New Paint Pics

[69ride]

I primed and painte the front half of my truck yesterday. It is my first time spraying paint ( besides out of a can). I am really happy with the results. The paint is made by Dupli-Color and it's called Silver Mist Metallic. All I had to do was thin the paint down and shoot it. Here are some pics I took of it in the garage, I was hoping to get it outside today to see it sparkle but it is raining .

[LUV2XCLR8]

[69ride]

I can't make the pics small enough ( I'll have to figure it out to post pics) It says my pics are 1.1 MB and they need to be 100 KB

[TugOwar]

WE MUST HAVE OUR PIC FIX!

Mail them to me and I'll resize and post or resize and send back to you to post.

alderman.v@gmail.com

[LUV2XCLR8]

Or if you have XP, Download power toys, bad @ss program, you can highlight
all of your pic's at one time and resize them as the Originals, or make copies.

[TugOwar]

Originally Posted by 69ride

I can't make the pics small enough ( I'll have to figure it out to post pics) It says my pics are 1.1 MB and they need to be 100 KB

Resized and returned. You do the honors sir.

[69ride]

I still can't post the pics. It says I exceeded the limit of 100 KB. I hate computers, mostly because I can't make them do anything I want. TugOwar could you post them?

[69ride]

This picture is way to small but this is the only way it would work

[TugOwar]

you bet

[QKENUF4U]

looking good. lot farther along than i am

[CRUZIN 79]

Whats a good brand and model of gun to use? Want to learn to paint my self? Thanks

[69ride]

I used a Mastercraft siphon feed gun I bought for 90 bucks at Canadian Tire. I was really impressed with the way it sprayed, but it is the only gun I have ever picked up. The sky is the limit on spray guns I think you just have to decide how often you are going to use the thing

[HotRod71]

SATA makes one of the best guns but trust me you will pay dearly for it. I use MAC Tools brand gravity feed guns for the primer, sealer, paint, and clear. Thing is I have 4 seperate guns to do this with. I use one gun for each ingredient. Primer and epoxy are very hard on the needle in a gun because of the solids content. I pay about $80-90 for one of these guns. The SATA Millenium will set you back around $400 +/-. I have a new HVLP siphon feed that I have yet to try. First time will be when I shoot sealer/primer on some repop F@RD parts for a restore we are doing (imagine someone doing a frame of restore of a 1978 Ford 4x4). But he is paying dearly for it.

[LUV2XCLR8]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[Premium72]

devilbus finish line3 guns are good an not priced to sky high.there a mid range gun from a top notch company. Sata an devilbus make great guns....but he is rite if you want the goods..you gata hack up some cash they aint cheap.

[HotRod71]

The Mac Tools guns I use are rebranded DeVilbis. All parts are interchangable.

[CRUZIN 79]

Thanks for the info, I'll check them out. I have a 79 blazer and a 76 luv truck with a v8 in it that I want to paint.

[Yukon Jack]

Looking great.

[flatbedchev]

looks really good hoser. Did you go back and smooth out the body work you wanted to? Nice paint job

[CMars45000]

Originally Posted by CRUZIN 79

Whats a good brand and model of gun to use? Want to learn to paint my self? Thanks

For undercoat I like the Devilbiss PRi gun
For Basecoat I like the Sata Jet2000 or Devilbiss GTi
For Clear I like the Iwata LPH-400


I think the DeVilbiss GTi gun is a GREAT all-around gun, as is the IwataLPH-400. The Iwata will mottle a bit on really heavy metalics unless you use the new aircap with with 3 holes.