Bongo Fury

I would like to try wrapping my bonnet in carbon if the offer is still open? Been thinking about it for a while.

Have to be a pretty friendly body shop for less than £100. I'd reckon more like a minimum of £150 for a panel and be prepared for more.

weebrian wrote:Have to be a pretty friendly body shop for less than £100. I'd reckon more like a minimum of £150 for a panel and be prepared for more.

Oh dear. Sounds like i'll be getting out my trusty old compressor and spray gun again

weebrian wrote:Have to be a pretty friendly body shop for less than £100. I'd reckon more like a minimum of £150 for a panel and be prepared for more.

I know £200 a panel is about the average up here, you can save a bit though doing all the prep yourself. You do tend to get what you pay for though, i have seen some people getting cheap spray jobs done and the finish has been poor to say the least.

Thanks for the replies. Buying a bonnet seems like a possibility and of reasonable price if they are clean-ish ones.

BongoBongo123 wrote:Thanks for the replies. Buying a bonnet seems like a possibility and of reasonable price if they are clean-ish ones.

But their paintwork may be old and ready to go the same way, plus there's the hassle of getting it and fitting it

The alternatives are expensive and or require skills/equipment/paints that I do not have so it seems like the best option given the suggestions. I might spray it yet.. I have time I can think about it.

I managed to get a paint kit for £20.00 with lacquer so it is too cheap not to have a go myself. It cannot look any worse than it does.

Obviously a job for a dry fine and non windy day later in the year. I am just wondering as this is clearly not going to be a professional finish is there a product which allows you to blend in the newly sprayed surface with the existing surface, T-Cut kind of product ? Any advice on surface prep ?

Thanks

What you really need is some blend thinner or fade out thinners in aerosol form(like this (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Novol-Spectra ... 1c4c1859b9) but available from local paint factors/Halfords).
Prep your area, prime, flat, clean, paint the area required as per paint instructions, laquer the area as per instructions on paint then immediately after lacquering lightly spray the fade out thinner over the dry overspray edge to just wet the surface up- not heavy-light coats, watch the gloss level! Not too wet!
When all is dry, a light polish over the whole area should blend it all in nicely.
Piece of cake! Good luck!

stuc wrote:What you really need is some blend thinner or fade out thinners in aerosol form(like this (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Novol-Spectra ... 1c4c1859b9) but available from local paint factors/Halfords).
Prep your area, prime, flat, clean, paint the area required as per paint instructions, laquer the area as per instructions on paint then immediately after lacquering lightly spray the fade out thinner over the dry overspray edge to just wet the surface up- not heavy-light coats, watch the gloss level! Not too wet!
When all is dry, a light polish over the whole area should blend it all in nicely.
Piece of cake! Good luck!

Exactly what I needed thanks.

Just to add, the area you want to blend into should be lightly abraded with a grey scotchbrite or similar or P1500 wet or dry, something that will polish back up easily. Professional paint shops have lots of different products to help them do this but for diy this will be fine.

So prep, spray paint, lacquer, blend spray the over spray lightly. When do I do the P1500 wet and dry stage ?

I imagine after the blending spray coating has dried ? And then wax polish with a cotton rag?

Whichever area you are prepping, do that as normal. you need to lightly abrade the surrounding area where the old paint is where you are blending into. It must be bone dry before attempting to polish it. You may need a polishing compound first before waxing it. You would be better using grey scotchbrite than 1500 as it will be easier to polish.

Thanks Stuc.

Is the blend in spray used before you spray lacquer on. I am not understanding when the blend in spray should be used. I am not entirely sure what blend in spray is ? Though I can guess based on it's name. I do apologize for appearing rather dim on the matter.

I have a can of it and it is specifically called blend in spray.

http://www.hbbody.com.gr/product/index.php?pid=202

I also have a can of grey primer on the way. What is it a chemical that just makes the crossover between old and new surface more opaque to the eye ? I imagine that the blend in spray helps graduate the old layer and newly sprayed metallic colour. I imagine you need to go very easy on it.. literally one layer of gentle misting.

I am looking forwards to this job when the weather improves.