Spray your own octavia?

[Stormspire_1991]

Has anyone been brave enough to DIY spray a body panel?

Im interested in the thought of sanding my bonnet down to the metal and re spraying it.

Is this a terrible idea?

[David 8]

Is this a terrible idea?

Have you ever painted before ??

It ain't exactly easy

[demonufo]

Has anyone been brave enough to DIY spray a body panel?

Im interested in the thought of sanding my bonnet down to the metal and re spraying it.

Is this a terrible idea?

I'd never consider doing a large panel like that without a decent gun, and a proper suction booth. I've got all the equipment (except a booth), plenty of experience, and I'd never try it at home. No way.

Plus, there is no valid reason for sanding back to the metal all over.

[Ootohere]

What is wroing with it that it would need taken back to metal?

That requires more preparing, etching and is then much more work priming and preparing/painting..

Normally, De-waxing and then sanding back, doing any repairs, and preparing and priming and painting/lacquering is sufficient.

Maybe find some place or someone that can do your bonnet and let you see how it is done.

george

[Raf_]

Could always get a new one and not bother painting it, let it go rusty. Think the vw Boyz call it the rat look or something lol

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[Stormspire_1991]

might give this one a miss then cheers chaps. some stone chips and scratches is the problem btw.

[Stormchaser]

If its a non metallic paint maybe you could flatten it back then machine polish it if the scratches etc are not too bad.

[JackDeath]

If you dont have a good setup to do this it can turn out **** :-)

If you are itching to try it your self then go get an old boot lid from a scrapper and have a go with that befor trying on yours