re-shooting a panel

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re-shooting a panel

Reply #15 – April 29, 2009, 04:20:54 AM

I painted my car in my garage and it turned out great. This was my first car I ever painted too. I had my first car painted at Macco and I figured on my second car I could do just as good or better then them and turns out I was correct. :D

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Reply #16 – April 29, 2009, 08:02:32 AM

Quote from: mattg;269614

yes. i'm painting in a garage. while i'm paintig i have to leave the door open. thats why i was concerned about the possibility of having a bug land in it. i used a cheap inline filter last time. the kind that come like 3 or 4 in a package. is that sufficient? or did i get lucky?

filters really depend on size, how much your compressor runs and heats up, and the surrounding outdoor temp and humidity.
a good way to help stop moisture from traveling to the gun, is to put on an additional 20-50 feet of air hose. I got an extra 50 on mine that I have coiled and set higher then the compressor height so moisture can collect and drip back into the compressor and water collector. I also have an in line water collector at the gun.

Mabe you can use some furnace filters and an old box fan to vent the fumes and overspray, then you don't have to keep the garage door totally open, and the filters will keep bugs and debris from blowing in. if you have a window for some fresh air to get in the garage, you can put another filter on that too.
I've painted many cars and truck in my garage just using enough fans, filters and don't skimp on the respirator.
the chemical cartridges must be changed after it's life is up, or it won't work. a supplied air system should really be used for bc/cc, but your not doing this every day. the chemical cartridges usually say how many hrs they're good for on the package.

I also had my car painted by a body shop when I was 18. it was a good paint job, but I didn't want to spend that kind of money again, so I learned that it really wasn't hard to get a great paint job and do it myself.

and adding to the clearcoat question yesterday. once the cc starts breaking down it needs to be sanded down to a point where the new paint will adhere and not lift or peel from it. and remember it's sometimes tough to know what a person is up against as far as the condition of your existing paint, without seeing it in person. but the rule of thumb is..... you want to do it right the first time, so if the paint looks bad enough to need a new paint job, then it will probably need the usual steps to repaint the panel. If you were feeling adventurous, and wanted to try to wetsand the clear and try to reclear it, that would be up to you. But if your going throught the trouble to sand it down and reclear it, then an extra step of base coat wouldn't be any more work except for reloading the gun and cleaning it out from the color coat. ;)

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Reply #17 – April 29, 2009, 03:34:56 PM

one thing i am still a little unclear on. what primer to use for the following issue. while sanding the clear off the roof this morning i came accross a ding and part of it was down to the metal and had slight rust. I removed the paint from the ding and a couple inches around the ding. I got rid of the rust. i'm about apply filler and sand the area smooth. can i use urethane primer in the affected area for this repair? I have a can of urethane primer sealer and also a high build urethane primer. how much should i overlap the existing paint?

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Reply #18 – April 29, 2009, 05:52:11 PM

you need to only prime bare metal or filler. There's no real set overlap. just as long as it covers. or you can seal the whole thing, but it's not necessary to do that.

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Reply #19 – April 29, 2009, 08:42:48 PM

so i can put the urethane primer on the bare metal and filler? the affected area is all sanded smooth now.

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Reply #20 – April 29, 2009, 08:49:53 PM

shoot away

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Reply #21 – July 14, 2009, 10:34:29 PM

Any updates on this thread, any "after" pics?

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Reply #22 – February 12, 2010, 10:18:10 AM

Hi- wasn't ignoring you FLSTCI71. i didn't see your post until today. i started the roof and hood quite a while ago and was waiting to get my hands on a good size compressor so i can properly shoot the BC & CC. in the meantime, some punk scratched the F word into my hood in a HUGE way while i was at walmart. i temporarily fixed that and I solved my compressor problem. when it gets a little warmer here in NJ i am going to tackle the job and i'll have before and after pics. thanks

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Reply #23 – February 12, 2010, 11:27:08 AM

Quote from: mattg;310025

in the meantime, some punk scratched the F word into my hood in a HUGE way while i was at walmart.

Holy ! I would be so mad... I AM so mad (for you)! I hate punk vandals!

I am half afraid to get my XR-7 out of storage. Nobody ever does anything to my ugly cars, but the nice ones are always targets.

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Reply #24 – February 12, 2010, 02:30:47 PM

I would be pissed off to, Tough enough to work on stuff and have someone mess with it. Don't try to spray bb +cc in the weather were having now in the NE. Unless your in a clean heated shop.