Build Thread As Requested: Project Horse Manure

Boosted92LX · May 3, 2015

FoxMustangLvr said:
A little tip that will be good when spraying 2k primer and color, wrap the air hose around your back so it's away from the car. Another thing, sorry for all the unsolicited advice, you don't really need to block sand the epoxy (etch) primer. Just rough it up a little with a scotch pad before applying bondo and filler primer.

Do you have an air regulator on your gun? I see the filter but that is all, it could be there but just not visible.

Loving the progress man! Keep up the good father/son work

Always welcome advice. Yeah, I usually wrap the hose like you are saying. This was literally my son's first go, so he was a little awkard. I don't have a reg on my gun, I just used the one on the compressor. I need one.
As far as blocking.. im going to do the filler work over the epoxy and most likely shoot more over it without reducer, then block it before the color. This is summit brand epoxy primer and the instructions say it is good for high build sans reducer.. never used it before but it looks like it will work well.

Thanks for the compliments, btw!

jrichker · May 3, 2015

Boosted92LX said:
I started laying the first coat and got absolutely swarmed with love bugs. You can see them barely in the pic but when I stoppedthere were thousands of them. Gonna wait until this afternoon to finish up. Let the wind lay a little and maybe the bugs will thin out a bit.. good thing it's only primer.. ha. The paint will be shot in my buddy's shop. Bug free there.

I know this is a little late, but one of the aircraft painters I used to know had the fix for lovebugs. He placed an open 5 gallon bucket with about 2" of AVGAS in it about 10 feet from the paintjob in progress. The lovebugs were attracted to it like bees to flowers. The fumes killed them before they got stuck in the aircraft paint.

Boosted92LX · May 3, 2015

jrichker said:
I know this is a little late, but one of the aircraft painters I used to know had the fix for lovebugs. He placed an open 5 gallon bucket with about 2" of AVGAS in it about 10 feet from the paintjob in progress. The lovebugs were attracted to it like bees to flowers. The fumes killed them before they got stuck in the aircraft paint.

Thank you! I will use this trick with pump gas when I spray it after body filler if the bugs are still around. Makes sense. They seemed to love the car as it was flashing off vapors. They reminded me of bees, funny you mentioning that!

mikestang63 · May 3, 2015

great job and even better that your son is getting hands on experience with you.

FoxMustangLvr · May 3, 2015

Boosted92LX said:
Always welcome advice. Yeah, I usually wrap the hose like you are saying. This was literally my son's first go, so he was a little awkard. I don't have a reg on my gun, I just used the one on the compressor. I need one.
As far as blocking.. im going to do the filler work over the epoxy and most likely shoot more over it without reducer, then block it before the color. This is summit brand epoxy primer and the instructions say it is good for high build sans reducer.. never used it before but it looks like it will work well.

Thanks for the compliments, btw!

Get one. Do 40psi at your compressor regulator then the recommended pressure at the gun. Should be something like 18-20psi at the guns regulator. All guns have a different psi recommendation. All primers, reducers, etc. have their own instructions on how & when to shoot, sand, block and clean. Always read the m.s.d.s. as I'm sure you already do.

Boosted92LX · May 3, 2015

FoxMustangLvr said:
Get one. Do 40psi at your compressor regulator then the recommended pressure at the gun. Should be something like 18-20psi at the guns regulator. All guns have a different psi recommendation. All primers, reducers, etc. have their own instructions on how & when to shoot, sand, block and clean. Always read the m.s.d.s. as I'm sure you already do.

Yessir I need to. This matl recommended 30 psi and I set it at the compressor. I had one for my old devilbiss but someone relieved me of it.

hoopty5.0 · May 4, 2015

Looking good man! If yall need any help, give me a shout.

Boosted92LX · May 4, 2015

@jrichker

it's working! Apparently they like body filler also.. but some gas and a little laquer thinner makes a fine trap!

Mr. Snrub · May 4, 2015

I look forward to seeing some paint on it.. looking good!

Boosted92LX · May 4, 2015

Sand, sand, sand!

This is the hard part.. I told him that and he got the deer in the headlights look...lol

TOOLOW91 · May 4, 2015

Boosted92LX said:
Sand, sand, sand!

This is the hard part.. I told him that and he got the deer in the headlights look...lol

This is one of my favorite projects on here ....

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hoopty5.0 · May 4, 2015

I'm curious to see how his opinion of body work changes as this progresses haha

Boosted92LX · May 4, 2015

hoopty5.0 said:
I'm curious to see how his opinion of body work changes as this progresses haha

Well.. he's hard headed and will chip away at something for hours and hours.. kinda like I was at his age..

Hopefully he'll be fine.. he has a lot to learn, fortunately he learns quickly. He's driven by the anticipation of driving a sharp looking fox to school. That's what I'm banking on getting him to the finish line.

RaggedGT · May 4, 2015

Awesome progress,my boys are still small,looking forward to doing garage projects when they're older.
Did you say that primer is from Summit? Good stuff? What's the final color going to be?

Boosted92LX · May 5, 2015

RaggedGT said:
Awesome progress,my boys are still small,looking forward to doing garage projects when they're older.
Did you say that primer is from Summit? Good stuff? What's the final color going to be?

Yep, summit epoxy primer. So far, it looks really good. Builds nice, lays nice. No complaints here.. The boy wants the car to be satin black, but I'm trying to talk him into something a little more shiny.

TOOLOW91 · May 5, 2015

Boosted92LX said:
Yep, summit epoxy primer. So far, it looks really good. Builds nice, lays nice. No complaints here.. The boy wants the car to be satin black, but I'm trying to talk him into something a little more shiny.

He'll regret the satin . It will always look unfinished .

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Boosted92LX · May 5, 2015

TOOLOW91 said:
He'll regret the satin . It will always look unfinished .

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What I said. I'm trying to bring him around.. He's starting to warm up to the idea of Lava Red.

mikestang63 · May 5, 2015

Plus you have to lay a satin finish near perferct IMO on top of it being black.

A5literMan · May 5, 2015

I definitely vote for Lava Red over the satin black. that color is really nice looking IMO

Boosted92LX · May 5, 2015

mikestang63 said:
Plus you have to lay a satin finish near perferct IMO on top of it being black.

Honestly, The idea of painting this car, of all cars- BLACK... terrifies me.. I don't know if I have the patience anymore to get it flat enough. I have done one dark blue that turned out near perfect, but that was a long time ago. I tried talking him into the original medium metallic blue, but for some reason it just isn't cool enough for him. He wants some variation of black, which is why I suggested Lava Red to him.

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