Calling all Corvette Painters.
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Instructor
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Washington DC
After talking to the painter again, he clarified some things.
Because my car had very few stress cracks he, used the current paint as his first block coat.
If he finds any body filler he will remove it and replace with fiberglass.
After repairs, he will shot the primer block it twice.
At least two color coats.
At least two clear coats and wet sand, and polish
He doesn't wet sand the primer coats.
Picts attached
Because my car had very few stress cracks he, used the current paint as his first block coat.
If he finds any body filler he will remove it and replace with fiberglass.
After repairs, he will shot the primer block it twice.
At least two color coats.
At least two clear coats and wet sand, and polish
He doesn't wet sand the primer coats.
Picts attached
Le Mans Master
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From: Glen Allen, VA
I have personally seen a 69 Vette that didn't need color sanding. It was an absolute freak of nature by the painters own admission. He had never had a paint job come out that nice, it was sort of one of those one in a million things.
Racer
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Denver Colorado
After talking to the painter again, he clarified some things.
Because my car had very few stress cracks he, used the current paint as his first block coat.
If he finds any body filler he will remove it and replace with fiberglass.
After repairs, he will shot the primer block it twice.
At least two color coats.
At least two clear coats and wet sand, and polish
He doesn't wet sand the primer coats.
Picts attached
Because my car had very few stress cracks he, used the current paint as his first block coat.
If he finds any body filler he will remove it and replace with fiberglass.
After repairs, he will shot the primer block it twice.
At least two color coats.
At least two clear coats and wet sand, and polish
He doesn't wet sand the primer coats.
Picts attached
The last thing in the world you want is try to color sand, and get into the primer or base. You're screwed then. I'd rather color sand on the clear.
I just went through this big time.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1571356
and had many comments about cost vs. quality.
Bottom line, imho, you get what you pay for.
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Instructor
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Washington DC
After repairs, he will shot the primer block it twice.
The big thing was that he doesn't wet sand primer. His quote was "It absorbs too much water."
He did assure me that there would be no orange-peel or dry spots in the paint. And he pointed out examples of each on my car before he started work.
In a month or so I will know for sure.
Melting Slicks
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From: Virginia Beach Virginia
It doesn't matter how good someone is with a gun, you will need to wetsand and buff to get the mirror-like finish. Paint is atomized and propelled by highly compressed air onto the surface and will be by nature of this process slightly imperfect giving it an orange peel effect. The degree of orange peel is directly proportional to how well atomized the paint is when sprayed. In short, sprayed paint surfaces are all imperfect and to get the mirror-like finish, the surface must be made perfectly flat by wet-sending and buffing.
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 230
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From: Washington DC
It doesn't matter how good someone is with a gun, you will need to wetsand and buff to get the mirror-like finish. Paint is atomized and propelled by highly compressed air onto the surface and will be by nature of this process slightly imperfect giving it an orange peel effect. The degree of orange peel is directly proportional to how well atomized the paint is when sprayed. In short, sprayed paint surfaces are all imperfect and to get the mirror-like finish, the surface must be made perfectly flat by wet-sending and buffing.
