Ooops!!
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From: Sparta Mo.
Ooops!!
I'm painting a '57 Chevy 2 door wagon for a customer. I guess I under estimated the dry time of this urethane I'm spraying. With the PPG I usually shoot, the over spray is dry and can be wiped off. Not so much with Eastwood brand paint. (customer just wants it yellow, not a show car)
Anyway, I guess the 'Vette was too close to '57 when I shot the primer. I've got some buffing to do in the near future.
RATS!
Anyway, I guess the 'Vette was too close to '57 when I shot the primer. I've got some buffing to do in the near future.
RATS!
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Just wash it. If it has a good wax on it like Rejex, it probably will just wash off. If not try some claybar on it, that really gets a lot of junk off without hurting or scuffing your paint.
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Here it is. It looks worse than it is. There's a lot of sanding dust on there too.
I just used a little detailing wax and it was enough to get the over spray off. A good wash and wax and I should be back in business. ...I hope she's not too mad at me.
I just used a little detailing wax and it was enough to get the over spray off. A good wash and wax and I should be back in business. ...I hope she's not too mad at me.
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From: Sparta Mo.
As far as the '57 goes, I'm kinda mad about it. The owner wanted to cheap out on the paint. So he ended up with a cheap paint job. I put about 100 hours in to the body work making it nice and when I laid down the $200 paint materials, I wrecked the whole paint job. If you want to destroy a paint job, use paint from a popular restoration company with the same name as a Hollywood actor. The farm and implement paint I used from Tractor Supply had a MUCH nicer finish than this base/clear system.
The '57 when I got it...
With the body work and primer done... (you can see in the color photo I aligned all the body panels)
...and in color. (I have no idea if the owner is color blind. That's the number one asked question)
I laid a LOT of clear on, so I'm going back in a month to see if I can save it with a color sand and buff.
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It looks cool in yellow
. Are going to do graphics or stripes like this one?
. Are going to do graphics or stripes like this one?
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No, just plain old yellow. Where the stainless insert goes in the quarter for the Bel Aires, he has a carbon fiber one that goes in there. He also has carbon fiber interior window trim pieces. If I can save the paint job with a vigorous sanding and buffing, it may look half decent.
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No, just plain old yellow. Where the stainless insert goes in the quarter for the Bel Aires, he has a carbon fiber one that goes in there. He also has carbon fiber interior window trim pieces. If I can save the paint job with a vigorous sanding and buffing, it may look half decent.
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I've tried to explain that to soooo many people. They just don't get it until they see it for themselves. I pointed to my 'Vette and Nova and said, "Same prep work, same paint gun, same air compressor, MUCH better paint!"
Everyone wants a paint job for $400 and then fall over backwards when I tell them that just a gallon of pigment can be that much. Then you have to buy primer, reducer, hardener, etc. Plan on spending $800-$1,000 on materials.
Well, they found this paint at a third the cost, so they'll use this. ...and you have a job that's a third the quality.
Everyone wants a paint job for $400 and then fall over backwards when I tell them that just a gallon of pigment can be that much. Then you have to buy primer, reducer, hardener, etc. Plan on spending $800-$1,000 on materials.
Well, they found this paint at a third the cost, so they'll use this. ...and you have a job that's a third the quality.
