Have I told you how much I love painting lately?

[harlyworkr]

Spend all day painting the front end of the truck only to find out I left streaks on the fender. I never saw them until I took it into the light and looked at it from the bottom up. Here is a look at the paint, I would love to see your paint pictures and hear your stories.




BTW, the paint is a custom mix Sherwin Williams P/N U7-50413

[big_al_71]

I love that color!!!!!

Can it be wet sanded? and buffed?

here are some picts of mine,, not the best but ok I guess...

[harlyworkr]

Black just screams Class! To answer your ?, yes it can be sanded and buffed out to a mirror finish.

[chevychase]

You should come down to Florida to warm up and help me paint my truck!

[thirdstreettito]

Originally Posted by chevychase

You should come down to Florida to warm up and help me paint my truck!

I'll be in Tampa next week...

[caminokid]

I love that blue.

[FIVE 0]

To me silver is the worst. Ive re-done more silver than any other. Not sure why I had to paint my truck silver, gues I like to abuse myself. I had to re-do this quarter due to blotching. Now I get to do it again due to an ambulance scraping down the side of it. At least he only scratched mine, he totaled the truck on the other side of me.

Not sure what brand paint you are using but that could make a diff on how well it covers. Bases such as Omni or Cross Fire are a bit more transparent. I would always suggest at least three coats of color if its a metalic. If you are using the above I would even go with four plus coats. Not dissin them just a hazard with using them. I use lesser bases at times but will try to always use good clear. Just my 02

[lax54650]

looks ok on computer... i like the color would love to do mine a bright pearl metalic blue but too nervous about it matching. i need to paint it apart and in pieces as i only have a 20x24 garage and right now it is full!!
"Can it be wet sanded? and buffed?"
streaks cant be buffed out it is in the color. you have coverage you can block with 400 wet put 2 coats of color and re clear. or leave it. i say block to avoid "urethane wave"

[lax54650]

this is a blurb from southern poly urethanes site http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com...your%20gun.htm
How do I properly adjust my gun?

Place a piece of masking paper on the wall, then set the fan how you like it. Adjust the air pressure to the rate that you plan to spray with. Screw in the fluid adjustment all the way. Hold the gun from the paper the distance that you would normally spray (usually 6-8 inches) and give the trigger a quick squeeze and release. If anything comes out of the gun it should be very little and dry.

Turn the fluid out one full turn and repeat this procedure half a turn at a time until you are getting an even pattern and the paint is even in build. If it is metallic the metallic should spray even as well.

At this point go to a rocker or bottom of a fender on the car and make a 12-inch pass. You will most likely have to back the fluid out one-half to one full turn to spray at the speed you want then fine tune your air pressure.

Now the gun is very close in adjustment, you should be able to lay the clear orange peel free with out running it, and metallic should spray even and wet with out much effort. Keep in mind this is not your last adjustment; every base color will spray a little different and may require a half a turn in or out for the new color. If you're going from a high solids clear for an all-over to a spot repair clear you will need to make a minor adjustment again.

A simple formula to remember is orange peel is fluid adjustment and run control is an air pressure adjustment. If you’re getting a few runs try upping the air pressure 5-10 pounds more.

One final note, spend the money for a good set of paint guns! This is your career and the paint gun makes or breaks you as far as labor hours turned. NASCAR drivers don’t buy their race engines at a parts store to save money, so why would a painter want a $200 gun? Spent the $400-600 for a good base gun and again for a good clear gun the payback will be faster than you think. You will always get what you pay for with a paint gun!

setting your gun up might help eliminate the streaks. your clear looks good tho