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Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:19pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
After much care for my engine and not being able to rig Gazzuzz's free paint-job promo in my favour , I decided to restore the finish or should I say respray my car. I'm retaining the same colour. The paint job is mainly inspired by the fact that a couple areas of paint on the car have aged Don't know if that's the right word. |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:24pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
The car before it all started. Looks clean from here...
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:25pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
But... Here's the ageing thingy I talked about. Anyone in the house, what causes this?
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:31pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Day 1 Light panel beating: alignment of offset bumpers edges, a bit of hammering out of the few dents Painter starts filling
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Nobody: 9:31pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Poor quality clear lacquer. Or poorly applied. It has flaked off, leaving the 2-pack metallic paintwork exposed to the elements. 1 Like |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:35pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Siena: Thanks Siena. I also observed it was only present in areas where the sun would impact directly. Was thinking the hot weather had something to do with it. Thanks again. |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:37pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
More imperfections identified and sanded... Never mind the funny looking tail light. The replacement has already been bought.
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by DuchessLily(f): 9:39pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Lol @ rig paint job to ur favour; na naija election? 3 Likes |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:40pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
More dents filled...
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 9:47pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
DuchessLily: My dear I desired it badly but due to work wouldn't have been able to visit Lagos for 7days so I passed on it. Resizing pictures, Uploading shortly... |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:19pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Day 2 The whole car was sanded in preparation for painting. Here's the now aligned bumpers
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:21pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
"Old man areas" rejuvenated!
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:24pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
More filling and sanding. All imperfections must go! Modified. The Accord logo has been taken off. The rest will follow soon as it gets ready to bake
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:28pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Still working... getting ready to be primed.
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:33pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
The front end was not left out... I was particularly interested in sanding and filling all chips on the hood no matter how small.
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:35pm On Jan 13, 2016 |
Car is finally ready to be primed and that concludes day 2. So far so good. Thank you Lord! |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by lonelydora: 7:17am On Jan 14, 2016 |
Lol @ rig to your favor. |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Nobody: 7:45am On Jan 14, 2016 |
You should have weighed the car before and after, curious to see how many pounds of bondo you caked on. 1 Like |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:23am On Jan 14, 2016 |
EgunMogaji: Lol. They are actually very light. A lot if the things you see are just scratches. |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Nobody: 1:26pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Piyke: Okay I guess. It's just that over here you work out the dents, at least on metal parts, and use bondo very sparingly. Good luck on the project. |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 1:40pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
EgunMogaji: That's exactly what was done. Thanks a lot! |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Nobody: 2:01pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Piyke: You didn't show those pics. I didn't see any dent removal tools or removing of door panels, etc If done properly one should still be able to pass a magnet over the repaired areas and it sticks. 1 Like |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 5:53pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
EgunMogaji: Yea. Didn't actually take the pics of the removal of the door panels. It didn't occur to me I should include it in this or should I say I wasn't sure I was going to write this up. Both rear door panels were removed to beat out dents in the metal. The roof padding was also peeled back a little to push out a dent just above the rear right door. The inner parts of my moon roof railing made it a bit difficult pushing out the dent but the panel beater finally got it done with a curved metal bar. Thanks again. 1 Like |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Nobody: 5:57pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Piyke: Excellent. My intention here is not to brow beat you or diminish your excellent DIY project, but it's important to show the proper process to whoever wants to take on such a feat after your demonstration. Carry go, nothing do you |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 7:45pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
EgunMogaji: Thanks my Oga. But this one pass my DIY power Using a painter & panel beater for this one Resuming... |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 7:48pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Day 3 - Priming day. At the end of the day, all affected areas had been primed...
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 7:53pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
More...
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 7:55pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Some more... The primed areas were also sanded.
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 7:58pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
As I washed the car, I noted a few etches that needed sanding and concealing. They are tiny but attention to detail is the difference between an okay job and a great one.
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 8:00pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
A few more areas needing to be touched up before painting were also identified and marked for treatment on day 4. |
Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:18pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Day 4 - Slight touch-up, spray & bake Taped up, matt application starts for the relevant areas
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Re: Paint-job Diary: Respray Of 03 Accord by Piyke: 10:23pm On Jan 14, 2016 |
Application of base coat complete and car driven into oven booth for application of clear coat... Its going to get hot soon.
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