How to paint a car? Most will say that you just need to go to a car service. But for a number of reasons, some drivers are reluctant to do so. They prefer to solve such problems on their own. Perhaps there is simply no extra money, or they do not trust the masters. After all, repainting a car is quite an expensive pleasure.
If you are interested in how to paint the car, then know: this process, performed independently, is different from the manipulations that are carried out by specialists. If you think that it is enough to pour paint on the car and wait for it to dry, then you are greatly mistaken. You will need to make preparations, apply some technologies, use special tools and equipment. Only in this case you will understand how to paint the car yourself.
Where to start? First of all, it is worth washing the car thoroughly. On a clean machine, you can easily examine all body defects. Indeed, during the movement, he and the "bottom" of the car are "polished" with stones, grains of sand and other things.
You will need to carry out preparatory work. And the painting procedure itself can be point, partial, capital. It all depends on damage to the body.
So, if you need a thorough painting of a car, you need to be patient. It will take a lot of time to prepare the machine for this procedure. You will need to remove the seals, locks, moldings - all this can interfere with painting. Some people prefer not to remove the above details, but simply stick them with masking tape. It is not right. Under them, moisture will accumulate, which can harm the car in the future. Now you need to clean the car body, then it is putty and primed. Without this, you will not understand how to properly paint a car.
You must remove the old paintwork, and if there are pockets of corrosion, then they should be treated. If we consider the process of preparing a car for painting, then it has five stages:
1. Car wash with shampoos to remove contaminants.
2. Body degreasing.
3. Elimination of corrosive foci, mandatory removal of old paint by abrasive grinding using sanding paper and silicon carbide with aluminum dioxide.
4. Primary and secondary priming, which allows you to create a corrosion-resistant coating on the body.
5. The stage of applying enamel and varnish.
Now you can figure out how to paint the car. Select a material. If you are a fan of frosted colors, buy single-layer simple colorful coatings. And for lovers of shine and radiance in the sun, they produce coatings with the effect of mother of pearl or metallic.
You will need to apply three coats of paint. Do it by spraying. Some elements of the car will have to be protected from paint by sticking paper, tape, adhesive on them.
It is necessary to dilute the paint so that its viscosity is optimal. In the initial procedure, it is 26s. Four kilograms of soil is used for six kilograms of enamel, while the proportion of solvent in the composition should be 20 percent of the total amount. You will need a spray gun. There it is necessary to fill the composition, and then apply the first layer.
For each composition, you need to use a separate spray gun or gun, for example, for paint, primer or putty.
You will need to choose a good airbrush, you can even adjust the air flow pressure, and, of course, the shape of the torch and the amount of liquid.
After drying the first layer, you can safely apply the second, and after it the third. In this case, the composition of the enamel requires a different one. It might be worth using a thinner paint.
If you know how to paint a car, then the whole procedure will not take you more than two or three days. Observing all the requirements for technology, you can achieve a chic result. In any case, painting a car yourself is sometimes easier than paying a lot of money for it in a car service.