14 January, 2009

Priming your Car: Part 2 (Materials)

2. Materials Used:


- Black & Decker 5" Orbital Sander ($40~50)
- 300~320 Grit Sandpaper (for the body of the car) (~$11)
- 3M Wax and Grease Remover (~$8 )
- Shamwow or similar material (must be this type of material) ($10~20)
- Rustoleum Automobile Primer 8-12 cans ($3~7/can)
- 3M Blue Tape ($~3/roll)
- 3M Respirator Mask ($30~60)
- Red shop rags
- Lots of newspaper (free, got a bunch of pepboys newsadverts)

*Note: I estimated material costs, I had no budget in mind other than to get what I needed to get the job done, you can spend more or less finding alternative tools, the Orbital sander is optional but it will make sanding it smooth a lot better. I would highly recommend a power tool sander.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND A RESPIRATOR MASK
Please do not work in a closed environment without one, breathing in the fumes is unhealthy and you will possibly die/ lose a lot of brain cells. Do not overlook this.

Priming your Car: Part 1 (Intro)

First write-up, bear with me. I'm doing this simple and straightforward, nothing too complex, it's written in plain English. I'm still working on this post should be done when I get back tonight, but I'll leave it posted up for people to get started on.


Before Pictures:








After Pictures:





1. Introduction:

I'm not a professional painter , nor do I claim to be, I'm just posting this because this is what worked for me and it came out ok.

So some people have seen my car in real life, noticing it's primed. I barely used enough, only 8 cans, yes I was going to do more to the prime stage, but figured it was temporary, this is just something for everyone to note that even you can come out with a decent rattle can job (if done right).

I re-primered my AE86 because the original prime was coming off, and some light surface rust. I'll show you what you can do to take this off.

I'll go through what you need and what is important, first off, I estimated I spent around $250 or less on all the materials, not sure to be exact but it was quite cheap. Yes you can take your car to Maaco but they don't do prep work, priming your car is a great thing to do before taking it to someone like them.

People who ask why I did this, it's because the state the car was in. It needed a re-prime. I'm writing this up for anyone who unfortunately has the same condition paint that I did.

Depending on your budget, you may go higher or lower, this is just what I found that worked. I don't have pictures of the materials I used (it's all in the garage, I'm lazy to take pics) so just make reference of what the stuff looks like and what fits your needs.

Under each section I posted what you need for that job just in case you forget. This should help you out if you are confused.


Note on Bondo:
I am not covering bondo as my car has no dents and/or bondo'd areas from the previous owner. I originally wanted to use some in light areas, but decided against it, bondo can crack and when used some people tend to over-do it and use it like a sculpting tool. Really trashy. In an ideal world I would weld metal to the body.

11 January, 2009

Work Overload.

I have too much on my plate. I need to slow down, it seems like I can never just have a steady flow, I always have a nonstop flow. On top of school and work, this is all the side stuff I have.


For example, this is how my weekend has gone.

Friday/Saturday Workout 11PM to 5AM
Saturday - Work 9AM-4PM
Saturday - Sleep til 8PM
Saturday - Design vinyl 9PM
Saturday - Workout 10PM-4AM
Sunday - Sleep 5AM
Sunday - Wake up 7AM
Sunday - Film shoot 9AM-3PM
Sunday - After/relax 4PM-6PM
Sunday - Sleep 6PM-10PM
Sunday - Workout 10PM-3AM
Monday - Class 12PM

Design
- 3 Full vinyl drift car designs
- Recreate my personal portfolio site
- Music CD cover design
- Music company design

Movies/Film
- Choreography for a movie
- Music video

09 January, 2009

Stickers.



I don't really put stickers on my car, but I started putting some on my computer, yeah I was hella bored. The smaller picture is the opposite side of the computer.

08 January, 2009

Gifts from the UK.

Alex (Treefish) brought me back some goodies from the UK. Starting with a Pantone Wallet. Yes, indeed, graphic design nerdy and great. Thanks!

He also brought back some paper "material". A calendar, stickers, and two car magazines ("FAST Car" and "MAX POWER"). Both are ridiculously ricey and filled with topless chicks (I don't mind that at all), but the cars are tasteless indeed.



And last but not least, an awesome new drift charm
(keychain for now), Detonator. Sweet.

The Garage

Haven't done much lately, thought I might take some pictures of the 86 in the garage. I'm planning on ripping the rest of the AC stuff out of the car since the lines have been cut. I also am ordering a new power steering belt so I can have powersteering on. I have a new head unit that needs to be installed for stereo music as well and I plan on ordering black later model interior door panels from some for sale thread on Club4ag. Other than that, nothing too dramatic. Just here and there things.







02 January, 2009

Hite, Crisp. Refreshing.



So I went to SuperH today, ate at the foodcourt, love the place. I picked up some usual drinks, Calpico. This time I decided to try out "hite" beer. It's actually light, crisp, and tasty, just like the label says....

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