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Daft question time. Im going to hopefully put the paint on the car tomorrow. What air pressure (at the gun) do you guys use. I know there is a happy medium between orange peel and masses of overspray. Kind regards. Dave.
I take it that you're painting cellulose?
I tried a few different guns and got the best results on my setup with a cheap suction feed gun from screw fix! I found that the best way to set the pressure was through trial and error by painting a test piece (back of garage door!) first!
The one thing that made a massive difference for me was when I added an external pressure regulator and moisture trap.
Car sprayed. As i thought, black shows every tiny mark. Have some rubbing down now with 2000 grit and then a good polish with G6 and G3 paste. Any ideas how long i should leave the paint go off before attacking it with wet an dry?
It depends on the ambient temperature and how many coats of paint you applied. Six months would be ideal, but nobody can wait that long!
Four weeks is about right.
Car sprayed. As i thought, black shows every tiny mark. Have some rubbing down now with 2000 grit and then a good polish with G6 and G3 paste. Any ideas how long i should leave the paint go off before attacking it with wet an dry?
Come on Dave.... No photos, it didn't happen lol. Let's the black beauty mate
Inside that metal shed in this weather you probably only need to leave it a couple of days before polishing.
If you bad mixed the last coat just right it would have come up more shiney, not to criticise, I can only get it right by luck....
I quite enjoy the last bit, flattening with 2000 and cutting compound to bring out the hidden shine.
Yeah its quite rewarding. Not very easy to spray in such a small area so i always knew there would be more work to do once the paint was on. Black does show every imperfection but i really wanted it that colour.
Despite the lovely orange peel affect i feel the black sets the wheels off nicely. When i can get it out of the garage i will take some more pictures stood further back [IMG][/IMG]
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I like the black, both my main cars are black, well my Prelude is dark gray, but looks black, as you can see in my latest post about an related incident and a differnt car, but I thought it was worth posting, keep up the good work.
my turn key build from Chris is black too, def excellent choice! If you are going to Stoneleigh you'll see it, it's being used by Chris as a demo car and I'm picking it up on Mon.
my absolute reason for BRG is to keep it a tribute to the 60s world famous cars and not Italy. each to their own but I will never try to create a replicar. still dont know what colour it will be but..... Jag, cobra daytona, gto and maserati are all in my build. there will be different rear lights different vents etc etc. Its a tribute to the 60s for me with a couple of twists.....
Interested to know what the rest of you have put in the recess on the front. I have gone for these grilles. I ordered 2 of them not realising they came as a pair so i have two spare. Not sure if i should put them in the bonnet as in my picture or not. Also i think the headlight covers look great, even if it is cracked (sorry Chris). Looking forward to the show on Sunday. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]
The covers will be screwed on using some nice chrome screws all the way around the edge. I wanted some rims to go around the outside but because of the complexity of the curves they are a nightmare to produce. The cover at the moment is taped on as it is cracked as a result of driving over it
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