very nice 
Paint is on... pics.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Leander Texas
Paint is on... pics.
I have to thank all the forum members who have given me some great advice on this project. This paint job isn't the greatest, but after I finish wet sanding it should be a decent 10 foot car. I used a hood from one of our company trucks as practice, it was a great piece to make mistakes on. (I also wasn't too concerned if I screwed up, my employees will do that for me in a week 
) The total cost including spray gun, air dryers/oil removers, plastic for the garage, sand paper, paint, primer, and all the paint additives, was about $500. Thanks again for all the great help.
Now I need to wet sand, and install all the other trim pieces.
DR. Jay
) The total cost including spray gun, air dryers/oil removers, plastic for the garage, sand paper, paint, primer, and all the paint additives, was about $500. Thanks again for all the great help. Now I need to wet sand, and install all the other trim pieces.
DR. Jay
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Looks pretty good to me already. There is something to be said about doing it yourself. Keep the pics coming.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Leander Texas
One of the things I noticed was how much of a differance putting plastic up on the front of my garage/car port, and using an industrial dust surpressant for construction sites on the floor (Yes it is a gravel floor) really cut the mesquitos/dust down to almost zero. I also pressure washed the ceiling, and walls down prior to beginning the job.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Leander Texas
Originally Posted by black77c3vett
now thats good work. you could paint my vett any time. did it have clear coat on it when you started?? mine duzz and its scaring me to deth to paint it.
This is what I started with.
That was January 28th 05.
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Good job so far. What type of paint system did you use?
Base/clear or single stage?
Specs on paint gun?
Did you get a lot of trash?
- Very curious -
Hopefully I'll be laying on the color in the next couple of weeks.
Base/clear or single stage?
Specs on paint gun?
Did you get a lot of trash?
- Very curious -
Hopefully I'll be laying on the color in the next couple of weeks.
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From: Keizer OR
Looks great, I'm rapidly becoming a fan of bright yellow Vettes. I am curious about something though, probably 'cause I don't know anything about painting cars. I notice you left things like the antenna, door mirrors, and door locks on the car. Wouldn't it have been better to remove at least some of them (antenna/mirror, not sure about the locks)?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Leander Texas
Originally Posted by sperkins
Good job so far. What type of paint system did you use?
Base/clear or single stage?
Specs on paint gun?
Did you get a lot of trash?
- Very curious -
Hopefully I'll be laying on the color in the next couple of weeks.
Base/clear or single stage?
Specs on paint gun?
Did you get a lot of trash?
- Very curious -
Hopefully I'll be laying on the color in the next couple of weeks.
The spray gun is a Ingersol Rand gravity feed HVLP gun on sale at Home Depot $89.00
The biggest problem I had was sweat. I was so nervous about screwing up the paint, and it was over 90* in my garage even with the exuhast fan drawing in filtered outside air. I kept having to watch that I was not dripping sweat onto the paint as I was spraying.
I doubled up on the inline desicant dryers, and oil removers to keep trash out of my paint.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Leander Texas
Originally Posted by skeptic
Looks great, I'm rapidly becoming a fan of bright yellow Vettes. I am curious about something though, probably 'cause I don't know anything about painting cars. I notice you left things like the antenna, door mirrors, and door locks on the car. Wouldn't it have been better to remove at least some of them (antenna/mirror, not sure about the locks)?
