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Posted by Andrew Warren , 12-20-2010 · 1,766 views

Part V: Paint

GOD painting the car was a bad idea. I couldn't believe how many hours i put into a RACE CAR paint job, but something wouldn't let me cut corners on this one. Well over 100 hours into sanding and priming each panel to ensure perfection. I'm glad I did this because i learned so much and I'm pretty darn good at painting now, but i would just send it off to maaco next time....


I built a paint booth out of an old car port I had and slapped two box fans with furnace filters at each end. It worked pretty well although I occasionally had to slow down when it got too fumy. I wore a full painters suit and a 3m mask (about 35.00) to keep me alive while painting :).


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*After painting the exterior i used a rattle can rhino lining to paint the interior and trunk. I don't have any pictures of this process, but i used about 10 cans and you can see the results in the crappy cell phone pictures in the assembly phase.




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Andrew Warren
12-20-2010 10:27 AM
tags: miata SM spec miata mazda mazdamotorsports
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Colby Scott
06-16-2011 09:04 PM
how much paint did it take for you to paint your car, and how many coats did you get out of that amount?
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