Automotive & 4WD Spray Painting in Darwin
Automotive Spray Painting
Northern Territory’s specialist in sun damaged paint. We restore, respray and colour-change cars, utes and 4WDs in our Darwin booth — oven-cured and built to last in the Top End sun.
What are you after?
Pick the option that fits your car and your budget. See exactly what’s involved in each, then get a quote — no surprises.
Factory finish — full restoration
The works. Every panel stripped, repaired and refinished to a flawless, as-new factory standard.
What's involved
- Disassembly — doors, bonnet, bumper, all glass, trims & door handles
- Strip all existing paint
- Sandblasting
- Rust patching & repair
- Masking
- Etch epoxy primer
- Bodywork
- Sanding
- Masking
- Priming
- Block sanding
- Wet sanding
- Masking
- Wet on wet
- Mix & match
- Sample colours
- Colour decisions
- Painting — multiple coats
- Clear coats
- Reassembly — car put back together
- Buffing
- Polishing
- Clean — interior & exterior
Tidy up — same colour
Freshen up tired or faded paint in the original colour, without a full strip-down. Great-value refresh.
What's involved
- Remove bumper & bonnet
- Masking — glass, trims & door handles
- Sanding
- Priming — full coverage
- Block sanding
- Masking
- Colour match to existing factory colour
- Paint coats
- Clear coat
- Reassembly of bumper & bonnet
- Buff & polish
- Clean interior & exterior
Colour change — inside & out
Change your car's colour completely — jambs, shuts and boot included — without a full restoration.
What's involved
- Disassembly — doors, bonnet, bumper, all glass, trims & door handles
- Strip all existing paint
- Sandblasting
- Rust patching & repair
- Masking
- Etch epoxy primer
- Bodywork
- Sanding
- Masking
- Priming
- Wet sanding
- Masking
- Wet on wet
- Mix & match
- Sample colours
- Colour decisions
- Painting — multiple coats
- Clear coats
- Reassembly — car put back together
- Buffing
- Polishing
- Clean — interior & exterior
Panel only — 1 or 2 panels
Repaint one or two panels, colour-matched and blended into the surrounding paint for a seamless finish.
What's involved
- Assess & mask surrounding panels, trim & glass
- Sand & prep panel — strip to bare metal only if damage requires
- Patch & repair localised rust or dents if present
- Prime the panel
- Colour match to existing factory colour
- Paint coats
- Clear coat, blended into the adjacent panel edge for a seamless finish
- Buff & polish the blended area
- Clean affected area
Our car spray painting process
What goes into a flawless, factory-grade finish — and why preparation is most of the work.
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Around 80% of the job is preparation — done before a single coat of colour goes on. That prep is what makes the finish last in the Top End sun.
Where your hours go
Preparation · 80%
Painting · 10%
Finishing · 10%
Preparation
80%1Inspect, wash & strip trim/glass0%
2Sand, strip & repair (dents, rust, filler)0%
3Mask, prime & block sand — round 10%
4Guide coat & sand — round 10%
5Mask, prime & block sand — round 20%
6Guide coat & sand — round 20%
7Colour match & final clean0%
Painting
10%8Base coat0%
9Clear coat0%
Finishing
10%10Bake, cure, cut, polish & refit (incl. final QC)0%
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