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Painting your VW can be enjoyable or a major pain in the rear! "What is the best way to paint my VW? Good question! You have to ask yourself some questions first before I answer this question. Those questions are on the Body Work page. There are four ways: quick, cheap, easy or right! Quick: use a spray can of paint. Cheap: use a spray can of paint. Easy: take it to a paint and body shop. RIGHT: Take it to a paint and body shop or there is another way! So you want to do it yourself, COOL! Sounds good to me. The right way to paint is time, money and space consuming. First, you must decide on what paint scheme. Do you want a custom paint job, something like a mural or just a factory standard paint job. Second. Do you have dents or body damage? If you do then read our Body Work page first. Third: Have the right equipment. "Well, what is that?" The equipment you will need to do a paint job is the following:
So you now have a straight body, prepping the surface is very important and must be done. It is a very bad idea to just paint over the old paint. Painting over old paint will cause cracking and peeling of the new paint and probably rusting too.
Now to painting.
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