just finished sanding an buffing single stage dupont nason paint

 

how long did it take you to do it? and how much you spend?

looks good... now let's see some closeups.

 

looks good, how did you do the pin striping?

 

That looks pretty damn nice! The whole car looks great! Nice job!!

 

i spent about 350.00 on material.. the paint it self was only 210.00 an so easy to spray. the body was allmost flawless but it was really sun faded so i wet sanded evrey thing with 400 grit then used a gray sealer then painted....as for the pinstripe its a vinyal sold at ur local auto parts. the nason paint made by dupont sprays nice , covers nice, an sands nice with 2500 grit an is so easy to buff

 

great job, looks awesome. Did you spray any clear over that?

 

+1 for garage painting!!!


except my body was FAR from flawless...


great work!

 

wow...you say spray, im thinking rattle can? if so..DAAAAMN

real nice job

 

excellent job!! how does it look under flourecent lighting? what is the name of the color?

 

what type of paint of that? enamel or acrylic? by gray sealer I'm guessing you mean primer-sealer right?

 

What kinda spray gun did you use for that? I've got a siphon feed gun here that I was planning on using for the primer on my car, but I'm not sure if it would leave a good enough finish for spraying a base and clear coat on a car.

 

its a enamel single stage paint an the sealer was a primer/sealer.. i used a top feed spray gun with a 75 gal comp

 

its a enamel single stage paint an the sealer was a primer/sealer.. i used a top feed spray gun with a 75 gal comp i rented

 

Paint job looks very good from the pics. I used a single stage urethane on the widebody and it turned out to be one of the toughest and most durable paint coatings I've used. Since it's such a tough paint, I don't even wax it in hopes it starts to wear down some before I do my final paint job when Phase III of IV of build process comes 'round.

Nice to see someone doing a decent DIY paint job that isn't a rattle can. Keep up the good work.

 

Looks good!

 

Looks damn good! My 7 is close to the same color. Is it a stock color?

 

its a late 80's mazda color ...i think they used it on the mazda 323

 

looks great! I might try to do it... Gives me some inspiration!!!

 

A siphon gun will work just fine. Paint jobs are all about the prep, especially if you're going to sand & buff. Shooting the paint is the easy part: it's the prep & sanding & buffing that're the hard work.
Nason is decent paint. Cheap but not quite as durable/chip-proof as more expensive shtuff. I would suggest everyone use base-clear, as it's much eaiser to shoot (& fix mistakes such as bugs & trash while shooting) & the clear eliminates fade by cutting down the UV.
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looks creally damn good!

 

i picked nason paint because i used it before an it held up extremely well on my truck for the last 6yrs now....an by the way if u choose to u can clear nason!

 

thanks for all the kind words!

 

I don't know about that. The siphon gun I have I got on sale for $15! It was regular $40. I don't want to do a base/clear combined as I'm painting the car black. I've been told that a separate base and clear is the only way to get a real nice finish. I'm going to experiment on the spoiler, hood and fender first then if the results are good enough I'll move to the rest of the car.

 

a lot of restoration guys use single stage paints because they are period correct an the car comes just as nice as basecoat clear coat!

 

i would stay away from the syphon gun...old technology...yuk...ull get a better spray pattern and covarge with a gravity feed gun.