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<blockquote data-quote="Imatk" data-source="post: 16371395" data-attributes="member: 75573"><p>I have SOME experience painting. I've painted panels and small things before... I wouldn't even attempt to try and stripe an entire car for two reasons.</p><p></p><p>1. I don't have enough experience and I would likely screw the pooch which would cost me MORE to have it done by someone who knows what they're doing.</p><p></p><p>2. I don't have the equipment necessary to stripe an entire car. I have a compressor, LVLP gun, dryer, coalescing filter and a pipe cooling system... but I don't have enough CFM coming from my compressor (8.39 @ 40 PSI) to have enough air that wouldn't get hot to paint or clear an entire car.</p><p></p><p>There's a definite reason you will pay a GOOD shop to do paint. You'll understand this if you ever even attempt to do something like this.</p><p></p><p>From what you wrote it sounds like I have a lot more experience than you when it comes to paint and body and I wouldn't even attempt it if I DID have the right equipment unless I had someone there that could walk me through the process.</p><p></p><p>Watching a video... no... there's absolutely not even CLOSE to enough information on there to know how to do what you're talking about.</p><p></p><p>And God help you if your stripes are metallic... that's a WHOLE different story with continuity and making sure your air isn't too high or too low, making sure you're not "tiger striping" it.</p><p></p><p>No... do NOT attempt to do this yourself unless you want to screw up your car and pay MORE to have it fixed.</p><p></p><p>And yes I can attest... you definitely want to get a GOOD shop to do it.</p><p></p><p>I had my car painted by a good shop... then some little bastards egged it on the roof and I had to get that repaired... I took it to a "cheap" shop because it was just the one panel.</p><p></p><p>Wound up having to do it AGAIN and they had to pull the rear glass and it cost me WAY more to fix the "cheap" job than it would have to just pay to have it done correctly because the clear had pooled on the back glass valley and started to flake up.</p><p></p><p>To remove your stripes isn't terribly hard, just aggravating.</p><p></p><p>The only issue with removing them yourself is your installer won't have a template to go off of... but if you have the dimensions it shouldn't be a problem.. just measure the width on both sides of each panel and the gap and give them to the installer... hell your paint might be different enough that you can tell without it... but I'd measure it first.</p><p></p><p>Get a heat gun and something called an "eraser wheel"</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=amazon]B018WG2XYE[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>That will help tremendously... take your time and save yourself 900 bucks.</p><p></p><p>Or find a competent vinyl installer to do it.</p><p></p><p>And either way next time... wax those stripes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Again good luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imatk, post: 16371395, member: 75573"] I have SOME experience painting. I've painted panels and small things before... I wouldn't even attempt to try and stripe an entire car for two reasons. 1. I don't have enough experience and I would likely screw the pooch which would cost me MORE to have it done by someone who knows what they're doing. 2. I don't have the equipment necessary to stripe an entire car. I have a compressor, LVLP gun, dryer, coalescing filter and a pipe cooling system... but I don't have enough CFM coming from my compressor (8.39 @ 40 PSI) to have enough air that wouldn't get hot to paint or clear an entire car. There's a definite reason you will pay a GOOD shop to do paint. You'll understand this if you ever even attempt to do something like this. From what you wrote it sounds like I have a lot more experience than you when it comes to paint and body and I wouldn't even attempt it if I DID have the right equipment unless I had someone there that could walk me through the process. Watching a video... no... there's absolutely not even CLOSE to enough information on there to know how to do what you're talking about. And God help you if your stripes are metallic... that's a WHOLE different story with continuity and making sure your air isn't too high or too low, making sure you're not "tiger striping" it. No... do NOT attempt to do this yourself unless you want to screw up your car and pay MORE to have it fixed. And yes I can attest... you definitely want to get a GOOD shop to do it. I had my car painted by a good shop... then some little bastards egged it on the roof and I had to get that repaired... I took it to a "cheap" shop because it was just the one panel. Wound up having to do it AGAIN and they had to pull the rear glass and it cost me WAY more to fix the "cheap" job than it would have to just pay to have it done correctly because the clear had pooled on the back glass valley and started to flake up. To remove your stripes isn't terribly hard, just aggravating. The only issue with removing them yourself is your installer won't have a template to go off of... but if you have the dimensions it shouldn't be a problem.. just measure the width on both sides of each panel and the gap and give them to the installer... hell your paint might be different enough that you can tell without it... but I'd measure it first. Get a heat gun and something called an "eraser wheel" [MEDIA=amazon]B018WG2XYE[/MEDIA] That will help tremendously... take your time and save yourself 900 bucks. Or find a competent vinyl installer to do it. And either way next time... wax those stripes ;) Again good luck :) [/QUOTE]
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