I read it more as lets see the FCs you have painted, sorry for only posting fcs.

that engine and truck are awesome

 

before





finishd product

Used Dura blocks 007 guns,
4 stage paint job
white sealer,lambo white for base,stellar green pearl mixd with mid coat mixing clear, madallion glamour clear.

 

NASON-1990 Ford Festiva Red

WANDA paints- 1994 Mazda Rx7 Vintage Red


i have to look for my memory card for all my old cars i had and my cars in Japan,
1983 Mazda rx7 GS
1991 Nissan 180sx
1969 Toyota Corona
1989 Toyota Supra
1994 Mazda sentia

 

too short 88

DAMni Icant believe you molded out all the body lines !! That mustve taken hours of hours of prepping..
nice job!!!!!


Elene:

DOODD ur car is f** sick with AERO!!! get it back on!!!!

 

shoneekos ride !

 

Get me a used bodykit that aint too beat up i will re kit my car ...lol

 

Man, i love seeing before and after pictures. Looks like weve got some talent. hopefully i will be able to post my 7 when i get back to the states and get to work on it again.

 

Hmm were slowing down... didnt want to post the honda but if i must.








House of kolours bittersweet orange 2 with a black roof and ppg speed clear. sprayed with sata digital 2.

Car made over 800 hp, but the owners a ungrateful ***** and the car never broke in to single digits. ha ha...... but it did do over 135 in the quarter.

 

Sweet thread, really great job fellas.

I want to try to do some painting myself, I have a toyota truck to practice on.

So what are you guys set up? What type of gun? the $500 one or the $100 one? How big are your compressors?, what type of filters you running to keep the water out? Yes, i'm a body/paint rookie.

Thanks

 

i have a 19 gallon husky compressor and its no good. It looses pressure too fast after justabout 2 minutes of spraying, making my job harder... I have 4 water traps setup from homedepot...water still gets thru after awhile..

I think shops use as least a32 gallon compressor with 4hp? and use a big water trap [$400] .. A cheap hvlpgun will work fine if your just spraying simple solid colors, but if your going to spray a metallics, youll need a really good hvlp gun, my anest Iwata was $600.. Youll need a a good clear gun too, one that sprays fast is best.

 

I have a 60 gallon 2 stage compressor, i dont remember the brand, and a pair or sata digital 2's. both were in the 700 dollar range when i bought them. they are very good guns but spray a little slower than others. i also have the finish line kit that eastwood had on sale for like 100 bucks. those are ok, i have sprayed with them but dont prefer them. As for water traps i use the devilbiss in line water separator, its pretty dry where i live and i drain my compressor regularly so i can get away with only that.

To paint the engine bay one the civic above i used a 10 gallon craftsman compressor and a sata with slow reducer to make sure it wouldnt dry to quickly while i waited for air pressure to build up.

Theres more to painting than the equipment. so if you have any more questions you can post them in here or pm me.

 

I agree. I just wanted to know if my compressor would even keep up before I started. I know its like painting anything else, prep is the key.

Have you guys ever used that dupli-color paint shop system that is avialable at advance??Or are they crap?

 

Contrary to thier name HVLP guns require alot of CFM to keep going, which can be a problem for someone with a small compressor and tank.

I will put my DeVilbiss plus gun up against any gun on the market as I have tried them all and have a "money is no object" mindset when buying spray guns, I own about a dozen guns at this time but they have different purposes, along with 2 air brushes.

You must also have high flow hoses and fittings so that your compressor is not working harder to push air through the lines

 

oh yes, the devilbiss plus, its a high quality non hvlp gun that moves alot of material really quickly with high transfer rates (less waste). i did a clear job on a corvette with the plus, i could hardly keep up.. satas are slooow. haha. I really liked that gun, Rob, do you use it as your primary gun?

 

the plus gun also recieved approval in the toughest of states- its that efficient, and requires much less CFM then others, about half of my other HVLP guns.

I use it so much I only use my other guns for primer and my smaller touch up guns. Which my touch up gun of choice lately has been a DeVilbiss SRI-W, that thing can put out a 6-8" fan depending on what your spraying- perfect for bumpers, jambs, and other smaller parts.

 

I use a 80 gal 2 stage devilbiss compressor puts out 22cfm max! with about 5ft of vertical copper piping,then another 6ft of horizontal copper piping into a $200 water trap , then 4ft of copper piping into my decent dryer , thats were i hook up my air lines. My dura block guns require 12 cfm.

 

do you have pix? im looking for sweet garage set ups for when i get to have a house

 

the devilbiss has really come down in price from when it came out, you can get it now really cheap and it only draws 9cfm, even my Sharpe DryAire system has come down in price from the $585 I paid for it originally, now you can find it for like $200 cheaper.