Fireball Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Here's Empirors new clothes for this summer, satin orange. As you see my garage is not optimal as paintbooth, but mans gotta do what a mans gotta do, when your pockets are not loaded with green. This is not the final paint or color for my car, but will go as temporary aid for couple of months. Now I'm anxious to get all the parts installed, but I still have to do the final polishing for trim. They were painted, bondoed into body etc. so it has been quite a tricky one to get them shine again at all. Luckily they are stainless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Looks good.Quarters a little cramped,I'm curious about ventilation while you were spraying?What product did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball Posted March 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 I can't definately recommend to anybody totally sane to do jobs this massive in space like that, but it's just me. Even I know it's not smart I'll go for it, wanting to do things myself and learn while on that road. I have no any special ventilation, but the HVLP gun I use is quite good, not that much mist. Ofcourse I'm wearing a mask with double filtration. This time I used industrial El Cheapo 2-k polyurethane paint mixed with PPG flattener 30%. This is simply because of cost effectiveness, cheap paint, very strong and contains rust prevention. Furthermore it's only for this summer, and will not react with whatever real paint I'll choose as a final. It was real good yesterday after the normal painting procedure, but unluckily this tone of orange does not cover too well. I had to sand it a little and add rounds today to get rid of the hues underneath, and what it did was that the paint got more shiney when it went thicker. Thats what usually happens with suede finish. Anyhow it turned out quite OK considering the conditions, and especially the guy who did it, meaning me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Flanagan Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 Fireball, I've been thinking about doing the same thing wih my car. I have a space that's about like yours. There is a window I can open and exhaust the place out. I also have an HVLP gun. Yours looks like it turned out really well. Did you get any dust bits or anything like that in your paint? Mine has been in PPG epoxy primer for about six years and I will have to sand that before I paint over it. I don't claim to be totally sane either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T120 Posted March 21, 2008 Report Share Posted March 21, 2008 You did a nice job,It brought back memories I have painting a car back in my younger days.I was wearing a mask such as it was - went outside the garage to have a cigarette,staggered a bit,light-headed from the reducers.If I did that today there would be a call for an ambulance;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normspeed Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Looks great Fireball. I like the color. I can't wait til I can get to this stage on my wagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rockabillybassman Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Looks good man. I dig the colour. I did mine in acrylic lacquer in a two car garage, so a little bigger than yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireball Posted March 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 Thanks for the thumbs up guys! It turned out quite nice, some dust here and there but nothing major. Few areas do sag a bit but those are easily repaired, just sand them down carefully and spot paint with my airbrush. That's one of the reasons actually why satin paints are easier to get nice than shiny ones, errors are not that visible. You just can't avoid little things landing into your fresh paint when you have to move around in tiny space. That green foil hanging on the walls helps a lot. It's plastic that car painters here use for covering, it's real thin and static so it absorbs most of the spraying mist, keeps your walls and shelves clean etc. I also covered the floor with thicker plastic. Water also ties up the dust, but I did not want my garage build up the humidity, that reduces the drying time for paint. So this time I didn't wet the floor. Rockabillybassman yours looks geat, good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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