4kqdude

I just picked up a 97 VW cabrio (sparkly blue/purple) with low miles for next to nothing and the only thing holding me back from reselling it for a profit is the body. It has been keyed and has alotta scratches in the paint as well as some small dents. I'm confident in my body filling/ sanding abilities and have painted houses ans such over the years. Anyways, I've been contemplating getting a spraygun and compressor for awhile for helmet painting and my bikes, and was thinking I could do the painting myself on this car. I only have a basement to setup in so I would have to remove the doors and fenders to prep them and such. Whadya guys think?

Redgoat

You could pickup a spare fender or door or something to practice on, read up on the internet about it and then paint the car. If it doesnt work out. Just repaint it. Heck ya never know, you may become really good at it.

Are you going to be able to paint the entire car? Because you will def want to blend the paint so you dont have two different tones of color on the car.

4kqdude

Yeah, that's a good idea. My truck and Audi has some scratches that I'd love to fix as well. I think I can do this. It'll be fun actually and a good skill to have.

BJC::wokka wokka

On the car.

If you can avoid that, that would be best.

Prepping is the MOST important part. Also the least fun.

Spraying is fairly easy and it's a blast to do. Make sure you wear a resporator also.

4kqdude

Well the alternative would be to spray it in my driveway and I know that wouldn't work. Maybe if I built some sort of 2x4 structure that I could wrap in plastic to use as a spray booth in my driveway.
Both sides of the car need painting really so maybe pull the doors/ fenders to do prep and then reinstall them to paint. Do these cars have one coat of clearcoat or is it just paint?

UrbanAssaultAudi

used to, can't say it's my cup o' tea.