DIY Auto Body and Paint Q&A

YouTube Questions Answered With a Video Response

I receive a lot of question on my YouTube channel.  I always try to respond to them.  I’m sure I miss one occasionally,  but not intentionally.  If I never responded to a question that you’ve asked, please repost the question.

I also decided to take it a step further and respond to several of the questions with a video response.  There is no way to create videos for all of them, but below you will find a playlist of the questions I have answered with video.

Video Response Playlist

Thanks for watching the videos and let me know if you have any questions.

Comments

  1. George Bishara says:

    Mr. smith.

    I would to thank you so very much for your services and videos. God Bless you. I have a 2002 toyota corolla I just purchased for my kid, and the paint on it is so bad. the previous owner sprayed the vehicle with a pep boy spray can and it is so bad, what steps do I need to take to restore a shiny finish. I am familiar with paint process just not sure what sand grit do I use? Please kindly advise. Thanks

    • George, if you just need to sand it to repaint, you can use 400 to 600 grit to final sand it with. However, if you are needing to strip the old paint off, I would start with something coarser, such as 180 to 220 grit followed by 320.

      Hopw this helps answer your question. If not, let me know. Thanks, Donnie

  2. Hey, I’ve got a question for you. I purchased a 2006 Kawasaki Ninja, the previous owner painted over the original paint with spray paint. No clear coat or anything, which I didn’t notice when I bought the bike. The gas tank is metal, but everything else is plastic, it’s been laid down before and does have some small cracks in the plastic. I decided to repaint the bike when I spilled a small amount of gas on the tank and when I wiped it away, it pulled some of the paint up with it. So what would you recommend I do to fix the bad paint job and hopefully make the bike look like it just came off the showroom floor? I’m very new to painting and will most likely be using spray paint also. Thanks for your help.

    • Many of your spray can paints are 1K, which are going to be effected by chemical or gas. I would recommend to spray at least the tank in a 2k system.

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