[Fut]

Nice work! IMO :thumbsup: way up!

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Fut :2cool:

 

[LSPREDATOR]

i have primer on my car now and after looking at your project has me thinking of doing the same thing. im ok at body work just need some time behind a gun to get the spray of a car down. hope all turns out well.

 

[LSPREDATOR]

please show pics. i have gotten est of 4k for a paint job. but i toke another look at your job and if i take my time i hope to do as good a job as you have.

 

[89HondaLegend]

Looking good. Can't wait for the finished product. I am inspired to do a lot of the preperation needed to restore a couple of my cars now.

 

[reddLegend]

i wonder how much a shop would charge to prime & paint if i do all the prep work...

 

[pacallen]

Primer is on! Unfortunately I ran out of primer mid way through my second coat so I'll have to do another coat when I get another quart later on (no car atm!). Already regretting not buying a larger air compressor...

Sorry for the pic quality... space is a bit confined now that I have my "booth" set up .

 

[pnoye2]

:woot: looking great Peter... I too can not wait for the final results :bigok:

 

[88LCoupee]

HOLY SHIT MAN!!!! you and i would be good friends if we lived in town
i basically restored my 88 coupe as well. but im not as skilled as u to do it all myself.
love these cars

 

[redroan351]

Looks great! Keep that gun clean!!! between product changes. and don't mean to rant but I really agree with the Beer(or crazy pills) + Internet comment and the below altered my perception and took away the boogie men, hope I'm not taking up too much space, but I love my Legend, my Bimmer, and my gen1 Lightning and the three forums that go with them.

Check out autobody101.com !!!

There are tons of gurus and even carrer paint reps from Dupont and others that hang out on the site. There's always a few opinions for each question, and there are a bunch of new folks asking repeat questions instead of using the search, which created great search results for whatever.

Biggest things I learned there, Keep checking your (cigar-like-shaped) spray pattern with the gun and keep moving around that car so your wet and drying spots are always moving along, follow the paint info sheet from the paint store, and Wear a really good filtered mask, it's more paint than you think.

That site was soooo helpfull to me I found that the many how to's give more info than I knew to ask, and great advise about tools and strippers(for paint), and what was okay to get from Harbor Freight or not. Alot on compressor info. Also alot on fillers and bondo, and some great great reading about using hammers, dollies, and a slapper to work dents out of body that most would replace. And Wet Sanding and Buffing!!

But after a few really great first replaced parts paint jobs on some cars I was fixing and selling, I did a near perfect patch on a 91 318is e30 bimmer...That was really satisfying.

To the guy talking about prepping then getting quote, the prep is the most!! important part and hardest and longest to me, probly most of the labor cost, and if you got that... maybe just go for it.
Okay I'm done, have fun.

 

[Dreams94coup]

damn that work looks good... me personally it would have taken off the door handles and mirrors

 

[l4zy415]

damn that work looks good... me personally it would have taken off the door handles and mirrors

True, and I would also have painted the door jams.

 

[Jimbob22]

Looks Good, Lets see it after you've prepped for top coat. I admit, you do some pretty good spraying what HVLP gun are you using?

is that an epoxy based primer or laquor? did you use a body filler?


Again good work.

 

[pacallen]

I'm using a Devilbiss StartingLine HVLP set... The car has actually been painted and is ready for wet sanding (hella orange peel!). I had to work over the weekend so I don't have any updated pics atm but they should be coming in the next few days. Unfortunatly it didn't come out quite as hoped but it does look better than it did. I'm kicking myself for not buying a larger compressor because I think the clear was actually drying as I was waiting for the damn thing to charge up which made for quite a few hazy spots... Hopefully wet sanding and a good deal of 3M's rubbing compound I can get a good even shine out of her.

As for the primer, I'm not entirely sure. It was whatever the auto paint shop said was good for the urethane base/clear I was using. I used a body filler on the pitting that came from various rust spots and on a few of the more prevalent dents and dings. I didn't use any sort of glaze for final prep after the primer.

I really wish I had taken the mirrors off (I already had the inner door panels off) as they were quite a bit trickier to paint than I thought (and had to be redone because a couple of the surfaces didn't get a very good coat). The door jams are staying the same factory color so I didn't see the need to repaint them.

 

[Homeboyx]

great job man :thumbsup:
not too shabby at all for ur first time
its coming out very nice
cant wait to see the end results :thumbsup:
i wish i had the budget to do this myself i would totally go for it...i wanna get the feeling and satisfaction of doing it all myself also
i bet that feeling is priceless
once again..gj man :thumbsup::bowdown:

 

[Jimbob22]

You can go Buy an .8mm touch up gun and that can knock out any small surfaces you didn't get, Sorry to hear you got orange peel Something tells me Either you forgot to adjust the gun for a higher viscus paint or you didn't add enough solvent to thin it out. Do you know what went wrong? buy yes you can buff out most Peel. Good Luck, and again Great prep work, don't get down on your self.

 

[pacallen]

Well here it is, mostly back together... I repainted the hood/front bumper today due to some coverage issues and am going to wetsand/reclear the rest of the car next week. As you can see, the paint came out very hazy with a lot of orange peel and generally a bit of a mess. It's also very dusty (besides the hood/front bumper) because I've been doing a lot of mechanical work (including a complete a/c overhaul w000t) and haven't had a chance to clean it. It's not as bad as it looks in the pictures but definitely needs to be done again.

As for what went wrong (besides general spraying ability ), I think my pressure settings were too low. The gun calls for 30 psi max inlet but that just isn't enough to sufficiently atomize the clear coat. Due to compressor size issues, after wet sanding I'm going to respray each part of the car individually so I can finish each part without having to wait for the compressor to recharge.

I also had some problems removing the masking tape (not something I thought would give me so much grief!)... It was actually peeling the base/clear coats leaving a couple rather nasty spots that I've had to touch up by hand w/ foam brushes.

On the plus side, at least the hood looks good . And yes, the bumper cover does have a little crease from a very minor front end fender bender the previous owner had (the only accident my Legend has been in).

 

[89HondaLegend]

A good attempt Peter.
At least you have an idea of what needs improving and what you can do to make it better. The bonnet does look god fromt hat angle though so at least while you are driving it will look excellent

 

[pacallen]

I am still confident I can fix it. I won't stop till I get 'er shining again, even if it means starting over (though I hope 600 grit wet sanding and a few more coats of clear should do the trick).

 

[l4zy415]

Very nice. You did a good job Peter.

 

[pnoye2]

Great job indeed Peter :bigok: