Been busy today

Spent the day teaching my son how to do what I do so he can eventually take over the van....

Was SICK of looking at the failed clearcoat....





Remove the offending clear.. 240, 400, then 600 grit....





Basecoat goes on.. color is pretty close. Waiting for it to dry.







Clear went on nice and smooth.... Infrared heat lamp to help the curing process..








And ALMOST dry....




Tomorrow we sand down the orange peel and polish the snot out of it........ then she will need a bath....

Looks like your son has learned well from Pop.Guess the infrared makes painting outside safer with no wind.Turned out
pretty good.More pics please.
Jim

he did.

I gave him the paint code and he mixed the toners himself (lighter and dirtier than stock new paint) and it came out almost perfect. He then mixed the clear...... I had to complete the clear as he still has "issues" with the term "wet coat", he still moves too fast and lays it on dry.

Next is bumper welding and headlight restoration.

I will post up the after pics in the morning, as you can see in the pics above, the sun was setting.

panel by pane ldo the whole car!!

Nick

no, just that panel. the rest will be "touch up".

Bumper and headlights are on a different car......

Nice work! Nothing like shiny new paint to make you smile.

that turned out grteat

Ok, i was totally unprepared for that. I read the text and you said removed the clear... I was still thinking wetsand and buff... The sanded pic scared me! I actually gasped! Lol!

Nice work!

Wow awesome job! Your son is lucky, I wish I knew how to do that myself!

Very cool! Keep the pics coming!

-Mike

I have a PC random orbiter,a harbor freight rotary and about 20 lake country pads of different
densitys and every Mequiars polish/wax made.That sander scares the crap out of me everytime
I see someone touch a paintjob with one.Your post has helped eleviate a lot of that hesitation.
How about some final result pics please!
Jim

Nice job.

Could of put on woodgrain vinyl and covered all those bad spots?

Flasheroo wrote:

I have a PC random orbiter,a harbor freight rotary and about 20 lake country pads of different
densitys and every Mequiars polish/wax made.That sander scares the crap out of me everytime
I see someone touch a paintjob with one.Your post has helped eleviate a lot of that hesitation.
How about some final result pics please!
Jim

Just go for it Jim, anything can be fixed.

Famous last words and that sanding part is what scares me.Some kind of voodoo witchcraft
magic with a sander.You go first Al with the white whale!
Jim

Robert you are the man...... Does your breadth of skills have limits????

Finished product:



Not perfect as the color is a shade lighter than the rest of the car, but I am happy with his first attempt.

Looks good!!

Wow your new sedan matches your wagon pretty good in the pic.Beautiful job by the way
Robert.
Jim

Looks great!

Can you share the details on the paint, the gun/tip size, compressor, pressure?

I use the BASF Onyx waterborne paints/toners mixed to the paint code of the car by using the BASF color retrieval software.

Gun is the Iwata LPH 80 with a #12 tip and a 6oz cup.

Color changes with pressure..... lower pressure = darker color, so I start at 20psi and adjust pressure to change the tone to match. I have sprayed everywhere from 10-30psi.

Second gun is for clear only and is sprayed at 25-30psi

I have a 20gal compressor set at 150psi (to increase working time)