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Old 09-26-2013, 01:30 AM   #1
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Old 09-26-2013, 08:07 AM   #2
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Looks like you're about to lay some paint. Can't wait to see the results.
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Look forward to progress pics!


P.S. If your wife sees that comforter, its on! LOL
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Old 09-26-2013, 09:19 AM   #4
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Paint time....Jim
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Old 09-26-2013, 09:26 PM   #5
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Getting real close now! Need some advice. I've been looking everywhere for a decent bench seat cover to replace the worn one I had. I can't find ANYTHING that looks like it'd work or good. I found this and was thinking, maybe? Tan cover with this pic on the back (not too large, it'd be towards the center). What ya'll think

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Old 09-27-2013, 06:43 PM   #6
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Ok, nobody (not even my brother) wants to see the horses on my bench seat. I kind of like the look of the horses, and the scroll around them would match up with the pinstripe on truck. I dunno...

No paint today. Masked some more. Looking at Sunday now
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Old 09-30-2013, 05:09 PM   #7
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Knocked it out Sunday night! Can't post pics yet, later.
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Woohoo! Can't wait to see!
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Painted it Sunday, it's now Monday afternoon (almost evening) where's the pics. Happy for you buddy...Jim
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Look forward to progress pics! P.S. If your wife sees that comforter, its on! LOL
Thanks! As for the comforter, , remember when my brother's family became ill? Well, my little nephew on it and the smell never quite got removed , so she's fine with him using it in the garage.

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Painted it Sunday, it's now Monday afternoon (almost evening) where's the pics. Happy for you buddy...Jim
Thanks Jim! It'll probably be Tues. early morning (after midnight) before I get a chance to post them up. But I promise, they won't disappoint! Turned out great
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was in the middle of transferring the pics to the pc last night when the battery died on me. I'll get some pics posted yet today
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The paint looks great! congrats.
You shoot that in your garage? Was it foggy ? What about bugs or dust particles?
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Paint came out beautiful. Right after you covered the white, it looks like you sprayed something along the edge of the paper, what was it, it was a little different in color??...Jim
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The paint looks great! congrats.
You shoot that in your garage? Was it foggy ? What about bugs or dust particles?
Thanks! Yes, yes and yes. There's a rather large exhaust fan (center of garage back wall above black toolbox, on at all times while shooting) you can sometimes see in some of the pictures. Also, protective masks that were shown early on in the thread. It's spray, flash, spray, flash, spray. Depending on what you are shooting. If I remember right, one coat of non-sanding primer first, flash (15-20 minutes, depends on air humidity etc...). Up next, 1st coat of paint, flash, 2nd coat, flash, third coat, flash. Finishing off with clear. Same process but he only shot 2 coats I believe. Not so much (large) dust particles. We swept/vacuumed up the day before and the rain from the previous day may have helped. It turned out sweet Pictures were taken in between sessions. You can just barely make out the large exhaust fan's louvers in this picture, look at top corner of windshield.



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Paint came out beautiful. Right after you covered the white, it looks like you sprayed something along the edge of the paper, what was it, it was a little different in color??...Jim
Thanks Jim That's just how it looked with the first coat of Med. Bronze applied over the white (that he initially overshot on purpose). In the end, around the white - he shot a little more Med. Bronze than the rest to ensure the white was covered well. Since it's all the same brand paint (DuPont), it goes good with each other - spraying over the top of the white didn't have any negative effects.
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Thanks, I've never two tone one before, but it makes since with the first light coat the white would still be showing thru....Jim
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Shoooo-wee that's nice! Great work!
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I love how a series of pictures like that make it look like child's play In reality it took a bunch of time to tape off, paint, tape off, etc. etc.

One other question, did you do any sanding after the base coat or just go right to clear after the appropriate time? I have read where some guys actually do some sanding to remove any flaws that may have happened. It doesn't look like you had any runs or issues like I usually do.

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You cant do that with metallics-the sanding scratches will show. I usually go straight from base to clear, just tack REALLLY well before starting the clear. You can Fix base by wetsanding with 600-800, then blend your base back over before clearing.
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It probably took 4hrs to tape/mask. Not bad. You just have to be meticulous, then double check to make sure everything is good to go. He shot the primer, paint and clear in sessions with 15-20 minutes in between to allow what he sprayed to flash/dry before applying the next. Like Elco mentioned, tack the paint on the last coat really well before shooting the clear. Like shown in the pictures above, he wiped it down with the tack cloth and lots of over spray came off.

It took probably close to 3 hours to spray, mask off the white, and spray again. My brother thinks this is probably the best paint job he's done to date. Definitely more challenging/work due to the two tone.


Oh, and he's mentioned to me before - "always shoot dry, never wet". I'd think it's either dry or dryer if needing to adjust.
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We're looking to buy a new small car. Can anybody give a review on the Fiat 500? Know someone that owns one and what they think, insight or how it's held up. Thanks!
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Your paint job turned out awesome Litew8!!! I can't help you on info on the Fiat. Sorry.
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Thanks Ryan The small car is for another brother of mine. We've been looking at what's available and drove some today. So far, he likes the Fiat 500 over the Honda Fit and Ford Fiesta. I know they're all probably throw away cars essentially. We'll check out the Chevy Sonic tomorrow.
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A friend's chick has one-she likes it.
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Has which? Hope that's not a dig buddy.
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