How To Spray Paint Your Car

1- Setup

Heat and dry circumstances are perfect for spray portray, as aerosols don't at all times work best within the damp and colder temperatures hinder drying time. If it is not warm and dry outdoors, work in a nicely-ventilated garage. Wear overalls or old clothes and disposable gloves - goggles and a mud mask may also keep stray droplets of spray paint away from your eyes, nostril and mouth.

2- Preparation

To arrange for spraying, use aluminium oxide abrasive paper (graded at eighty grit) to rub the floor to be painted down to bare metal. Apply a rust treatment product if required, following the manufacturer's directions and permitting it to dry fully. 

3- Masking Up

The area to be painted ought to now be clean and dry - any traces of grime or wax can be removed using cellulose thinners. Mask off any areas not being painted using masking tape and newspaper (to keep away from exhausting edges, enhance the area to be painted by shifting the masking tape back gradually as you apply every coat of paint).  

4- Spraying Primer

 Holding the spray can approximately 25cm away from the floor to be painted, apply a lot of coats of primer at 15-minute intervals till the realm is evenly covered. Go an inch over the unique layer of paint to help it mix in, utilizing a number of mild layers of paint.

5- Preparing To Paint

Permit at least 24 hours for the primer to dry totally, then rub down with 1200 grit moist and dry paper until smooth. Clean the world with heat, soapy water, rinse, then dry fully.
 
6- Applying The Paint 

To start portray, shake the can vigorously for 2 minutes to ensure the paint is completely mixed. Apply a variety of coats at 15-minute intervals, shaking the can between every one.

7- Metallic Paint 

If you're using a metallic paint color, enable the paintwork 24 hours to dry then rub it down with 1200 grit moist and dry paper. It should lose its gloss look and tackle a boring, matt finish. Clear with heat, soapy water, rinse and dry. 

 8- Finishing

Now apply two coats of lacquer, separated by a spot of 15-minutes. Halfords stock a petroleum-resistant lacquer for fuel tanks/motorbikes etc.

If the finish looks patchy, apply one other coat of paint or wait until the floor is completely dry earlier than rubbing it down and starting the lacquering process again.