I have heard quite a lot of positives about the quality of oven baked painting over normal paint job (for a car). I just got a fairly used car.. And although it's quite clean to the casual observer. I would really love to take it to a "new car" level of cleanliness. However I would rather keep the manufacturer's paint job than have a shoddy attempt. Would really appreciate if folks who have tried oven baked share their experience on the quality level when compared to what u get with a new car. Also is it easy to determine if a car has had an after market paint job when u use oven as compared to a normal paint job (which is always quite obvious)

roosebolton: I have heard quite a lot of positives about the quality of oven baked painting over normal paint job (for a car). I just got a fairly used car.. And although it's quite clean to the casual observer. I would really love to take it to a "new car" level of cleanliness. However I would rather keep the manufacturer's paint job than have a shoddy attempt. Would really appreciate if folks who have tried oven baked share their experience on the quality level when compared to what u get with a new car. Also is it easy to determine if a car has had an after market paint job when u use oven as compared to a normal paint job (which is always quite obvious)

Why do you want to go through the headache just to have a perfectly normal car inferior in return? What you are looking at is not paint on a car. It is a bond associated to an enamel. It is a manufacturing process to achieve this feat. It is not the same thing as the craft technician painting a vehicle. In addition, vehicle has to be stripped and sand-blasted. You just don't paint and then develop an impression. It is a very expensive job (if done right) with the appropriate paint. So expensive, it cost almost the price of a fairly new car. I was quoted $15,000 with a 15 year guarantee of integrity many years ago for a black car. The pricing was very fair. This is the only proper way, stripping the entire vehicle to shell and sand-blasting it. Except you are ready to go all the way, leave it as it is. The ultimate risk that will be prominent if it occurs is clumsiness.

Trac:

Why do you want to go through the headache just to have a perfectly normal car inferior in return? What you are looking at is not paint on a car. It is a bond associated to an enamel. It is a manufacturing process to achieve this feat. It is not the same thing as the craft technician painting a vehicle. In addition, vehicle has to be stripped and sand-blasted. You just don't paint and then develop an impression. It is a very expensive job (if done right) with the appropriate paint. So expensive, it cost almost the price of a fairly new car. I was quoted $15,000 with a 15 year guarantee of integrity many years ago for a black car. The pricing was very fair. This is the only proper way, stripping the entire vehicle to shell and sand-blasting it. Except you are ready to go all the way, leave it as it is. The ultimate risk that will be prominent if it occurs is clumsiness.

Thanks so much for your advice. The car has minor scratches here and there.. Is there a way I can do a body work in those few areas and not having to paint the whole car? This is my first car and am kinda of a novice in this

roosebolton:
Thanks so much for your advice. The car has minor scratches here and there.. Is there a way I can do a body work in those few areas and not having to paint the whole car? This is my first car and am kinda of a novice in this

I might not be sure what you imply by body work due to regional differences. That however is unnecessary.

The new lustre (I hope I spelt that right and correctly appropriated) look will require you to polish the vehicle. Then you apply an enamel. A high powered rotary tool is needed. This is used to buff and also apply the agents. If the surface assault is mild, the process will reduce/eliminate the appearance.

Caution: this should not be manually done. No process can be partially completed for in favour of deferment. Everything must be completed, except the buffing. That could several attempt to restore the factory look.

If you go through my posts, I addressed with a NLd'er. It's a short post. Also, never use soap to wash your vehicle. Only use water, no matter how dirty.

roosebolton: I have heard quite a lot of positives about the quality of oven baked painting over normal paint job (for a car). I just got a fairly used car.. And although it's quite clean to the casual observer. I would really love to take it to a "new car" level of cleanliness. However I would rather keep the manufacturer's paint job than have a shoddy attempt. Would really appreciate if folks who have tried oven baked share their experience on the quality level when compared to what u get with a new car. Also is it easy to determine if a car has had an after market paint job when u use oven as compared to a normal paint job (which is always quite obvious)

Oven bake respraying is the best way to spray a car in order to acieve the best results.

That's what we specialise in at Autobrite Automotive Solutions Ltd and from my experience you can achieve the best results in spraying a car to any colour.

The oven bake system allows the paint to be sprayed in a dust free environment and the temperature of the oven while being in use allows paint to dry instantly avoiding any drips which can occur when multicoats of paint is being applied.

There is also a filteration system incorporated in the manufacture of the oven that eliminates the possibility of dust settling on the paintwork before it dries.

The car is then left in the booth to slow bake for approximately 1 hour at temperatures of around 55 degrees centigrade.

Baking creates a hard compound of the paint and makes it more durable and resistant to scratching. It also gives a glossy enamel finish that delivers a mirror effect.

Unlike most car sprayers that use open air spray spaces or corrugated zinc spray spaces where cars being sprayed are subjected to dusty and humid environments, the oven bake system delivers the best qaulity finish.

It comes with a higher cost as electricity and gas may be require to power the oven bake booth. It also requires a lot of experience from the sprayer to get the job done perfectly and its possible to achieve factory standard finishes.


https://www.nairaland.com/1151435/please-where-best-place-respray#17542197

Car-Doctor.

Trac:


I might not be sure what you imply by body work due to regional differences. That however is unnecessary.

The new lustre (I hope I spelt that right and correctly appropriated) look will require you to polish the vehicle. Then you apply an enamel. A high powered rotary tool is needed. This is used to buff and also apply the agents. If the surface assault is mild, the process will reduce/eliminate the appearance.

Caution: this should not be manually done. No process can be partially completed for in favour of deferment. Everything must be completed, except the buffing. That could several attempt to restore the factory look.

If you go through my posts, I addressed with a NLd'er. It's a short post. Also, never use soap to wash your vehicle. Only use water, no matter how dirty.

why shouldn't I use soap please explain

rildwanullahi:
why shouldn't I use soap please explain

Paint fades off.

Good morning my people. I just sprayed my car with sikkens autobase paint and the following morning, it turned whitish/grey instead of the original black color. It disappeared partially during the day and reappeared again the following morning.
Does anybody have an experience on how to handle this. I called my painter and he said it will disappear after sometimes but that I should mix kerosene in water yo wash it.

Please, help..

This is the picture of the car early morning

wpconsult:
This is the picture of the car early morning

one chance...

Inception:

one chance...

Molue and danfo fall on the motor paint

The issue is not the equipment ('oven'), its the quality of paint and the process. Our technicians are ill-equipped and impatient to strip a car to Bare metal and we don't have the quality paint required anyway. Your best is to restore your paint by applying clay bar,waxing and buffing(in whichever sequence). Soap remove wax unless its the right soap for cars which actually restore wax(I doubt you'll find that in our Nigerian market). Washing with water is not a bad idea.

wpconsult:
This is the picture of the car early morning

Lmfao, u better go and collect your money back before u do more damages to ur vehicle exterior

@wpconsult
Yours is a classic case of clearcoat application gone horribly wrong. Could have been caused by a number of conditions including but not exclusive to poor drying conditions and exposing the clear to moisture/humidity before it fully cured. Where is your car situated?

@roosebolton
It is possible to restore the factory paint job on a used car that has not been resprayed. The pictures attached attest to this. This is what I do. I have the machines (DA) and compounds, clay, polishes, waxes, sealants and coatings to make your car look like it just rolled of the showroom floor provided there are no major dents or clear coat failure. I will also guide you on how best to maintain that shine for at least a year with the right wash techniques (which is actually the major culprit to dull looking paintwork). Contrary to the widespread belief in Nigeria that once a car has swirls and minor scratches it must be resprayed, a full paint correction can restore the factory paint job on a car to a showroom finish. Hit me up on here and we can take it further.

Just to correct the opinion that you shouldn't wash your car with soap... bullshit.

Soap doesn't do a damn thing to your paint. Cars are meant to be waxed periodically, the wax sitting above the clear coat and serving as an added layer of protection. Naturally, whether you wash your car with soap or not, the wax would wear rub off over time. Soapy water would wash your wax right off but i'd rather have no wax on my clear coat that scrub my paint with sand and grit.

rebelng:
Just to correct the opinion that you shouldn't wash your car with soap... bullshit.

Soap doesn't do a damn thing to your paint. Cars are meant to be waxed periodically, the wax sitting above the clear coat and serving as an added layer of protection. Naturally, whether you wash your car with soap or not, the wax would wear rub off over time. Soapy water would wash your wax right off but i'd rather have no wax on my clear coat that scrub my paint with sand and grit.

Non car shampoo, which includes household soaps, detergents or other washing compound which contain high levels of alkaline and salts and other compounds are dangerously harsh for your car paintwork.

wpconsult:
This is the picture of the car early morning

i cannot laugh
One chance paint job

rebelng:
Just to correct the opinion that you shouldn't wash your car with soap... bullshit.

Soap doesn't do a damn thing to your paint. Cars are meant to be waxed periodically, the wax sitting above the clear coat and serving as an added layer of protection. Naturally, whether you wash your car with soap or not, the wax would wear rub off over time. Soapy water would wash your wax right off but i'd rather have no wax on my clear coat that scrub my paint with sand and grit.

broda the usual detergent we use to wash our cars are quite corrosive, it will make the car look clean but in actuality it is degrading the quality, texture and fine film of the paint.
the sad thing is there are actually car shampoos designed exclusively for this purpose..... but as usual we love the easy way out.......

u can still be using ur soap jare.

wpconsult:
This is the picture of the car early morning

oga respray this car abeg.

I'm begging.... please

Oven paint for Camry 2.2? Abeg get a good spray painter and respray the whole vehicle with autobase. If you will listen to me, Use your money for other ventures.

As it is said, it is hard to advice a man with money. Na ur money.

oppre26:
@wpconsult
Yours is a classic case of clearcoat application gone horribly wrong. Could have been caused by a number of conditions including but not exclusive to poor drying conditions and exposing the clear to moisture/humidity before it fully cured. Where is your car situated?

@roosebolton
It is possible to restore the factory paint job on a used car that has not been resprayed. The pictures attached attest to this. This is what I do. I have the machines (DA) and compounds, clay, polishes, waxes, sealants and coatings to make your car look like it just rolled of the showroom floor provided there are no major dents or clear coat failure. I will also guide you on how best to maintain that shine for at least a year with the right wash techniques (which is actually the major culprit to dull looking paintwork). Contrary to the widespread belief in Nigeria that once a car has swirls and minor scratches it must be resprayed, a full paint correction can restore the factory paint job on a car to a showroom finish. Hit me up on here and we can take it further.

Where are you located, and your contact please.