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Red5oh

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I just finished the final priming on the car... I dont have pics yet but

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1 days till paint!!!

I cant wait till this weekend
 
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What he said lol
 
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Sorry... sorry... I was just excited. Its still sitting out there all taped up and drying... I will get pic tomorrow when the paper is all off of it.
 
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well man CONGRATS lol

What are your plans for the paint bro?
 
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Ok, I didnt get any pics of it sitting in primer... thats not very exciting.

Here are a few with the color on it and I should have the cleared ones by the end of the day. The car looks amazing!!!
 
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one more pic... remember this is without the clear.
 
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Here is after clear... looks much better now
 

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How big is your compressor? (gallons, cfm, etc)
 
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30 gallons, 5hp, 220V. Not real high on the cfm I am sure, but I do not know. Plenty for painting... not very good for alot of air sanding, etc
 
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Hi,

Car looks amazing, real nice colour choice too. Thanks for all you help in answering the questions I asked on cardomain. I have now got a compressor and DA sander on your recomendations.Thanks again
Angus
 

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That shelby hood is going to look awesome with the decklid spoiler you have on there...very nice!

You've given me hope that I might be able to paint in my garage and have it look halfway decent!

Great job
 

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The reason I ask is I painted mine in the garage with too small a compressor and the orange peal I encountered was 10x more rough then an actual orange! It flashed before it hit the car.
I spent 40 hrs wet sanding and then had to pollish. I' surprised any of my paint is still on. On a scale of 1-10, mine is a 1 1/2". I learned and may someday try again. My car is a definite 100 foot car

Looks Good!!! NIce job!
 
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I only have 2 runs and maybe 8-10 spots of dust on the entire car. It is slick as glass and the orange peel is very minimal. I would say its a 8.5.

You also have to realize this is not my first car to paint and definately not the first in a garage.

Thanks for all the compliments
 

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Geostang - I've painted a couple of cars in my garage with a small 20 gallon compressor. Never had an orange peel problem. I upgraded to a 33 gallon for more cfm on other tools however.

Red5oh - looks great, cant waitto see the next pics!
 

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Having your first car peal like mine will definitely discourage you from painting a 2nd car!
 
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geostang351... I was thinking.. what kind of gun did you use? I have seen some 'cheap' HVLP's put down some serious orange peel.

I use a SATA regular gravity feed... nothing special, it just is a good overall gun. Not nearly as efficient as a SATA hvlp, but good enough for a garage.

I cant wait to get it back together now... I have to just invite some friends over to put those doors on w/o scratching them
 

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Red5oh said:
I have to just invite some friends over to put those doors on w/o scratching them
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Just make sure you give them beer after you hang the doors in order for this to happen!
 

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geostang351 said:
Having your first car peal like mine will definitely discourage you from painting a 2nd car!
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Yeah, that would have discouraged me too!
 

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Wow! Nice work. What color is that ... Arrest Me Red?
 
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