My First Time Painting a Car! - Highschool Beginner

Cut and buff in a small area. Maybe one of the mirrors and see how it improves.

Funfacts: Single stage paint, while more cost effective, can be a bit less forgiving than a 2-stage paintjob, given that its a one and done, you wanna make sure you're doing it to a T the first time around. I noticed you were also spraying rather thick coats. With the dial on the gun, lower the fluid and up the pressure, and spray in thinner coats with somewhat faster strokes. You did state it was your first time painting and for what it is, iv definitely seen worse, we all start somewhere!

Good work but no dent pulling no body work car would of looked better if you did a extra effort if you want to paint peoples cars

Use tractor paint, right out of the can, with a hand held 3" foam paint brush, one coat gloss. It is cheaper, few will notice any difference, and still fewer yet will care. No need to be a drama queen.

Sorry looks horrendous lmao better than before though lol😅

Once you wet sand polish and buff itll be like a mirror

Liked for the geese! Oh and getting out there and doing something productive apart from diddling your phone. 👍

Good job!!!😂 looks like its only a couple years old

What blows my mind is this has 45k views 😮

Unbelievable you did a really nice job being the first time that’s something I always wanted to do that and after seeing you I’m so motivated and excited to do mine

Wet sand car 800-1000-1500,polish,wax car look good.

cost?

we need more vids mane 💯

honestly, props for tackling such a big project with no experience and then being brave enough to post it on the internet for strangers to tear apart. as a beginner myself I can’t really offer much advice but I feel like a lighter color would’ve been more forgiving coverage/streak-wise. also plasti dipping the emblems before painting would’ve made those look a lot cleaner afterwards. good luck on your next project!

So many bubbles lol. Should have done a test patch first rather than the whole car before you figured out how, otherwise you may as well have just dusted it on with rattle cans since I can quite easily get a smooth finish with them alone.

Gonna be a mirror when it’s polished, that clear looks thick

Now, to complete the paint Job, you should sand all the paint again for micro correction, 1200 sand paper should be perfect, after that, you have to polish all the paint in 2 steps, the first will be agressive, with a cut compound whit a wool beret, the second step you will use a finishing compound with a foam beret

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🗣️📢 polish it
🗣️📢 polish it
🗣️📢 polish it

Not bad for first time. Better than I would do. Practice makes perfect.

Is that a duck farm?

Not bad for first time you'll be better on the next one you learn from your experience

Is it perfect? Definitely not. Does it look way better than before? Oh for sure

Get some CarPro Orange Peel Removal pads with a good DA buffer like chemical guys TorX

Like other have said wet sand with 1500 or 1200 grit until smooth and no reflections are left when dry, then a do 1500 if you did 1200 first and finish with 2000 grit followed by compound and polish. It will end up looking like a mirror!

Good work; just sand away and polish! You'll get a sharper, less orange peel-y finish. Subbed!

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if you polish the paint it will look a lot better, but still not bad for a first time

Nice job, how many cans of paint did that take?

Wet sand the car and polish it with a rough compound and I guarantee you that paint will pop a lot more. Either way great job for your first time painting! Painting is difficult to master, and the only way to really get good at it is to just do it over and over again.

He is gonna wake up and freak out

Couple tips from a painter here.
●Flick that gun out to the side at the beginning and end of each paint stroke to avoid the harsh stop start spots in between panels ●Slower and more overlap than you think you'll need on the flat surfaces, hood roof decklid etc ●Using a guide coat when sanding the primer will help you get it all the way smooth by highlighting spots that haven been fully sanded. I've seen much worse first paint jobs. Reds like that are difficult to get full coverage with and not to mention single stage with metallics is a challenge even for better painters. You should feel pretty good about that👍

Very very very bad!!!! you are american crazy!!! You are Chip american little boy!😂😂😂🇮🇷...

You know the secret that makes paintjobs look good? 90-95% of the job is sanding sanding sanding. If you sand it down and polish that, it will look 100x better! Repainting a car is basically like polishing a turd, at first it will look like orange peel, but after a good sanding and polish, you will be blown away with the results.

How much did it cost for all the paint materials only?

Man that looks like ass

I mean, the car was not in great shape before, so now it's not in great shape still, only shiny ER! Good job And good luck. More prep on the body, and then more sanding after the primer, and as another comment said, after the job sand and polish, but then again I've never painted anything

Good effort man, while it may not have turned out amazing, it's still a ton better than before and you have also gained a heap of experience for next time. Really good job for giving it a go, can't say I know of many others who would try to do it themselves let alone a highschooler, you'll do heaps better next time.

I will give you credit despite the mistakes and spots. You tried it and did it for an experience and just to make it look better than it did before. Which it does look better than before, even if there’s some errors. My recommendation to you, would be don’t try to paint anymore lol. Try wrapping instead, way more forgiving and easier tbh.

My friend wants me to single stage his car, and professional pages made me feel like I shouldn’t even try it. Just way too intense. This page just gave me the inspiration to do it. Already have 4 years of detailing professionally under my belt. How hard could painting really be??? (I know it’s hard but I mean damn look at this job. It looks great)

Ridge Racer 😎 nice job on the car

Good first job bro! I spray canned the bonnet of my Hilux and it turned out horrible! Not sure what to do with the hazing.

3rd gen is supreme

Polish and uprade headlights!!!!@@!!!! For a first timer looks great!!!

You did good. Cool thing is you will look back at this 20 years from now and see how much youve progressed. Like you said, gotta start somewhere. I too will be doing this soon also.

Nice stuff

Congrats my me😊😊😊

What paint gun did you use?

Before you get the supra you should pick up some hoods from a junk yard to practice on

dont paint that supra if its oem paint it already is a great color mabye do some paint correction