The Painting begins

hondo402000

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• Nov 28, 2009

• #1

Tomorrow the painting begins, the underside of the bonnet gets its base coat and clear coat. Pics comming

Hondo

 

Brosky

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• Nov 29, 2009

• #2

Well?????

It's 6:45AM and no pictures yet???

 

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tdskip

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• Nov 29, 2009

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Brosky said:

Well?????

It's 6:45AM and no pictures yet???

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And I thought <span style="font-style: italic">I</span> was impatient....LOL.

 

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hondo402000

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• Nov 29, 2009

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Ok Brosky
here are 2 pics, one of the light I am using, the kind that lights up parking lots, and one of the base coat on the hood, the pic after the clear coat for some reason was really blurry, looks like I need a new camera, seems a lot of pics are comming out blurry

Hondo

 

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hondo402000

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• Nov 29, 2009

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the light.. the booth is working out fine, the fan really clears the booth good too.

 

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Brosky

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• Nov 29, 2009

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Looks good. Make sure that your setting didn't go to macro or off auto focus.

 

DrEntropy

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• Nov 29, 2009

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Sounds like mebbe there's some ~fumes~ catchin' up to th' photographer? :shocked:

JOKING!!!

 

danstr6

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• Nov 29, 2009

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If I lived near you, I would come help. Love painting cars. Good luck and keep the pictures coming.

 

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hondo402000

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• Nov 30, 2009

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Pic of Bonnet underside with clear and overnight cure. It might be next weekend before I can paint the top side, finders and boot, still getting the doors right,

HOndo

 

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Brosky

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• Nov 30, 2009

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Look at the paint coverage in the holes and slots in the hood from all angles. If you don't get a full spray in there, you will see the primer color when the hood is open.

I'm sure that you've guessed how I know that to be true.

 

dklawson

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• Nov 30, 2009

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Brosky, is that an area that can be hit with a touch-up gun or an air brush? On my projects I'll often use an air brush to put down a "pre coat" in tricky areas like that and on seams and edges.

 

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tdskip

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• Nov 30, 2009

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Or even color match rattle can paint if the normal gun can't get in there...

 

trrdster2000

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• Nov 30, 2009

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Hondo, don't try to get in there with a wide spray. Cut it down to a needle, reduce pressure and walk around in a circle for each hole. If you can get to it now before the paint is fully cured you could only have to mist a clear coat over that area, then buff it out when all cures.

Where in Charlotte are you, I might be able to get there and help, if you think you need any, that is. You might know more than me, who knows???

Wayne

 

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pware

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• Nov 30, 2009

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Hey Hondo. I work up town. If your in the shop one day this week shoot me line. I am getting ready to try my first paint job. Would love to see it for some inspiration.

 

bgbassplyr

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• Nov 30, 2009

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Well, hey, if you're going to have a painting party, let me know when and where. Would love to meet some of the others here in Charlotte. Oh, and I have painted four or five cars over the years. Also have some air brushes if you need them.
Do I sound too needy?

Jim

 

Brosky

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• Nov 30, 2009

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My will be done with an airbrush in the spring. I never noticed it and neither did the paint shop, but when the hood is up, the polished stainless radiator shroud shows a few that have "dark circles" inside. With a stock black shroud, I never would have seen it.

 

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hondo402000

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• Dec 1, 2009

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Wayne,Pware and Jim, I actually live in the south park area, but my office is in indian trail, thats where the painting is being done. I looked at the holes and I seem to have gotten good coverage in the holes. I was thinking of actually getting some board like what the radiator shroud is made of or simular, cutting out pieces to match the holes and gluing them in. Guys check your pm

HOndo

 

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hondo402000

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• Dec 4, 2009

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more painting on sat 12-5 pics forth comming

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Tom74TR6

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• Dec 5, 2009

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That was the hardest part for me to paint. Watch for runs when spraying inside the cavities. It is impossible to sand anything on the inside of those holes. I will end up covering the holes and center sections with some sort of decorative cover.
Tom C

 

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hondo402000

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• Dec 6, 2009

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well the painting has come to a screeching halt, I sprayed the fenders, bonnet and door edges and seems somehow I have something that is not compatable with the the dupont base coat, when I sprayed it the paint wrinkled up is some spots. the only thing I can figure at this point is when I was sanding and sanded back to bare metal I used a can of duplicolor self etching prime on those spots. Every thing else was recommended by the paint shop. Every pannel had dried and cured at least a week after the last primer was applied. I have a test pannel that I sprayed the dupli color on and will spray it with the base coat and see if it wrinkles up, and If it does I will have to either sand every think back or try to figure out where all the spots are. BUMMER

Hondo