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My practice run.

Never used a HLVP gun before, I like it can really run some paint on.
Used a lot less paint than the traditional gun. Here's a before and after of the one I practiced on before I do mine. Oh yeh it's a cheby with very little prep done to it. The camera sucks to. this was done with centarui old school mix.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

My practice run.

Reply #1 –
Looks alot like my first vehicle job. Nice work. By the way its "HVLP".

My practice run.

Reply #2 –
Quote from: 86XR7project;266321
Looks alot like my first vehicle job. Nice work. By the way its "HVLP".

I see you jumped the gun. High line velocity sprayer.
I seen that.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

My practice run.

Reply #4 –
I also noticed a huge difference in spraying when I finished all those doors last summer. Nothing compares to a good new gun.
what gun do you have? I forgot what you told me. LOL
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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My practice run.

Reply #5 –
I bought the devilbess 2 gun starting line kit, I used it the last month to play around with. didn't use everything that came with it, but was cool with it. Iv'e been using my sharp 75 for 25+ years. So I bought the GTI gun to use on my own, That's the one I just used. So I got a lot of guns, I like the gti.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

My practice run.

Reply #6 –
did you use the bags with it? I love them. especially the lack of cleanup with them
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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My practice run.

Reply #7 –
What bags? I said old school, 2-1 with a little. if you mean the bags for the gun , no that would be to easy. If I had them with me I would of tryed them. your right that is a plus.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

My practice run.

Reply #8 –
yea, the cup liner bags. Use them when you paint your car. You'll be able to spray with the gun upside down. it's a lot easier on the wrist that way when you do the rockers and fender lips. ;)
This is about the cheapest price I can find for them.
http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/devomx70k48.html
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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My practice run.

Reply #9 –
Thanks for the link, I think it would be more of a pain to use them on a whole car though.
when I do my cat I got 6 coats to do. I think I would want to clean in between. Give some flash off , give me something to do. I'm open for suggestions though.
When I do mine it will be only the second time I do bc/cc. I do like Imron  sprayed a lot of that to.
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +

My practice run.

Reply #10 –
with BC/CC, by the time you make your way around the car, it's already flashed where you started.
I would put 2 coats of clear, wait until you can sand it. use 2000 on it, and clear it again.
it'll take everything out of the clear, and make a nice smooth spraying base for the final coats. then wet sand it again after the final coat. But do it fairly soon after it hardens, or it will be a real pain to sand, as it will keep getting harder as it cures. then buff that baby to a mirror finish.
Then you can come over and do my car. :D
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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My practice run.

Reply #11 –
Kitz kat that looks pretty good to me . i haven't painted a car in years i was going to practice on my lawn mowers and my dads farm tractors :hick: before i paint my car next year if plans dont change . Nice work keep it up:bowdown:

My practice run.

Reply #12 –
Ugh...bringing back memories of trying to spray urethane. Sprayed great, dried horrible.
1988 Thunderbird Sport

My practice run.

Reply #13 –
Quote from: daminc;266368
I would put 2 coats of clear, wait until you can sand it. use 2000 on it, and clear it again. it'll take everything out of the clear, and make a nice smooth spraying base for the final coats. then wet sand it again after the final coat.

Jerry, why use two coats of clear, sand it, clear it again and sand it again? That seems like double the work for a very unpleasant job. Why not just use three coats of clear the first time, sand, buff and be done with it? Just curious, Mike.
1987 Turbo Coupe - Son's car
1987 Super Coupe - Son's project car
1934 Ford - My project car

My practice run.

Reply #14 –
It seems like more work, but without having proper spray booths we tend to get a lot of  in our home made paint booths. The reason is......
If you get a lot of debris in the first couple of clear coats, they tend to get very large by the time you put the final coat on, and require a lot of sanding to get out. which also runs the risk of sanding more in 1 specific area more then another. on certain dark colors, you will see a large flat panel look warped, depending on how much clear and how much sanding..
Also, if you get something in a first coat, and clear over it 2-3 more times, you may never be able to sand it out completely.
So the theory is  to do a fast sanding between coats, instead of a long painful sand at the end of the project. I also do the same for my fine woodworking projects too.
But everybody has there own method. ;)
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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