Dude, you're doing a real good job on the car keep up the good work I'm gonna be respraying my S4 at christmas

 

thanks guys....last nite i got the front and rear bumper attached and wet sanded them along with the driver side door...HOWEVER, the passenger is going to get re-primed. what i did was primed the inside of the door...waited an hour and primed the ouitside. well, i waited just a little to long and the primer started gumming up and made BAD overspray and i also didnt put it on as thick as id like. SO since i already wet sanded it and blew it off last nite....im going to spray it again in a few minutes then clean and prep then apply the S5 moldings. i could leave the door as is but the orange peel is kind of bad. no big deal since primer dries so quickly.

 

well, i was SO close to my goal i set for myself.....last nite i was able to get the car back together (the parts that need painted) and see what it looks like as a whole car! 3 different colors and i was already happy!! i wasnt however able to paint it unitll now. i just finished the first coat of black. just flashed it is all i did. but i did snap some pics of it before i sprayed it to show what it does in fact look like READY for paint....






more pics once theye finish loading.......

 

the headlights were covered after i spotted them in this pic~!!hahaha

 

Looks really good. Wow i wish i had the facilities to do a project like that.

-Ben

 

hahahah, well...if you seen this garage you'd know it dont take much of one

but thanks alot!

i did manage to get the remaing gallon of black onto the car.....


HOWEVER..............


i just didnt have enough!!!

SOOOO, i had NAPA mix me another 2 quarts of paint to MAKE SURE i have enough.....the paint just looks cloudy (due to lack of coats)....im uploading the pics as we speak so stay tuned...at least now its ALMOST 1 color!!!
i wont be able to apply the rest of the black untill thursday since i have to go into work early tommorow (wednesday)

 

here you can see for yourself why i need more paint!!







BTW: those are spots on the cam not the car

 

Wow... looks like you might beat me to a finish... however... I bought enough paint. Hehe. I bought an entire gallon of Deltron 2000 in Mazda PZ black and 2 quarts of PPG 2002 clear. I need to pick up a third quart of clear... but otherwise, I'm ready.

I should have everything except my chassis, doors, and front fenders painted this weekend.

What paint are you using? I think i saw you saying you used Napa martin senior paints... but I'm too lazy to click back a page or two. Hehe. Are you doing single stage? base/clear?

Your nemesis,
--Micah

 

2 stage base & clear. i hope i have enough clear...LOL i only used a little for the driver side door to check if i can still paint (from a gallon)....lol....but yeah, its martin senior...i know im not spelling it right though! im high as a kite right now from the fumes!!!hahaha i too had a gallon of black but it just wasnt enough.

if i can get up early enough before work thursday ill paint more color then clear it.

 

last pic before i head off to work....this is that QP me and the buddies worked on so hard....

 

Damn man looking good. You using a HVLP gun or an old school gun? A gallon should have covered your car. I think you lost most of it in overspray. Keep up the good work man. You're kickin a$$ on it.

I seen a car like yours in St. Marys at a car dealer. It was a Vert though. Don't know if it's for sale or not. I imagine it is.

Geno

 

Yeah.. wow.. a gallon should be more than plenty with HVLP... Who the heck uses conventional guns anymore? .. Should be able to do the entire car with 3qts... Does that include the engine bay? I would imagine you used a single stage or POR15 for that...

 

I've read on other car sites That alot of the older guys that learned on the older guns still use them cause they have a hard time adjusting to the HVLP guns. I've used both and like them both. The older guns just throw off a hell of a lot of overspray. That's more paint that could be going on the car .

 

Old people suck. I'm old (28.. but for this forum.. thats old) and I suck... therefor... old people suck.

 

Dark base color coat over a light color primer is a pain in the ***.
I'd be surprised if it comes out okay with just two coats?


-Ted

 

The way I overcome this is using a super-dark primer sealer. in my case, black. It also smoothes out any teeny pits caused by a surfacing primer.

 

I guess I suck too them cause I'm 27. Damn where does the time go.

 

dude, i didnt know you were going all out like this!!!!

you should do that flat black look, that is so popular right now...

 

true, very true!!
im not going into detail on what gun i used because all you guys would be kicking my ***!!

a vert huh!?!?
that would be a nice DD!! better not...i already have 1 sitting in the yard and this one. with me, i wouldnt be able to leave it alone.

i dont know why i wasnt able to paint this bitch with a gallon!?
this is only the second car ive ever painted so im still learning. gmag, you have an HVLP gun? im just broke as a joke and cant afford one at the moment. meh, i got more paint on he way ill get it this time. i bet that its all getting lost in overspray.

and im old to....28

 

If slightly under 30 is now considered "old" them I'm...ah, dead.
Why was I not informed?

@88rxn/a:
I can't believe a gallon of paint on the body looks like that- maybe too high pressure?

Also, at what point do you plan on getting to the edges of things?
There is still visible primer (and even a touch of red) on the headlight covers and hood, for instance.

 

to me,if your near 30 on this forum your old. take a look at the age group on here. but were putting a car together here not discussing age right
anything exposed (primer and perhaps red paint) will be gone over with a fine comb and inspected today and written down so when i do shoot color again ill make sure and hit them spots.
and i dont know why it didnt cover the car. im not a professional painter. as stated this is the 2ND car ive ever painted. with that being said, it think its turning out great it just needs another coat or two.

edit:i forgot to add that i painted the bottom of the hood also with that gallon. im guesing that is another reason why i ran out. and i painted with 35-38 PSI on the gun. its recommended to use between 35-45 or 40, i cant remember off the top of my head.

double edit: remember guys, i had to sand all that paint back off a couple weeks ago, i sprayed more than i thought on there. you would know if you were next to me sanding all that paint back down!!lol

 

My dad has a HVLP gun but I use his old school one instead. I just can't get the HVLP gun to spray right. I'm used to using a $500 dollar guns that they had in school and not a Harbor freight special. The old school gun is working great for me. Use what ya got man. I painted my old car with a $30 Walmart gun. It turned out ok. Had a bit of orange peel but no big.

 

Updates??

 

its colored and cleared. but i think a couple spots need more clear?? how long before its to late ?? i can see 1 or 2 spots were it needs more. do i mask off the area around it or what?

 

Hey 88rxn/a. Do you want to paint my car in the future? I'm serious! Maybe we can work something out.