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Originally Posted by YELLOW_MR2
Thought about that but I'm more of a do it your self type of guy, I'm having a lot of fun with this.. Can't wait to see my results!! This up coming weekend I'm going to primer it.
My question is how many coats??
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Depends on the primer, a good epoxy sealing primer should only need one good pass where some cheaper stuff you have to do a couple passes and rub it back a little. I prime then sand to see any high/low spots then fix them and reapply. Just make sure there is a good even colour over the whole car because it does show through a lot of paints if you have dark/light patches.
My racecar I sanded then primed with one coat and then rubbed down with a plastic kitchen scrubber (unscented) and then did 2 coats of red over the top, came up really well for a 3 hour paint job
Since you don't have a paint oven paint it somewhere warm but not too humid and free of contaminants, under a tree is bad since they drop stuff in the paint. Those cheap pop up pole garages are good, you roll up the sides and paint the car and then when your done with the coat roll the sides down then fasten and if its sunny it can act like an oven. Next coat you unfasten then roll the sides back up and do it again.
Another thing to watch for the the ground, sweep it off and lay down an old clean sheet or 2 (weigh/nail them down so they don't flick up) under the car. The air gun blows up dirt and tends to make concrete driveways a new colour
painting on grass yeilds never ending dirt if you don't do this. Last thing if there are a bunch of insects about don't paint, they fly into and make a mess, mostly the midgy/sandfly things. I think that covers most of the DIY painter bases. GL with your paint job, well see how it turn out.