Thats a very broud question.
How ruff is your car (dents)?
Is there a rust problem?
How do you plan on stripping the car?
Do you need to replace any panels?
What color are you painting it?
Are you painting the jams, engine bay and trunk area?
How do you plan on sanding the car? Wet paper or dry?
Do you plan on color sanding and buffing the car?
When it comes to taking off the paint. I use Plastic Media. This is something that you will have to hire out.
After you have it striped. You'll need to metal etch the body and spray on an epoxy sealer. The etch comes in 1 qt bottles and reduces 3 to 1. That is more then you will need. The sealer, 2 qts of a good quality will be enough to do the car.
For an average car 1 gal of a good plastic filler should be fine. I use Rage.
Then you'll need a blocking primer. Depending on the type you use and how much work needs to be done. You could use anywhere from 1 gal to 4 gals. On average I use around 2 to 3 gals on a typical retoration.
After you have it all blocked then you will need to seal the car. There are a couple ways this can happen. If you buy the correct sealer when you bought it for you bear metal it can be used as a sealer before you paint also. In this case you should have bought a full gallon. Or in many cases the blocking primer can be used as a sealer. The blocking primer that I use can be use as a sealer also. So depending on the color your painting that will also determan the color and type of sealer you will need.
Painting the car on average. This depends on the color you chouse and the manufactorer of the paint. On average. A gal of color if your just doing the outside. add another 1/2 gal if you planing on painting the rest of the car. The same goes for the clear.
Other materails you will need is. Differant grades of sand paper. 36 and 80 for sanding plastic filler. Then you will need to determan how your going to sand the filler primmer. With a D/A or blocking by hand. This will tell you the type of paper and grades. Your going to need around 6 to 10 rolls of 3/4 tape and a roll of masking paper. Cleaning thinner to keep your paint gun clean. Disposable gloves. Paint mask. Tack cloth. Blocks to block the car with.
If you plane on buffing the car your going to need compounds and more sand paper. Wool pad and foam pad. Not to mention a buffer.
Last but not least plent of blood, sweat, tears and Elbow Grease. I'm shure I left something out. The bad part is to do a car correctly its going to cost around $1500 just in paint suplies. The good news is the Blood, sweat, tears and elboe grease are FREE!!!
Sorry about posting a new thread. After I typed all this in is when I noticted that I had started a new thread. I didn't whant to retype everything. So here is my replie.
How ruff is your car (dents)?
Is there a rust problem?
How do you plan on stripping the car?
Do you need to replace any panels?
What color are you painting it?
Are you painting the jams, engine bay and trunk area?
How do you plan on sanding the car? Wet paper or dry?
Do you plan on color sanding and buffing the car?
When it comes to taking off the paint. I use Plastic Media. This is something that you will have to hire out.
After you have it striped. You'll need to metal etch the body and spray on an epoxy sealer. The etch comes in 1 qt bottles and reduces 3 to 1. That is more then you will need. The sealer, 2 qts of a good quality will be enough to do the car.
For an average car 1 gal of a good plastic filler should be fine. I use Rage.
Then you'll need a blocking primer. Depending on the type you use and how much work needs to be done. You could use anywhere from 1 gal to 4 gals. On average I use around 2 to 3 gals on a typical retoration.
After you have it all blocked then you will need to seal the car. There are a couple ways this can happen. If you buy the correct sealer when you bought it for you bear metal it can be used as a sealer before you paint also. In this case you should have bought a full gallon. Or in many cases the blocking primer can be used as a sealer. The blocking primer that I use can be use as a sealer also. So depending on the color your painting that will also determan the color and type of sealer you will need.
Painting the car on average. This depends on the color you chouse and the manufactorer of the paint. On average. A gal of color if your just doing the outside. add another 1/2 gal if you planing on painting the rest of the car. The same goes for the clear.
Other materails you will need is. Differant grades of sand paper. 36 and 80 for sanding plastic filler. Then you will need to determan how your going to sand the filler primmer. With a D/A or blocking by hand. This will tell you the type of paper and grades. Your going to need around 6 to 10 rolls of 3/4 tape and a roll of masking paper. Cleaning thinner to keep your paint gun clean. Disposable gloves. Paint mask. Tack cloth. Blocks to block the car with.
If you plane on buffing the car your going to need compounds and more sand paper. Wool pad and foam pad. Not to mention a buffer.
Last but not least plent of blood, sweat, tears and Elbow Grease. I'm shure I left something out. The bad part is to do a car correctly its going to cost around $1500 just in paint suplies. The good news is the Blood, sweat, tears and elboe grease are FREE!!!
Sorry about posting a new thread. After I typed all this in is when I noticted that I had started a new thread. I didn't whant to retype everything. So here is my replie.
