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[69clone]

Well the cars almost finished. We painted my fiberglass 6bbl hood today and have all but 1 pin in, one broke while trying to get a cross threaded bolt off, So i'll have to run down and get another set. Other then that all that has to go back in the car is the fender turn singnals and the windshield chrome, Which still needs buffed/polished.

Good stuff! I got over 3 years into my resto and the "DOG"s still not painted. Nice work to the both of you. How many coats were applied?

Thanks, I was afraid of getting into a project like that but i was lucky enough to buy a driver that i was able to drive while i saved up to get painted, now to start saving for new bumpers and a big block stroker I'm not sure how many coats he did, He used about half a gallon of paint on the whole thing, Thats before reducer.

did you guys spray a clear coat over it, if not is that a top coat paint the reason i ask is with how flat that looks it almost looks as if it was a base coat paint that hasnt been clear coated. if that is the case just figured id give you a heads up on base coat paints you need clear coat to protect the color from uv fade

Thanks for your concern. It is single stage, But it looks dull because the paint is rough in most places, almost like sandpaper. So we wet sanded/buffed an area on the hood and it looks 10x better, So we just gotta go around and buff the whole car. Then it should look like a mirror finish.

 

[Propwash]

Be really careful on how much you wet sand/buff into Metallics...The metallics like to settle in low areas and areas of least resistance. Once you start cutting into the high/low, you'll end up with blotchy patch's

Either way, Congrat's on the paint and post up some more pic's of the finished product.

 

[69clone]

Be really careful on how much you wet sand/buff into Metallics...The metallics like to settle in low areas and areas of least resistance. Once you start cutting into the high/low, you'll end up with blotchy patch's

Either way, Congrat's on the paint and post up some more pic's of the finished product.

Yeah that's what I heard but I'm hoping if we go light enough and only get what's rough that we won't have that problem, but idk that's what concerns me but if it does look like crap I guess we'll just spray another coat. Anyways thanks I will get more posted. I finished it today so I got to take it to work for all my friends to see.

 

[71ChallengerSE]

Update?

 

[69clone]

Update?

Sure.

Well not long afterwards we ended up respraying the driver side and a couple spots on the rest of the car because as you can see in the last pictures the color...darker/lighter spots didn't cut it after spending so much time on it. SO...after we sprayed the plum crazy we sprayed a few layers of clear (so we could wet sand the clear and not the metallic). We aren't experts just a budget job but it works. We slowly got better. It still has some spots mostly from wet sanding that need more attention with the buffer... but other then that it's pretty nice. I'll have to take a some pictures.

 

[Dako]

I'm not a paint expert by any means, but I didn't notice any ventilation in your 'paint booth'. Did you have some kind of exhaust pulling any overspray out of the garage? If not, I think that may be your 'flat ness' in the paint. If so, most of it should polish out.

 

[snakeyes]

he has good lungs he can hold his breath for long times :rolling::rolling:

 

[69clone]

I'm not a paint expert by any means, but I didn't notice any ventilation in your 'paint booth'. Did you have some kind of exhaust pulling any overspray out of the garage? If not, I think that may be your 'flat ness' in the paint. If so, most of it should polish out.

Yeah, we didn't really have any ventilation plus a bad/clogged filter on the gun.

 

[roadrunnerman]

the car looks pretty good considering the short notice you got from your neighbor to use his garage and get the car ready for paint.then the problem with the low air pressure from the gun might have been an issue also too not lay the paint on like it was suposed too.like i said before it looks good and doesn't look like a "rush" job.

 

[69clone]

the car looks pretty good considering the short notice you got from your neighbor to use his garage and get the car ready for paint.then the problem with the low air pressure from the gun might have been an issue also too not lay the paint on like it was suposed too.like i said before it looks good and doesn't look like a "rush" job.

Thanks,
Yeah I would like to redo it one of these days when we move off base and take my time..

 

[blackblazer717]

Pics pics pics. Lets see how your making out now with the clean and blending and buffing. Im interested. Some of the dull paint may be due to the lack of ventilation as well