Painting Technique
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From: Lebanon Junction KY
Painting Technique
I am finally putting paint on my 73 coupe. I am having trouble painting behind the rear window and rear deck without it being dry and a bunch of paint dust. I am using a single stage urethane. The lip behind and above the rear window and the inside of the sail panels going toward the rear are hard to reach and seem to generate a bunch of over spray that winds up on the rear deck making it very dry. That area seems to act as a giant venturi that catches paint and swirls it around until it's dry and then dumps it on the rear deck area. I'm only having this problem in front of the fuel filler.
My body is on jack stands and elevated some and it makes getting to that area in the center of the car a stretch. I'm thinking I'm missing something obvious.
I have three coats of paint on it now and am getting ready to wet sand prior to the final coat going on. I would like that coat to be reasonably smooth and go on fairly wet.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
Mark
My body is on jack stands and elevated some and it makes getting to that area in the center of the car a stretch. I'm thinking I'm missing something obvious.
I have three coats of paint on it now and am getting ready to wet sand prior to the final coat going on. I would like that coat to be reasonably smooth and go on fairly wet.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
Thanks
Mark
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When a buddy of mine sprayed our 71 coupe in my garage, the interior was out of the car, and he shot that overhang and sail panels from INSIDE the car, then went out back to finish laying it on the rear deck.
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From: Lebanon Junction KY
I put the primer on from the inside, but I figured with the top coat it would risk stirring up a bunch of dirt so I put the window back in and taped it up.
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Are you using a HVLP gun ? It sounds like you are using too much pressure when you are spraying the sail panel area or the paint is too thick. Spray the sail panel area and continue down the deck all in one coat. Don't try to put all of the coats on the sail panel before finishing the deck area or it will show up on the deck as paint dust .
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I used a little touch up gun in the area under the lip. The bigger gun was too unwieldy. And like you say generates too much overspray. Also I did that area first and worked my way down the body. Since you don't hardly ever see that part of the car it wasn't a big concern to get it perfect.
It also helped me to do a dry run or two on all the motions prior to getting the paint on. I guess by now you've got that down but maybe not. You can't ever get too much light either.
As mentioned the paint forum is the best place to ask this question.
It also helped me to do a dry run or two on all the motions prior to getting the paint on. I guess by now you've got that down but maybe not. You can't ever get too much light either.
As mentioned the paint forum is the best place to ask this question.
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Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Lebanon Junction KY
I used a little touch up gun in the area under the lip. The bigger gun was too unwieldy. And like you say generates too much overspray. Also I did that area first and worked my way down the body. Since you don't hardly ever see that part of the car it wasn't a big concern to get it perfect.
It also helped me to do a dry run or two on all the motions prior to getting the paint on. I guess by now you've got that down but maybe not. You can't ever get too much light either.
As mentioned the paint forum is the best place to ask this question.
It also helped me to do a dry run or two on all the motions prior to getting the paint on. I guess by now you've got that down but maybe not. You can't ever get too much light either.
As mentioned the paint forum is the best place to ask this question.
Mark
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