So I painted it... October 21, 2007, 05:45:39 PM Yeah, I finally got around to throwing the paint at the car. It came out exceptionally well if I do say myself, considering all of the things working against me: First car I'd ever painted, had to do it in a dirty garage, etc...There was only one problem area. When I first started spraying I did the roof, then the hood, then the trunklid, then started doing the right side. I got about half way down it when paint stopped coming out of the gun. OK, I thought, must be out of paint. I went over to the bench and mixed up another batch, then started spraying again. After a short while the paint started sputtering, then stopped again. I tried cranking up the fluid screw. Still no paint. Tried adjusting the pattern. Still no paint. Cranked up fluid some more. Still no paint. I was perplexed, and was just about to get really mad at the Chinese (the gun is "Made In China" Princess Auto ).Then I noticed the vent hose for the reservoir was kinked - it was bent double, from the nipple on the reservoir to a "dummy" nipple on the gun body. I disconnected it and tried again, and lo-and-behold I had paint!Unfortunately, after cranking up the liquid I had too much paint, and a big gob of it came out on the quarter panel. RUN CITY!!!So tomorrow I've got to sand the runs out and do that quarter panel again. Even with the runs I'm quite pleased with how the job came out... Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #3 – October 21, 2007, 05:53:01 PM ...and more (this really sucks on dialup)The last pics show the runs. The amazing thing: Not a SINGLE fisheye on the entire car :shakeass:And no frickin' orange peel either, except on the side of the car with the runs (the spattering, intermittent paint caused it - that's my story and I'm sticking to it), but since I've got to sand and do that part of the car over anyway I don't care :hick: Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #4 – October 21, 2007, 05:56:51 PM What kind of paint is that? That looks amazing.. makes me want to just go paint something now! Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #5 – October 21, 2007, 05:59:33 PM nice job foryour first my first looked like a big black orange Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #6 – October 21, 2007, 06:03:11 PM It's acrylic enamel. The cheap stuff. I wasn't gonna spend a bunch of money on expensive paint just to ruin it :hick: Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #7 – October 21, 2007, 06:42:09 PM Sweet. New paint rawks. Uh, why does it look like you have three tailpipes? :D Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #8 – October 21, 2007, 06:52:19 PM Quote from: Ether947;183716Sweet. New paint rawks. Uh, why does it look like you have three tailpipes? :DTrailer hitch.Looks awesome Carm, I cant wait to paint my Stang now... Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #9 – October 21, 2007, 06:55:52 PM Nice work! You're getting me all excited, I'm planning to attempt mine in the spring. Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #10 – October 21, 2007, 07:28:01 PM Looks good from here! Make sure to post up some pics in the sun once you get it all back together. I wish that I had the guts to try to paint mine.Jim Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #12 – October 21, 2007, 08:55:55 PM Beautiful!How long did it take to take all the trim/extraneous items off? Quote Selected
So I painted it... Reply #14 – October 21, 2007, 09:09:52 PM why not base coat clearcoat ? why enamel . looks good though. Quote Selected
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