Painted it yesterday Options

[1bad914]

I took the afternoon off yesterday and painted the car. It turned out well, the color is Saturn Yellow, L13M. I made one major screw-up, let's see if you can find it. This car is slated for a 327-300 SBC conversion. Every time I paint I learn something. I am living proof that anyone can paint a car, 90% prep, 5% paint and 5% luck! Since I live in Michigan, any part that is covered, gets a coat or two of Por-15, that's why the door sills and firewall are not painted. The car was white!

Randy

[Aaron Cox]

rear fender?

[1bad914]

Nope! Must be glare from my 5 year old 1.2 mega pixel POS camera!

[Aaron Cox]

did you mean not to do the door sill?

[BIGKAT_83]

Your car looks great!

Painting your car yourself is some of the most gratifying work I have ever done. I think everyone sould give it a try.

I couldn't find any flaws in your paint. Where are they?

[skline]

Forgot to paint the inside of the roll bar. I did the same thing. Its a PITA do go back after.

[Trekkor]

You forgot to cover your tires and wheels... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif)

KT

( we need more pics ) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[morph]

i have made this mistake b4 in painting a 914
you missed the inside of the sail panel.but other wise looks great just tape it off after everything dries and shoot it.
on my first paint job my cat went into the garage and brushed up against the car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) right after i got done with the final coat (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)

[1bad914]

Skline you got it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) I did not realize that I had missed it until three hours after I was done! I was sitting in the car at my son's football practice going over the job in my head and went "Oh Sh#$". Oh well, part of the process.That's one thing, anything you screw up can be fixed when painting a car. This is the third I have done, it is very satisfying, yet very nerve wracking! I get so nervous before I spray that my hands shake, I was still fired up 4 hours after I finished.

For those of you that paint, I tried PPG Omni MBC, it went down well, covered in three coats and was cheap! $66.00 a gallon! All of the basecoat, clear and reducers was less than $180.00, I paid more than that for 3 quarts of Dupont Chromabase by itself. We'll see how it lasts.

[jasons]

Yeah thats a hard spot to get to also. You almost need to shoot it before you do anything else. Otherwise it is easy to drag the hose in the paint. You basically have to point the gun at yourself. I did mine the lazy way with the front and rear windshields in the car. But this car was practice and learning anyway.

BTW I used the PPG Omni MBC also....


(IMG:http://www.members.cox.net/jasons7/paint/afterpaint1.JPG)

[1bad914]

Hey Jason, at least you tried it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Looks great! I encourage anyone contemplating painting their own car to go for it. You will be proud of yourself when done!! Take a loose Beetle fender, bang a dent in it, fix the dent, spray the primer, prep it and paint it. That method of practice takes the scary oh shi$% factor away. Do it!

[jasons]

Yeah, I went to Earl Scheib and acquired some free old hoods for practice. I now use one of the hoods to dial in my gun and do test shoots. Ironically, one I got was carbon fiber and nothing wrong with it. It fits some kind of Honda, not sure what. I may use it to try a custom graphic, then just hang it in the garage.

[1bad914]

Another pic, I pulled it out into the sun today, it looked totally different. I'll take a pic of that tomorrow.

[rick 918-S]

Yellow is faster (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif)

[thomasotten]

That method of practice takes the scary oh shi$% factor away. Do it!

Well it may give you some confidence, but I find that every time I start shooting, a bit of anxiety comes over me. I used to fly radio control airplaines, and it is kinda like when you actually take something that took you hours to build and throw it into the air for the first time. I am glad I live in the age of base coat / clear coat. Nice to be able to fix screw ups.

[Ctrout]

Looks like you got the garage sealed up pretty well with plastic. How were you able to breathe? SCBA? What method of ventilation did you use and did the neighbors complain about the smell to EPA?

[redshift]

Painting (my) car (myself) is some of the most gratifying work I have ever done.

You have obviously never killed someone else's screaming child with your bare hands on an international flight.

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


M

[Andyrew]

NO WAY!!

SCHWEEEEET! Ive always wanted to do that miles...But then again, I get the "away from baby" seat for an extra 10 dollars when I fly....



Nice job of painting!!! I cant wait till I get a single color on my car...

[Mr.C]

Looks good! I painted my baja bug last weekend in a friends dirt drive way. Guess what I used. I bought a gallon of Rustoleum and a gallon of Acetone! I figured it was going to get beat running through brush anyways so who cares as long as it is one color. It actually turned out pretty good.

[1bad914]

Thomas, I lived in SA for ten years, I flew R/C at Brooks Field all the time, you're right, it is the same feeling, I call it "getting the shaky knees". I talked to a guy last night that paints custom choppers, he said he still get's the shaky knees everytime he paints.

Ctrout, I have a four car garage, I take the end stall and completely enclose it in 3-4 mil plastic from ceiling to floor, then I put a 24 inch by 24 inch filter in the plastic at the front. I then open the garage door enough to put a box fan under it and fill in the sides with plastic. It is not completely air tight, but I have very few if any problems with dust in my clear. The rule of thumb is the paint room should be clear of all overspry in 5 minutes or less. You want just a little negative air pressure. I then pull the car out and blow everything off, then bring the car back in and do the final cleaning and prep, wet the floor and spray away. Since I only paint a car once a year, I can't justify the cost of a fresh air system, I use 3m disposable masks, they block the dangerous isocyanates enough for the limited exposure. There has been a lot of research on this, the fresh air system is the best, but is more geared toward production shop, guys like me can use a mask, I do also wear a suit and goggles. Iso cyantes are mainly acummulative, they are oderless and never leave your kidneys. I wear the mask from the time I open the paint can until I walk out of the garage.