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| Fatboy007 |
 Aug 13 2017, 09:41 PM
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So my targa top is uneven and needs painting any adive on good products to use for best results? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif) gotta look its very best
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| horizontally-opposed |
Sep 8 2020, 08:56 AM
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Some of these are really close, and would be just fine by me as my car isn't concours. Mark's looks really good, and some of the other techniques described make me curious to see photos.
However, I have yet to see a really accurate replication of the original finish—which is a random mix of blobs big and small that was certainly hard and certainly durable. Has anyone managed to actually replicate it—or determine how it was done in the first place? If so, pics? |
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| bbrock |
Sep 8 2020, 10:13 AM
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QUOTE(horizontally-opposed @ Sep 8 2020, 08:56 AM)  Some of these are really close, and would be just fine by me as my car isn't concours. Mark's looks really good, and some of the other techniques described make me curious to see photos. However, I have yet to see a really accurate replication of the original finish—which is a random mix of blobs big and small that was certainly hard and certainly durable. Has anyone managed to actually replicate it—or determine how it was done in the first place? If so, pics? I think Mark's technique is the correct replica of original but there is technique involved in getting the splatter pattern correct. After attempting this myself, I'm pretty sure the original was applied with a gelcoat gun at low pressure to splatter the gelcoat on. The resulting surfaces is hard, exactly like the orginal. I couldn't justify buying an expensive gelcoat gun for a one-off project so drilled out an old spray gun. I didn't get it quite right but with enough experimentation of getting the gelcoat thinned just right and setting the pressure correctly, I think you could match it perfectly. Even though not a perfect match of the original, I think mine came reasonably close. BTW, I didn't use any flattener like Mark did. If I had more gelcoat to experiment with, I would have tried thinning it just a little more to try to make larger blobs puke out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-20845-1594870061_thumb.jpg) |
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Fatboy007 Painting my targa top Aug 13 2017, 09:41 PM
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So my targa top is uneven and needs painting any ... Aug 14 2017, 06:42 AM McMark Sand it smooth.
Use reinforced body filler (kitty ... Aug 14 2017, 07:08 AM Perry Kiehl I would add that you want to clean, clean, and cle... Aug 14 2017, 08:43 AM Tom_T If you don't have the equipment McMark mention... Aug 14 2017, 09:36 AM McMark Oh no! Tom, are you claiming the top was shot... Aug 14 2017, 12:29 PM arne Wheeler Dealer technique was too glossy. My wife e... Aug 14 2017, 12:42 PM JawjaPorsche Prepped my top (sand and masked) and took to local... Aug 14 2017, 01:56 PM bbrock @McMark I'm going to try refurbing my targa t... Jan 6 2020, 07:59 PM PCH I painted my top with SEM Landau Black. It came ou... Jan 7 2020, 10:55 AM dr914@autoatlanta.com sand smooth and then paint with wurth black SKS wi... Jan 7 2020, 11:07 AM Ansbacher The most inexpensive but a remarkably good method ... Jan 7 2020, 02:46 PM burton73 Wurth satin black in spray can worked great on my ... Jan 7 2020, 03:24 PM Wyvern I used the krylon black satin..
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