How to Get Amazing Results without a Paint Booth!

[Music] what's going on everyone and welcome back to another episode of paint society the channel where the learning doesn't stop when the video ends today with my buddy steve and we're gonna go over how to paint a car without a paint booth we're going to go ahead and show you some of the techniques used if you don't have that maximum airflow and that controlled environment so the story with this car is originally is brown now the owner actually wanted it red so what he did is he went ahead on youtube and he maybe watched too many of my videos and he primed it white and then he rattle canned it red and by the time he got to the clear coat it was a mess so a friend of his actually had told him to grind it down for whatever reason two weeks of grinding down he said he gave up and that's when he consulted steve and from that point what steve had to do is he had to take everything pretty much down to metal since half of the car was already grinded so you can see here that you know steve's working on it getting the panels down the metal he eventually did use etching primer then build the surface back up with a urethane surfacer and that's exactly where we are right now now when it comes to a paint job just like this a lot of you might have questions well how much does a paint job cost well that really depends on a lot of things that can depend on the paint the quality of the painter doing the work the amount of things that are removed you can see here that they went ahead and removed the actual windows tail lights wing spoilers handles everything is off this car to ensure a good wraparound of paint in all of the edges now let's go ahead and take a look at the paint so here's the paint a lot of people ask how much paint do i need how much does paint cost well paint costs a good amount of money and this is a you know a more economical brand this came to about 200 bucks for the reducer and the paint now he did get a gallon and for a small car like this we wouldn't really need the full gallon maybe three quarters of the way but just to be safe and then going for more economical um clear coat this came in around 100 bucks with the slow hardener okay so we'll take a look at the car once more as steven just goes around and he's just using a little bit of uh self etching primer on the bare metal spots when sanding through uh you sanded this up to 600 or 600 grit okay so a lot of you guys might say wow three thousand dollars right but don't forget this whole car went down to bare metal so you're paying actually for what you don't see and what you don't see is about 70 hours worth of work over the course of two weeks of stripping this all down to metal so when it comes to painting a car that does not mean that every car needs to be stripped down the metal but this one particularly since it already was stripped in certain areas so what i would tell you a good range to think about if you're going to get your car painted for a average job might be around the 1500 to 2000 price range but don't expect anything to be taken out and if you're curious what that 1500 or the 2 000 paint job would look like it'd be something like this something that's spot primer not taken down anymore something that has the mirrors still on door handles windows all these things are added cost the bumpers still get a good job but your warranty won't be as good as taking everything off and wrapping that paint around all the edges and if you're serious about painting you need a compressor that will give you enough air to get around the whole car now they got a 60 gallon compressor now as that compressor is compressing air it's hot humid air while the guys went ahead and they made this little makeshift cooler here to keep the actual compressor cool and the air cool and then well they got an air dryer as well this is going to go ahead and take all the air send nice clean air up and a little bit overkill but they have another air dryer air water separator from there they're ready to paint so a really good clean little setup no use no need to actually you know take your piping and run 30 or 40 feet when you have something just like that so before we go ahead and paint we need to make sure there's no silicone or wax on there so we're going to take our wax and grease remover and he's got it in a pump sprayer and he'll go over the whole car he's just using a basic white uh like a terry cloth rag and he'll perform this over the whole entire car now you do have that option of wetting the floor this will go ahead and keep the dust down now you just have to be careful of how close you bring the water to the underside of the car because when spraying right if you're going to get too close to spraying that water it can create mist that mist can go ahead and get attached to the car or maybe on the rocker so be careful of how much you're spraying just also be mindful that water does create humidity so that's another thing to think about paper or wetting the floor your choice now the key to also having a clean paint job whether in your booth or not is clean taping and you can see that there's not a whole lot of opening crevices on the tape job he did use paper we are using wheel covers you might be able to save a little bit of dust if you do use paper but if you're looking to just you know cover them up make sure that you do remove the inside fender liner so you don't get any overspray on that you can see just paper here it's your preference between paper or plastic it doesn't matter and here it is a honda color rally red so this mixes up two to one right so we're just going to use the ounces and go to 14 for the paint and then 21 for the reducer and we'll take this one up to 21 right here we're good to go this is a properly mixed uh mixture two to one two parts paint one part reducer and the gun we'll be using is a tecna pro light 1.3 a great overall gun so we're ready to rock and roll and steve's all suited up and good to go now he's going to start here on the passenger side at the bottom of the door and the reason why we're starting so low um is because you know you want to paint what you can't see first so many times you'll come back and you'll miss these spots so he's just continuing it you see how he breaks it up between the fender and the door uh he has a nice consistent movement he's got about probably 75 percent overlap he's now carrying the paint into the quarter panel so he's extended his paint about six inches into each panel and this is a good way to keep your wet edge going you'll see how now the quarter panel and the top of the a-pillar will now connect together and pretty much what he's going to be doing is he's going to be moving that paint across the car instead of just moving in little sections right not once have i seen him stop his paint gun all right yes some of us knew need a little assistance to get over those roofs and i am one of those guys so once more keeping the paint moving uh he's going over the trunk and uh he'll connect this now with the quarter panel now he's spraying in around i would say 18 to 22 psi the paint will come out a little looking wet but it will flash off uh nice and smooth and once again you see here six inches into that door keeping it moving this red nascent base coat really covered well and there's something i wanted to show you here you see how he's moving nice and even he's very even with the panel and he'll get to a point where he just flicks that wrist all right so you'll see here right when he stops flicks that wrist you see how the pattern is now kind of missing the paint onto the fender and once more you'll see it flick at the end that is what a true painter does in order to make sure those transitions are nice and smooth look at what the paint is doing see the droplet size nice and fine that is exactly what you want in a painter and here steven's finishing up on the fender for the first coat of base and notice that the hood and the fuel cap they're missing that's because they're going to get wrapped in a carbon fiber now you can see here that it is all nice and flashed off this is what it should look like when it's ready for that second coat this is about 10 minutes later so we're ready to lay on that second coat and notice that we didn't use any sealer before we sprayed that base coat now that's because steven went ahead and he prepped out his primer really really nice even primed it a couple times now a sealer always will help you but if you do prep that primer good it is not a hundred percent necessary um it's really up to the consumer and what you choose to do with your own paint job so here's the second coat it's all done and we're just going to go ahead now and check it over make sure that we did not miss any spots because once it's cleared it's just a little bit too late and before you clear make sure you check your shop and relocate any bugs that might want to land on your paint job and after 30 minutes of the base flashing it is now ready to accept the clear coat your biggest mistake is putting on that clear coat way too soon now we're using a 1.3 here the same exact gun that steven used for his base coat but he's jacked up the pressure just a few pounds just to help atomize that clear coat a little bit and boy it is looking fine now one thing that steven also understands is that he never stops his clear coat on a gap he doesn't want to build up the gap where the edge of the door is or the edge of the quarter panel or paint generally does not flow out he's like a robot and he's moving around 75 percent overlap to 80 overlap then moving a little bit slower than he was with the base watching the paint go on and wrapping around the paint all the way up to c-pillar and then he'll extend it onto the roof now another thing that we both understand is that the first coat of clear is not going to be beautiful we just want to get the paint on there and well if we get a run in the first coat of clear oh it's going to be a lot harder to get out than we would if we got it in the second coat now you see your base coat is not perfectly flat so laying down your first coat of clear wool well it will reveal some bumps along the way and this is perfectly fine a good painter an experienced painter recognizes that this is a part of the job and they don't try to slam on too much material we want all the fumes and all the solvents to gas out now take a look right here you see how steven has the hose wrapped around making sure that hose does not go into the door or into the a pillar or b pillar a good sign of experience and well we've all had well let's not say that we've all had some issues before with hoses going into the car doors and we'd rather not talk about it now moving along to the quarter panel we can see the consistency of that fan pattern a good sign that this gun is spraying very well and very clean and one thing i love about steven is he just keeps on moving truth be told this is the first time i've actually seen stephen paint and i am pretty impressed by how robotic his moves are just keeping it moving and i gotta say i would be tired around this point but he just keeps it moving at this point if we stop well we can have some dry spots and dry spots and a paint job is not a good thing although the first coat if we're going to have any errors along the way it would be a good time wrapping things up on that front fender it is looking beautiful at this point we are ready to allow it to flash now we don't want to deceive you any you take a look at the first coat there are some little bumps and a little defects along the way this is perfectly fine and that second coat will tidy things right back up and here we are moving on to our second coat of clear just about 10 minutes later now it's very important to check your technical data sheet to see when the appropriate time is between codes since all cleared codes will generally be different now we're starting low in the same exact spot and you can see that steven is moving much much slower so with that first coat of clear on there we've created like a glue right so now the second coat of clear is going to stick to it really really well we don't have to worry about paint coming down the panel now the biggest thing and our biggest problem you can run into is spraying scared now you see that steven move is really slow and you might think to yourself man i would probably get a run if i was moving that slow but remember that all clear coats are different and all spray different according to the tip size and well what you have in the actual paint so what stephen generally is doing here is watching the paint go on now you can see the roof here what he does is he's separating into four quadrants on the second coat that way he can really lay it on those horizontal surfaces and make it flow out you'll get most dirt or dust in those horizontal surfaces just due to gravity itself and you can see now with the second coat of clear going on that it does smooth out and will continue to smooth out as it flashes and as it dries and moving now on to the driver's side corner panel i want you to take a look at steven's footwork moving very robotically side to side making sure his panels are nice and wet now the one mistake we make sometimes on doors is well we think it looks good because we're looking at it from one angle until we see a big fat dry spot in the middle of the door so make sure after you're done spraying that you look at it from maybe underneath and make sure it's all nice and glossy and here we are just finishing up on the fender wrapping this up in two coats it is up to you if you want to do three but i always recommend two coats it's all it will need for a nice little buff well i gotta say without a booth it looks really really good now what stephen will do is he'll cut down the surfaces where there might be any little nibs or anything like that but that's also something you have to work out with the customer and be up front in regards to the final final finish now guys if you learned something and you want to go ahead and support the channel get some merchandise make sure you check out the link below and don't forget to check out our instagram paint.society on there we have a lot of great information and special thanks to steve thanks for letting me come over here and kind of show the type of work you do hopefully we come back and in the meantime guys it's brian from paint society reminding you don't overthink it it's just pain i'll see you guys on the next one [Music] you

Channel: Paint Society

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Keywords: paint, refimnish, refinish, booth, gloss, new, harbor, freight, fix repair, collosion, collision, how to, diy, harbor fright, garage, iwata, devilbiss, shop

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Length: 15min 37sec (937 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 21 2021