prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Nice work there Jake
Do you do the painting yourself fella or just prep and MET?

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

yeah do pretty much all of it, bar major welding or jigging.

im actually traind as a painter but i can in no particular order:

answer phones,
make brews
clean toilets
do the banking
sage accounts
audatex and glassmatix estimating
invoicing
welding
repairs
strip
paint
polish
colour match and tint
wheel refurbs
4 wheel alignment
aircon regassing
full diagnostics
remapping

think thats it haha

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Good boy lol,man to my own heart then by the sounds as that would be my list of can do's par remapping.
Might have to have a meet up some time over a brew

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

tbh i think its part and parcel when you work for yourself or family, often find yourselve doing more and more haha.

i used to work my 6 week hols as a kid to pay for my ice hockey goalie kit, then right from work, i have been lucky enough to be able to use all the top brands as we have always had full mixing scheme and in later years digital spectometres, were currently on dupont cromax, previously ppg.

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Dupont is a lovely paint scheme tbho followed closely by sikkens,I know exactly where your coming from about working for family as ours is a completely family run firm with father at the top and me and my brother there as well.
What clear coat are you using there Jake,I'm on sikkens superior[medium]

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

i like the way it goes on, esp once dry. only down side is it can sometimes be a bit opaque,

clear wise we use a couple, for our budget priced stuff we us the dupont vr-1120, but for the higher end jobs we go for the premium 3800.

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Dupont all round then mate,I like the drying time also with dupont[very fast].
Haven't used the clear as yet though so can't comment on that,I use the sikkens autoclear standard ultra fast for budget stuff instead of the superior but its a must with the superior being £300+ for the combined kit.

w3lshboyo

great thread mate

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

years ago when we looked at waterbase, before they physically made you change, it was always the clears that were expensive like you say. the base was usually pence between them, infact waterbase is cheaper than solvent base now, and clears have becoe alot more competitive, esp with pallet rates haha

boosted

great stuff, was gonna say you need sti7 scoop, but changing the whole front end has sorted that lol!

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Very true the colour is stupidly cheap these's days,much like clear if your happy using crap that falls flat on its ****.
Bulk buying is the ticket though tbho,we got a good deal on some of the ultra fast about a month ago

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

got the repairs done to andy's car today, his had alot less to repair lol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6257113131/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6257113131/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6257642596/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6257642596/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

get in,

just won a spec c roof vent for £30

just need the interior trim plastic for it now,

anyone got any ideas?

GezP

iTrader: (23)

I've just seen how much the kits are going for on ebay £250 plus

You did really well mate

Project looks top too mate

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6265509457/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6265509457/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6266038342/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6266038342/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6265508793/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6265508793/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

finally got my car painted.

got everything blocked, sanded and masked up,

put the car into the booth and wet it down,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267039698/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267039698/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267040292/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267040292/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr



first coats of base

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267042048/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267042048/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267041434/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267041434/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

follwed by 3 coats of clear

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267037778/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267037778/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr


and the results:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267037168/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6267037168/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6266510265/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6266510265/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

parts done and the car demasked




http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6269344790/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6269344790/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6269344214/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6269344214/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

jake

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Nice work there Jake,does the dupont clear pull in any at all over a few days mate.
Sikkens superior does slightly but nothing a run over with the polisher won't sort.

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

It does a little, I would say a little more so on the bonnets and flat surfaces if you bake it but that's purely as they get a little more product. The plan with the car is to block all the paint work anyways so I can get a really nice finish to it.

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

If only it stayed like it looks in the first 24 hours aye mate,would be a lot less work before it was ready lol.
Looks a very nice finish though mate
Look forward to seeing the end result

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

Yeah tell me about it lol, one thing a paint rep said to me regarding air drying was to open the booth doors as the solvent can settle, I've tried it and it does work, my only problem is time scale as I need the car on the rd for weds so a few late nights may be had mid week as it seems pointless to build up then polish lol.

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

It does allow the solvent to vent when left overnight,how far are you going to cut back mate[1500ish or more]
The only only thing I find with cutting back is occasionally when hit to early it can fall back down over a short period.
Isn't an issue when it truly cured,although there needs to be enough clear depth left for a lifetimes polishing which can more than time to time with some lol.

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

I think it also depends how hard you hit it. When I take the clear right down smooth and polish it tends to stay, but if you lightly nib it ie for a bit of peel then it can drop.

The plan is to use 2000 blocked wet and dry followed by 3m 3000 trizact, then going through the grades 3m perfectit 3 fast cut on green pad. Then yellow pad, followed by yellow fine polish yellow pad then finesse it afterwards.

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

Your using the same as me then Jake,the anti-holigram works well too[blue],I presume you'll be using the 3000's on the DA then mate,they do put the clear up to a good point to start polishing.
Very time consuming though aye!

fatboy15

iTrader: (1)

Nice job Jake looks nice , just wanted to ask when you changed the front end over did you have to change the slam panel to ?

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

we have the blue aswell, i do like the trizact, one thing i dont like though are the 3m 1500 discs, they always seem to leave pigtails in the paint, i have now oved onto the farecla 1500 discs for our run of the mill and its very good, but still stick to the 3m polish.

here are the new wheels

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6269753161/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/6269753161/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

i havn't change the front panel yet but it will be done on monday when my main body/welding guy comes back of his hols,

the headlamp panels need a little bit of trimming, not enough to warrent new ones though

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

I've always stuck with 3m polish as everything else seems to fall short imho.
Like the wheels,are you sticking with the black?

cuprajake

iTrader: (11)

kinda fancy doing them in electric orange lol

prodriverules

iTrader: (52)

WOW,now that would e different lol,how do you find that colour to paint mate.
Doesn't seem to have much covering power in any paint scheme that I tried it with,mind all the duel stage colours seem pretty much the same.