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.

 

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.

 

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:

 

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.

 

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).

 

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

 

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).

 

Very nice. You did a good job Peter.

 

Great job indeed Peter :bigok:

 

good job on it! The never ending effort is great!

 

it looks pretty good, a good first effort indeed.

 

Nice work Peter. I repainted the hood, bumpers, and roof on mine & ran into the same issues you did. My compressor was too small & I constantly had to wait for it to re-gain pressure. I also had the orange peel. If you put enough clear on it then you should be able to sand & buff out nicely with a rotary buffer. I thought I was going to have to re-do mine, but it cleaned up well with 800 grit, followed by 1000, then 1500. Just be careful of the edges...

 

Nice work. I like a person who can do the work himself and is not afraid to try new things. Great job!

 

update pleeze!! my old 89 LS coupe was EXACTLY the same as yours peter

 

Pics are coming in a little while but currently I'm wetsanding various panels and using my DA buffer and some 3M compound to shine 'er up. I may be able to salvage my work yet! I may have to reclear some of the worst areas to bring the shine back but we'll see.

 

Great job!!!

BTW - what was the compressor capacity you used? (You said it's not big enough)




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Great project! You got guts and talent. Great results!