Fresh paint job

[91GTS-t]

I recently got my whole car painted all white. The last coat of paint was put on yesterday after noon and its sitting in a shop. At the moment here in (chilliwack) Bc its just below 0 degrees.... the body of the car is pretty cold and paint is still a tad sticky. I want to know by anybody with past experiences of how many hours or days of letting her dry would be safe. I really dont want bugs rocks debris to stick on my car on the way home, cheers!

[steveo1502]

What kind of paint did you use? Auto paint usually dries really quick, like 15 mins dry to the touch, maybe bit longer for clear but shouldn't be tacky the next day

[91GTS-t]

Are you serious?! I guess it could be the weather. I used basic rust paint sits fine and looks great. The surface of the car is just so cold im thinking the paint wont seep into it thinking of using some fans and heaters :P

[steveo1502]

Yeah, rust paint will b way thicker and longer to dry,but will also cover more imperfections. make sure if u use a heater that it doesn't blow around too much dust, I'd just let it sit for couple days, it will dry eventually. Post some pics of it , I'm interested to see how it looks

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[nimblestix]

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[91GTS-t]

dont know if you can view that or not its just a picture of the last coat put on drying. I'll get something better once its all finished. And yea I am going to take your word and be safe with letting it dry for a couple days cause it seems like everyone I have asked say rust paint does take a little longer. I just hope its dryer than a dessert by friday-saturday cause there is a big meet over here 60+ cars that I really dont want to miss

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yea thought so

[nimblestix]

Did you paint it yourself? What brand of paint? In a home garage or commercial? I'm interests to see some pics dude. I'm in surrey.

Thinking about putting a temp on mine and coming out to se some cars. But I think the weathers gonna be crappy.

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[91GTS-t]

A buddy of mine is doing it and its a decent size shop, its just cheap rust paint I'll post some pics once its done forsure. You should come out to this christmas meet one of the biggest ones held definitely worth putting a permit on. Just a bit of slush I work out in Surrey actually, are you on bcrWd?

[nimblestix]

No not on that forum. My car is pretty strictly nice weather oriented. But it would be a short drive so maybe if I can grow a pair before then, I might bring her out...lol


Everyone is always looking for a good body man that can hook up some decent deals. I am also one of those people lol, maybe we can meet and you can introduce me to your guy? I'm looking for a complete paint job in the early spring.

Cheers.
Lookin' forward to see those pics!

Brent.

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[cooke24]

yueaaaaaaaaa...... no offense but please get these cars painted properly. i see enough peices of **** out there.....


if your car wasnt painted in a booth and then baked for at least 30mins you have an issue.

proper paint jobs should not be sticky or tacky once its out of the booth.

If you cant afford a "real" paint job plastidip it or something.

ak autoworks does good work btw

[91GTS-t]

yueaaaaaaaaa...... no offense but please get these cars painted properly. i see enough peices of **** out there.....


if your car wasnt painted in a booth and then baked for at least 30mins you have an issue.

proper paint jobs should not be sticky or tacky once its out of the booth.

If you cant afford a "real" paint job plastidip it or something.

ak autoworks does good work btw

My only problem is I dont have anything to keep it warm by mate

[nimblestix]

yueaaaaaaaaa...... no offense but please get these cars painted properly. i see enough peices of **** out there.....


if your car wasnt painted in a booth and then baked for at least 30mins you have an issue.

proper paint jobs should not be sticky or tacky once its out of the booth.

If you cant afford a "real" paint job plastidip it or something.

ak autoworks does good work btw

I hear yah Richard, but I figured I would at least hear him out first. Maybe his buddy runs a reputable body shop. Sometimes the best deals are the most overlooked and hidden in the back.

Trust me my friend, no one will be coming near my car with a sprayer until I've thoroughly inspected their prior work.

Thanks for your concern though dude!

None the less, I'm very interested to see how this whip turns out! White skylines are very nice!
I will check out AK too!

Cheers,
Brent.

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[blkgtr02]

hmmm....thats tough....normally in a shop situation when you paint a car depending on how what kind of paint you used. is it a base and clear together or you based the car a couple coats then clear it? The 2 step process at a shop takes about 5-10 mins per coat and about 45mins bake cycle at 160c. Even then though after the paint is dry you can still feel its soft. So normally we tell people not to wash their car for 24hrs. But if you paint it in a shop thats 0degrees then I would guess the flashoff time wasnt enough so....maybe give it a couple days. Easy trick is to take a piece of paper and put it over a area that can't be seen like undernear the sideskirt or under the bumper and write something on the paper. Then remove paper and see if you see what you wrote. If it bleed through you know your paint/clear is too soft still. hope that helps