Just finished final priming!!!!

[Red5oh]

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

 

[THX 138]

 

[mustangman70]

What he said lol

 

[Red5oh]

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.

 

[mustangman70]

well man CONGRATS lol

What are your plans for the paint bro?

 

[Red5oh]

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!!!

 

[Red5oh]

one more pic... remember this is without the clear.

 

[Red5oh]

Here is after clear... looks much better now

 

[geostang351]

How big is your compressor? (gallons, cfm, etc)

 

[Red5oh]

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

 

[Mustangus]

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

 

[68keyblr]

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

 

[geostang351]

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!

 

[Red5oh]

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

 

[NasaGT]

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!

 

[geostang351]

Having your first car peal like mine will definitely discourage you from painting a 2nd car!

 

[Red5oh]

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

 

[geostang351]

I have to just invite some friends over to put those doors on w/o scratching them

Just make sure you give them beer after you hang the doors in order for this to happen!

 

[NasaGT]

Having your first car peal like mine will definitely discourage you from painting a 2nd car!

Yeah, that would have discouraged me too!

 

[Tim65GT]

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