Any car painters out there?

[deeveus 81]

Thinking about painting my old bomb myself. Body appears to be pretty straight but paint is stuffed I.e faded and most places faded to white!

I have a spray machine which is capable of painting a car but just absolutely no clue on how to paint a car. I'm guessing it's not a matter of just picking the colour (hellrot of course) and just spraying it on after masking the car up.. What steps and or procedures do I need to adhere to for preparation?

Thanks for any help in advance. Pictures below to give a rough idea of current paint finish..

Edited August 24, 2014 by The Diesel Guy

[Toast 117]

I did some panel beating in the past, and it's all in the prep work, the more time you spend meticulously sanding and priming the better finish you will get with the final product.

[deeveus 81]

I did some panel beating in the past, and it's all in the prep work, the more time you spend meticulously sanding and priming the better finish you will get with the final product.

I'm guessing first off I'd need to fill and small dints with bog, sand the whole thing back, then prime the whole thing and then mask everything up, then paint..

[yng_750 247]

Its 95%prep 5% painting.

[sonic_attack 89]

I'm curious about the "spray machine". It's not one of those ones with the electric pump incorporated into the handle that fires out teaspoon sized goblets of paint in random oscillations? Or do you plug it into the air outlet of your vacuum cleaner? lol.

[deeveus 81]

Found what looks to be a half decent guide here : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MnYBhBbgvK8

Not all of that will apply to me as I'm going a solid red colour non metallic.

[Allanw 1071]

http://rennlist.com/forums/924-931-944-951-968-forum/474503-50ish-dollar-paint-job.html

conveniently, an Exa is about as curvy as paving stone.

[Gaz 1061]

Pm bellicose, he is the painting guru