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NOOB Auto Body & Paint Ideas - AMAZING Things You Can Paint With Automotive Paints!

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Channel: LearnAutoBodyAndPaint · 2016 · Autos & Vehicles

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I’ve been getting questions from people asking if they could use automotive paint on non-car items. There’s this one guy asking if he could use it on his glossy style cabinets, there’s a kid who wants to paint his six-foot long remote control airplane. 

I told them, “Absolutely!” You can paint anything with automotive paints. You can do custom jobs with automotive paints. 

I used to paint mopeds and even goofed around with my friend’s Xbox because he wanted a metallic color to it.  I also painted my daughter’s quad racer from an ugly red and custom painted it to a nice purple and put some flake in it. 

It doesn’t have to be cars. It’s limitless with automotive paints. You can do anything with it. Whatever you’re taking and learning with auto body and paint, you can also apply the same concepts on things other than cars. 

Question: Can you use clear coat on wood?

Absolutely! My father used to do wooden clocks when we lived in Hawaii. He finished them really nicely and spray with clear coat to make them pop and they come out amazing. 

You just have to remember, if you’re painting a grainy wood, you’ll get a grainy finish. You have to make sure it’s sanded down as smooth as possible before you lay your clear coat on it. 

Question: A cheap spray gun or a high-end spray gun?

You can use a less expensive alternative one, the Warwick Spray Guns. The Warwick spray guns are the only spray guns that we use in the shop. 

Visit the LearnAutoBodyAndPaint Shop Page where we have a variety of Warwick spray guns. Check out the Warwick 904HE or the high end model, the Warwick 980HE. 

Question: Where do you start painting candy paint when you’re doing a car?

You can start with the driver’s side fender. The best way to start painting candy is to do it over red base coat, because if you make a mistake, it’s not going to show as much as painting red candy over silver base.

If you paint red candy over silver base, you’re going to get more of a candy bright effect. That’s how you really want to do it. You can still get awesome deep candy look over red base though. 

If you’re painting over candy, you want to pass one whole side of the car at a time. It’s not like doing the whole panel. You want to lay it out across the whole car at a time. It’s more of a 75% overlay versus a 50% overlay.

You have to be careful with candy because you can cloud things up if you don’t know what you’re doing. I recommend if you’re doing a blue, green or red candy, go over that color base coat, so you can practice and the paint job will come out amazing. 

Because I had amazing reviews on The Godfather Project, we’re doing Part 2. My godfather bought a Subaru Outback 3 months ago and about 2 weeks ago, he backed up and hit his mailbox. He scratched his tail light and put a 4-inch scratch in the top section of his quarter panel by the glass. 

Question: Do you seal all the bumpers?

You can and you don’t have to seal the bumpers. If you have clear coat on your bumpers, you can just sand it down with 400-grit and put your new base coat and clear coat right on top of that. 

If you’re doing chrome parts and say, want to make it all black, You have to make sure to scratch it with 80-grit on the DA Sander and sand it down. Then, you can either use an epoxy primer or a basic 2K filler primer, prime all of those parts. Then, sand it with 400-grit and you’re ready for paint. 

Question: If you have a chrome bumper that’s rusting, can you get 
the rust off and clear it to stop it from rusting or slow it down?

Yes. Apply some basic bondo, do your body work to it and seal it up. Make sure to use a rubberized undercoating to seal the back side of your bumper. Rust comes from moisture, so it will rust again if it’s exposed and not sealed. 

You could treat it with vinegar and water with a 50/50 mixture after you grind it, sand it down, blow it off, and do your undercoating to seal it. 

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