I Screwed up the Paintwork on my 40 YEAR OLD MERCEDES W123

It's been a while, but I’m finally back with part 4 of the W123 build. Watch the emotional rollercoaster that is me trying to bring this restoration to an end, relatively smoothly?!
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Part 1 of the Transformation:
• Detailing Transformati...
Part 2 of the Transformation:
• Accidentally Butcherin...
Part 3 of the Transformation:
• Welding New Bodywork o...
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[@RobinBlakey]

I really appreciate the honesty and lack of ego. It's so refreshing seeing someone make a mistake and overcoming it on KZbin instead of just always being perfect.

[@jeffandreson]

Put it this way, it's the best looking bad paint job in the show!

[@Dave.The_Sham]

Great video Sam. I love your honesty in showing where things didn't go to plan rather than edit it out.

[@samsdetailinguk]

Gotta keep it real

[@niamakhtar2234]

Sam, cellulose is not as forgiving for the filling, puttying, it shows rings if not prepared properly. You probably had the gun to close and applied heavy coats. Should have left the vehicle masked, taken out the sags, primed puttied and repainted those sections. Were you using an old SATA spray gun? Or was it a clone. Not really a gun for a beginner. Puts material on like a hose. Even though I have 10 of them. Anyway, at least you are honest enough to show the error of your ways and you learnt by your mistakes. We all have had sags at one time or another. But sags near an edge or moulding are the worst to remove. It will burn through, regardless of what you do. And please tack the floor with sapy water. Well done anyway and keep safe.

[@robertmagee8223]

Sam you need to block sand the filler and use track cloth to remove the dust after you panel wipe...apart from that great work.

[@bigren3871]

Fair play for giving it a go mate!! people are quick to point out the bads but at least you have it ago and can rectify your mistakes next time !!

[@deerawselecta7709]

The secret of perfect paintwork is to never rely on next stage to "make things better".get every stage as good as u can.basicallt,if u can feel it,u will see it.i use guide coats on filler and primer now,as my eyesight is failing.u might have found it easier to use 2k basecoat and lacquer.youve done ok though.

[@outlawking4106]

Never a truer word said about the stages of paint 👊🏻

[@markmitchell9531]

It’s fantastic you’ve shown us all the snags and difficulties. It reassures us these kind of troubles are are part of the course when you try to have a go a doing something yourself. It’s all too easy to just stump up the cash and get a professional to do it, but how much you must of learnt on this job is probably worth the value of paying someone to do it for. As a w123 coupe owner in Derbyshire, hopefully I’ll see your car about on the road!

[@samsdetailinguk]

Best comment

[@PeckhamHall]

This is going finish up like a 1980s back street paint job 🤫😁🤤😂🤣

[@marcusg500]

Big up for trying mate Car looks lovely irrespective. It's all about learning. Much love from South Africa

[@benseitz8452]

As a w123 owner this series makes me happy

[@bignasty3274]

Don't beat yourself up about it my friend there isn't a person who works in the trade who hasn't had things go tits up. Lesson learned and off you go mate.

[@farklek]

Man thanks for taking us along with you. I've always wanted one of these, and until I get my own, I can at least enjoy watching you savore the time spent making yours the way you want.

[@ronanmc2112]

Great video. You just need an ‘air’ badge on the right side of the boot to finish it off nicely 👍

[@stevegooding5775]

Hats off to you you did a cracking job 👏

[@samsdetailinguk]

Thanks man

[@heavyt749]

At least you having a go mate even if it is as rough as a roofers glove

[@jimbuilds]

You did a good job of the merc Sam, having attempted my own full respray a few years ago I know how difficult it is! Don't be so hard on yourself!

[@samsdetailinguk]

Cheers man!

[@786fari1]

Love the hard work and determination gone into this video a great fan of your work keep it up 👍🏽

[@Hamza18373]

How do you order this vintage car

[@Hamza18373]

I like you did hard work

[@anthonywhite721]

You did your best that’s the main thing

[@user-ey9eu1zb5f]

I liked the video going deeper and further. Thank you! Greetings from Brazil.

[@derziegenmann8i734]

The main problem you´ve had was that there was too much dust in the air, since the paint gun runs on pressure there is always a slight gust of wind when painting which naturally kicks up any surrounding dust, what you need is a sealed chamber of sorts with AC for painting, I reckon that problem should not be of importance anymore. other than that great work and keep it up, greetings from germany.

[@christianobrien4465]

Absolutely stellar music on this channel

[@sidneygriffiths5737]

35.46 Wow! You can clearly see the drip lines in the paint! Personally I'd sand it back completely and start from scratch!

[@MarkHillhwtb]

Fair play for giving it a good crack mate! Looks class. Really good video

[@lyndonwebber1389]

I feel your pain paint is a nightmare. Excellent effort and you learned a lot along the way 👏👍

[@TrevorWierzbowski]

Oh, man, you have such a great warm personality- you're could have been my friend I never had, great show, all the best to you.

[@Gamleprofil]

12:25 this is literally everything I spray paint. Wetsanding helps, but the clearcoat always ends up like that too.

[@thecarguychannel]

Looks nice. The filler and paint mismatch gives it a bit of character 👍🏻

[@marcelkaptijn1]

Fantastic job Sam, fantastic job! You have every reason to be proud. Greets from Madrid, Spain

[@ScottSmith-ed1dl]

Been waiting for this might have to watch it all from the beginning lol 💯🤙

[@samsdetailinguk]

Binge sesh 😂

[@mickymarvin3241]

Looks great Sam

[@homsey]

Good way to get rid of runs is to use a run file followed by a fly blade, that way you just flat the run and not the surrounding paintwork. Then sand with say 1200 then 3000. Polish and jobs done.

[@homsey]

Flat blade on fly

[@Chimpmusic79]

i saw this as an add, dont regret it great tips and tricks!😂

[@sligeach]

Enjoyed your video very much. I had 3 of them back in the 00s, first one a 200 then bought one for spares, then sold them and bought a beautiful 230E which after a few years I fitted 2 new inner wings and plated the drivers foot well/ bulk head area. I then bought a 240 diesel engine and box and converted the 230E to a 240D even down to replacing the celophane strip in the dash so I could get the glow plug light. Ran it on red diesel for a few years. Vacuum central locking system a pita.

[@MegaRetr]

Great video Sam.

[@donedilated]

sometimes passion for what you do is just not enough. I honestly have no idea how people in the comment section all say well done good job when everything, literally everything not only the paint got fupd during this ''restoration'' This is not a hate this is a statement of fact. If you like some cowboy action this is it. You Sam have a looooot to learn my friend.

[@samsdetailinguk]

This wasn’t a professional restoration.

[@frances9276]

Fantastic ❤️😍

[@Manc-king]

As a vehicle paint sprayer this was painful your first problem was you chose to use cellulose paint

[@garrydavis3475]

Truly a beautiful job and a amazing car one of the best Mercedes ever made will last another 40 years still. Nice 👍 one Sam big respect

[@daleyparsons7219]

Great videos man! Great energy and drive!

[@samsdetailinguk]

Appreciate it!

[@Mark_C1]

These paint runs remind me of a video a chap called the gunman made a while back where to save time completely stripping the panel with runs he uses body filler to protect the surrounding good painted area and knocks back the runs until they’re flat again and then polished the rest out just fine. Apparently an old school trick he was once shown and he decided to try one day when the apprentice had this problem 💪

[@jackthebassman1]

“60-40 thinner to cellulose paint gives me the gloss level I want” - WRONG - the thinner is merely a vehicle used to adjust the viscosity of the cellulose so that it can be sprayed onto the substrate, then it evaporates into the atmosphere, leaving the finish cellulose. Cellulose by its chemical composition dries by solvent evaporation and then the gloss level reduces which is reinstated by polishing with a cutting compound.

[@Manc-king]

His whole problem was using cellulose. Solvent base coat and 2k base coat all day long

[@sats7819]

Few things Sam. No air regulator or water trap.

[@samsdetailinguk]

There was just didn't show it :)

[@sats7819]

Love Sam. Hes soo funny 😂

[@samsdetailinguk]

🥺

[@mohammadrasoulfard-habibi3066]

God I hate painting so I feel your pain brudda

[@bimsarasamarasinghe7551]

nice

[@renerenteria1]

for the use razor blades to flat the surface

[@maverick4177]

Has a finish similar to Ron Jeremy’s arse 👌🏻👍🏻 Good luck detailing that abomination of a paint job 🤣

[@fernandolouismiramontes2520]

Great content

[@tariqmahmood6497]

Nice car Sammy boyo 👌 I got a 1968 needs total restoration bruv a 280 se 2.8 straight 6 cylinder, looking for a recommendation in restoration and looks like I found my detailor, where you based?

[@Darren77771]

You are a real nice guy Sam, practice makes perfect :) I really like how you get involved with your car and its right what you say, why give someone else 20k to make you a showcar ? Do it yourself and learn the skills on the way. Respect to you i have subscribed.

[@paulr7582]

Well done done son. Just pull back a bit more and a bit quicker with the spray gun.🙂👌

[@georgebamber6871]

Bit confused why everyone here is having a go here it's like they didn't read the title

[@benanderton7352]

Love how you bought this back to life. Could I ask the details of the wheel on tyres ? Size offset etc

[@BenzMafiaFamily]

I heard the paint is still wet till this day! 😅😂

[@geraldswain3259]

Forgot to say, you could sell the boot lid for hanging coats, with all those runs to hang the coats on !).

[@Ian-xr9ff]

this guy does not know what the hell hes doing hahahah

[@samsdetailinguk]

Literally my first time 😅

[@Ian-xr9ff]

@@samsdetailinguk oh I know, I can tell

[@niallboyle5481]

That was as hard to watch …. Even a little research would make it go better

[@Ian-xr9ff]

@@niallboyle5481 poor car got butchered

[@niallboyle5481]

@@Ian-xr9ff I wouldn’t want the job of trying to rectify that work

[@dancarter5595]

WTF bro. All that work and you didn't respray the whole car?? Madness

[@mercedes-benzw123]

May I ask what if the band and model of lift you have. It looks wicked.

[@iannorton4463]

I hope you're better with the spanners mate. You will get better with experience, just don't get down hearted just because of a tidal wave or two..haha. 👍✌️

[@bobdelaplage690]

Hi brother, how nice try! A friend of mine is a pro, and i guess you wereto close with the gun and you didnt crosspattern consequently and put to much paint at one go….nevertheless hat off for the efforts, thats the way i also learn my friend, by doing, redoing,etc….

[@UnknowinglyOrdinary]

Plenty dimples seen , but other than that not too bad and the runs on the back end

[@Saw-Mc]

Good

[@alanc4585]

Good from far .far from good

[@aidentaillard]

Feel your pain on those drips, other than that love your content bro.

[@Stoneminge]

Mo Salah looking rough

[@ilveverythingdaft]

Dints and all sorts of a mess good old orange peel finish lol I use a little bit of water when I buff now paint and move a lot faster not to burn the finish

[@mykswappedescortmk2]

Oh where to start on this one 😅. Full points for having a go but obviously painting isn’t easy and you eluded to KZbin tutorials that can often make it look like it is. Putting the paint on is the least amount of the effort but as soon as you start to put paint on and see it’s not right you should stop. Always be prepared to start over when it comes to bodywork repairs because if it goes bad you may as well start over at the earliest opportunity rather than carry on and make it harder in the long run. Filler work requires patience and you really need a guide coat to check its flat because your eyes won’t see it until it’s too late. Not too sure what you take away from this one but you did mention you want to do it again in the future….. DON’T!! 😂. Pay someone to do it properly if you want it to look right.

[@eifiondavies1889]

Would like to know what he has on the sander/ polisher any idea boys.

[@bikeman123]

Compound.

[@kennyhumphries100]

Not one for bragging but as a professional paint and body tech over the last 25 years,I watched every segment of this video in complete horror and disbelief. Lol

[@juliuscaesar3346]

❤️❤️💚💚👍👍

[@cinderswolfhound6874]

This proves you a Can polish a turd till it shines like a mirror but it is still a turd

[@geraldswain3259]

The truth of the matter is you should have paid somebody that knows what they were doing, you have f***Ed up a nice genuine old car.

[@samsdetailinguk]

Why would I pay someone lol

[@JB77070]

Clickbait bro is for rookies

[@samsdetailinguk]

You think I did a good job then? Thanks!

[@benday9665]

As a paint sprayer,I genuinely laugh at people who “have a go” I spent years learning my craft and even after 20 years of spraying run into problems and learn!! I’ve never understood the have a go mentality on such a car like this !! It’s actually offensive!!! But good luck on your venture and people should show more respect to paint sprayers in general!! 😎 P.s detailers are pumped up valeters! I love all the products you have and make it sound so fantastic 10000% I can do everything and more in half the time with some 2000 wet and dry 3000 and 6000 trizact disc And green- blue 3m compounds But that’s just a professional opinion 👍👍👍😎😎

[@robertreavley7145]

Professional opinion? We’re you pissed when you put out this abusive tirade! You 20 years bollox! You still use thinners according to you! That’s how much you know! Why don’t you crawl back under your bridge and wait for another victim! One you can pull your cheap stunt on and get away with it! Been painting ft 20 Y e a r s !!! Man n T boy a say!! Then you woke up with your head in the thinners rag!!!

[@steve-en8hm]

Shame he can’t sort out problems with his products

[@samsdetailinguk]

Hi Steve, if you have any issues with our products please contact [e-mail], we are aware sometimes there are defects, but we can send out replacements no problem!

[@steve-en8hm]

@@samsdetailinguk had an email sent two emails back no response

[@steve-en8hm]

Month on and still no replacements. Emailing them is shocking.

[@MarkWright1963]

My god! Could do better with an aerosol can! You ruined a great car! Oh and your masking off was a disaster!

[@kabsjohal4523]

Proper example of a you tuber all the gear no idea 🙄

[@samsdetailinguk]

😂😂😂😂

[@papiezguwniak]

Uet fpecks

[@robertreavley7145]

You have had no training in what you are doing. You are clearly just “having a go” The thing is. If your willing to put the time in to tackle painting such a lovely old mercedes. Why skip the learning phase! It shows no logic in what your doing! Your clearly well educated and seem to have enough money to either pay for training! Or to buy some dedicated video tutorials on how to prep & paint! If these steps had been taken by you! Then you wouldn’t need to re do the work! Thus time & money wasted and people like me having lack of respect due to your lazy un planned approach! Would not be! And like other channels you’d have more followers To be honest it’s a bit of a poke in the eye for the guy who plans, educates, and puts attention to detail to their work for their channel videos. Please take this as positive criticism. And have a bit more of a pragmatic, philosophical approach to your work! You will be rewarded with satisfaction I guarantee you!! Great car though bud and a kind of ok finish in the end!!

[@samsdetailinguk]

Yeah I understand where you’re coming from but I did do alot of research into painting beforehand. I do believe no amount of research would have yielded different results. After speaking with some body shop folks the common theme was simply a lack of experience. It takes a lot of experience into perfecting application of body filler and getting it bang on. As an absolute perfectionist I wasn’t happy, in reality is it really that bad? Not really, it now doesn’t have holes in the arches and the boot floor isn’t falling off.

[@robertreavley7145]

@@samsdetailinguk always keep your gun perpendicular to the job. When wet sanding always use a block!!! Learn to mix 2k primer!!! You have a great format to your videos! Just lacking professionalism on the subject matter!!

[@samsdetailinguk]

Can you put cellulose on top of 2k primer?

[@robertreavley7145]

@@samsdetailinguk yup! Your best off using a 2K top coat to! That solid red won’t need a top,clear coat. The beauty of 2k is you use no cellulose thinners in the mix! Just add the hardener. This paint is better suited to flow out better. As it take longer to set once sprayed on. Giving you better control for the paint to flow out. ALWAYS leave 20 minutes between coats! Not so much the primer but the topcoat! You get much better quality and a stronger paint coverage. enabling you to wet sand within 24 hours unless baked using infrared lights! Then it’s 2 hours to wet sand! Always overlap your strokes at half the fan pattern 50% overlapping! This helps you get a better coverage with no “tiger striping” keep your speed exactly the sam each pass. And have the tip of the gun 12 inches from the job! Always set your gun up first! Get the biggest fan pattern on paper spray out card. Then reduce the fan a inch top n bottom. Also reduce the paint volume on the gun till there’s nothing coming out then dial it in till you have at full trigger around 2/3rds the the volume of paint! This will allow you to control the flow better stopping runs! You want 2 guns one with a 1.8 tip for primer. And a 1.2-1.3. Tip for colour and top coat! Hope this helps!!!

[@benday9665]

Pay for training 😂😂😂 I might pay for a 3 day plastering course then go set up my own firm 😂😂 It’s a fact paint refinishing and body automotive is one of the hardest trade skills to learn!! Hence why it is a dying breed and hardly any apprentices or younger generations falling into the trade.due to its demand of skill!!

[@rhys180606]

Sorry but your no painter or mechanic

[@boomer6617]

Bad acting, so fake.

[@samsdetailinguk]

Nope that quite literally happened 😂

[@Dr.Fiendish]

You screwed it’s up when you put those hideous wheels on it. It’s like dressing up your grandma in sequinned hot pants!

[@theelitest5795]

That’s why they gave proper paint rooms in proper garages to avoid paint problems

[@theelitest5795]

Those spots are called orange peel and requires a full sand back down and re sprayed properly to avoid looking like crap

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Wrong

[@theelitest5795]

How to botch a job 101 😂

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

I love respraying its my favourite part of restoration ❤🤍

[@MG-ce3dx]

No offence but the whole car looks a mess, different colour, orange peel ,dust underneath, you can even see the filler wasn't properly finished ..no offence again but if you can't do something wright, leave it for the pros ,the whole car just looks very bad

[@samsdetailinguk]

No offence but the whole point was not to take it to pros 🤦‍♂️

[@that_biker_boy5550]

@@samsdetailinguk - Surely people are allowed to try new things, make mistakes, learn from them and become better skilled to tackle similar jobs on their next attempt!? 🤷‍♂️ I applaud you for trying something new and being honest about your mistakes for the world to see! If everyone simply gave up, when they made a mistake or got things wrong… The Gentleman above wouldn’t be posting his opinions on KZbin anymore, after realising he should of used the word “Right” instead of wrongly using the word “Wright”… … And that unfortunate circumstance would be very sad! 😢😢😢 #YouWillBeMissed