David_Wallis

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Pics to come tonight... lacquer (sp) going on tonight.

David

David_Wallis

eurgh.. not my car...

Notice 106gti arches... all holes welded up in the doors...

Better pics to come.

David

David_Wallis

painted tonight.. no pics just yet..

David

mista weava

that kallums 106!

never seen that happen before!

well funny! good job it did not happen elsewhere on the road.

weava

David_Wallis

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BOB.T

What are you doing for bumpers?

David_Wallis

9 / or 10th pic down...

standard xsi bumpers sprayed with arcyrlic plastic primer, and then painted with 2k filler / primer to remove rough finish.. then painted same colour as car.

David

dnb

Looking good.

What did you use regarding the spraying? (I've got a couple of bits including a large panel to do on my car, so a bit of advice would be great!)

David_Wallis

what did I use??

erm..

Clarke Industrial 3Hp 14cfm Compressor with clarke industrial regulator and water trap.
Snap-on DA Sander.
Kestrel Spray Gun with 1.8mm Nozzle. (Copy of Devlibliss (sp) gun)

Paint..

U-POL Spray Filler Primer
Budget 3ltr 2k basecoat (from local paint shop that I use)
Budget thinners.

Lacquer (sp) 2ltrs U-Pol
1 Ltr Rapid Hardener
1 Ltr Fast Flash Thinners

Mixed paint 50:50

mixed lac. 50%L 25%H 25%T

What do you wanna know?

David

Jolly Green Monster 2

That is really impressive!

JGM

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

Nioce one Dave, looking really good now. I cant believe how much better it looks than on Saturday, credit to you mate

Steven

PS Do yourself justice, stop using your bloody phone to take pictures with, start borrowing your dads again

dnb

David - thanks a lot for that. I just wondered what sort of paint & spray gun you used, as you look to have got a great finish.
(Turns out it's about the same as my local paint shop sells...)

Is the 2k paint flexible enough for bumpers, or is it add plasticiser time?

Sorry for all the questions - I'm quite new to the different sorts of car paints that you can get. (I'm usually not too bad at getting them on the car nicely though...)

Just need to find somewhere warm & dry to spray my front bumper and driver's door. (again - as I didn't like the colour match the last time)

Thanks!

BOB.T

dnb, the plasticiser is used when you paint a bare plastic part, you spray it on before primer. If your bumper is already primed you won't need to use it.

2K paint is fine on bumpers.

I don't know what you've used before, cellulose at a guess? 2K goes on much, much better If you can spare some paint, have a quick practise first dust a light coat on first, wait a few mins then blast a wet coat over, that should do it oh, if you're doing clear over base, don't get the colour on wet, dust a good few coats over or it'll go patchy, then lacquer as above.

Good luck!

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dnb

Thanks BOB. Yes, I've been using celulose paint (on plenty of things other than cars...)

I'm looking forward to getting this spraying done. I've got plenty of bits to practice on, but am a bit stuck for somewhere to do it until the weather cheers up a bit.

Still, plenty of other jobs to do!

I'll stop hijacking now

David_Wallis

best thing is with the lacquer you can move the runs off the panel

Like bob says dust the paint on.. it will look crap whilst wet.. have patience.. laquer will transform it... there are a few marks on this car.. will post tonight with a decent camera.. :rolleys:

Just so much easier to get pics of the phone.

David

David_Wallis

oh an 2k is better than cellulose.. but it will still run..

2k primer is sooooo much better than cellulose..

warm garage?? pah.. less than 5deg when I painted this.

David

dnb

I've never really had a problem with getting runs in the paint...
Guess it means I usually don't put enough on in a coat

It's much nicer to have somewhere clean and warm to paint in. I like my creature comforts I could do with a garage of my own really, instead of having to borrow them...

Thanks for the advice. I'll make sure I show you all the disaster when it happens

David_Wallis

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HKSubaru

nice paint job

Jolly Green Monster

iTrader: (4)

What does it look like now David?

Finished?

JGM

UkLegacyT

David, do you know what air pressure you use?

also, to avoid runs, is it possible to put more thinner coats of laquer (sp?) on, then cut it back after, or does that method not work?

cheers
ian

David_Wallis

Looks ok now...

I paint at about 25 - 30 psi..

Paint a reasonable coat on.. paint a wet line and then overlap by about 1/3 - 1/2..

You could put thinner coats on but you may put more overspray onto the car..

Shouldnt run if the temperature is right, the right amount of activator and hardener..

Just have patience.. I dont so normally put runs in by not waiting 10 mins or so between coats of lacquer..

Shouldnt need to cut it back at all..

Compound after a week or two..

David

UkLegacyT

thanks david

dhorwich

David,

Is there anything you cant do..????

Where did you learn, one thing id like to be able to do good is body work (spraying).

Dan

BOB.T

Spraying is easy, it's the stuff underneath you need to get right

the chosen one

man talk about busy, what you got planned as your next project after you finished this? this pug looks to be a good project good luck with it and keep us posted

UkLegacyT

another question...lol

what is the ideal garage temperature for spraying?

thanks
ian

David_Wallis

Warm.. not too warm just not cold..

if that makes sense...

I do it early evening normally..

15deg or so upwards I suppose..

New project is in the projects forum

David

UkLegacyT

cheers

David_Wallis

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