > Painting bike parts sucks just as bad… used fairings for a couple of bux ftw, unless its a custom paint job obv. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/53 "2009-09-10T19:58:36Z")
Well its hard to sift through this but if anyone is interested please pm me. I would like a hood and rear bumper repainted. Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/54 "2009-09-11T03:14:47Z")
> [@travisn](#): > > yea I guess you are right. I am looking at it from a production shop perspective, which is what I am used to. i look at it from a “customer just bought a $40K 2 weeks ago and promptly ran it into a tree, and now is gonna blame the repair shop for anything they think is even slightly wrong w/ the repair work” "my trunk doesnt line up liek it used to! -bitch all we did is replace your FRONT BUMPER! “well you must have done something to my trunk because im sure it latched better then that” :suicide: ---
**Author:** ![OriginalSterm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/originalsterm/32/4964_2.png) [@OriginalSterm](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OriginalSterm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/55 "2009-09-11T04:20:52Z")
> [@travisn](#): > > I can’t believe people still consider single stage paint jobs for a normal car. :fail: Single stage is best for tractors and pos cars. And race cars!!! I painted my SpecE30 for less than $200… ---
**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276/56 "2009-09-11T05:48:06Z")
> [@HotRodKid](#): > > "my trunk doesnt line up liek it used to! > -bitch all we did is replace your FRONT BUMPER! > “well you must have done something to my trunk because im sure it latched better then that” > > :suicide: Dude I have definitely been there. OR the lady who gets rear ended three times with the same car. ugh those are the worst. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anybody-want-to-earn-some-and-spray-my-car/73276.md?page=2)