Jonathan Warren
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thanks for the good advise and for your opinions,
the paint code i chose at maaco was LC5H, Atlantic Blue, which is a dark midnight blue from a 2001 volkswagen jetta, i did find that exact paint code after doing a search on automotive touchup.com website, so all they have to do is make some paint thats the same as that color code, it should’nt matter if my cars a honda, and that it was white before, the main thing would be just for them to colormatch to the paint code of whats on my car now.
i did’nt realise i could paint my car with a spray gun for that cheap like you listed, and i do think i would be pretty good at doing it even if its my first time, cause i have an art background, went to art institute of dallas, and i just tend to have a good eye for detail and good at lining things up and just naturally good at all types of painting and art related methods of applying things.
if i went that route, my only dillemma would be finding a place to work at ? cause i live at an apartment, and i know some friends with houses that have garages but they would’nt want me painting in them, making a mess, so i just don’t know where i could go to paint it at ??, maybe i can pay someone to use their place to paint it at ? but that would be more money,
thanks for the reply,
keep in mind i’m not trying to get a perfect paintjob, and don’t care if the colormatched paint is’nt perfectly matched to the rest of the car, cause i figured it would’nt be, unless i had a pro shop do it that has one of those color matched computer system things, but i was just wanting to order the colormatched spraypaint in a can from automotivetouchup.com, which matches it to your paint code, and was just hoping it worked good, but was going to just order 1 can first so i can test it out to make sure the color was a good match and not too dark or light or anything weird, and if its good, then i would go ahead and order the rest of the cans i need.i realise i am new at this and your experienced, so forgive me if i sound stupid, but when you say i will need to blend into the doors, what does that mean?, are you talking about painting the fenders but also to keep painting beyond the fender line, over onto the doors lightly, so its faded into the paint already on the doors ?
really i was hoping not to touch the doors since the paint is still real good on them,when you say panel painting, does that mean just painting a couple seperate body parts ? like hood & fenders ?
as far as the different methods i mentioned, whats your opinion on the cheapest route for me to go with ?
thanks for your input