New paint... Mostly done... Had some issues
08-13-2013, 09:58 AM
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New paint... Mostly done... Had some issues Well 5 horse compressor I found in a dump, some cheap trinity black metallic base and clear. A cheap paint gun from autozone and a lot of issues along the way, lessons learned aside, I'm very happy with it, now on to the buffing. Take a look and let me know what you
08-13-2013, 03:23 PM
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I started end of May and piece by piece painting until I had to do the rear fenders doors and sills, paint and gun totals were about $600 between getting more laqcuer thinner to clean and sandpaper, tape, plastic. No real write up followed, but the paint and bodywork section has some good knowledge. YouTube has quite a few tutorials on painting and helped out with a lot of building your own paint booth, prep, spray techniques etc...buffer is a drill operated with wool pad from oreillys, it may be blasphemy, but my practice panels have
turned out really well, I have a porter cable with foam pads, but that will be down the road. Appreciate the kind words!
turned out really well, I have a porter cable with foam pads, but that will be down the road. Appreciate the kind words!
