my adventures in painting the car thread, DONE! Some final thoughts... |
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
my adventures in painting the car thread, DONE! Some final thoughts... |
914 RZ-1 |
Jul 11 2018, 09:55 PM
Post
#1
|
Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
So I painted my car. Got some orange peel, thought I'd see if anyone had ideas for getting rid of/minimizing it.
After painting: After sanding with 1000 grit. The lighter areas are where I sanded, the darker areas are the lower points of the orange peel: Option 1: I'm thinking I need to go to 800 grit, then 1000, 1500, 2000, then polish. Before I do I thought I'd see if anyone else thinks this is a good idea based on what they may have done. Option 2: I can re-paint it. I'm thinking I will sand with 400 grit to rough up the surface and then re-spray. Option 3: I can polish it more, but the orange peel is still noticeable on the smaller pieces I've tried. I used a Torq X polisher, white pad, Chemical Guys V32 polish. I thought it might get smoother as I polished it with finer and finer pads/compounds, but I don't want to burn thru the paint. I put 3 coats of paint on. |
bbrock |
Jul 25 2018, 06:53 PM
Post
#2
|
914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
That right there is why I live in the boonies, but even 20 acres doesn't make you immune. I have a neighbor who repairs and restores cars (was working on a Model T last time I was over there). A couple years ago, another neighbor who lives at least a mile away got a bur up his ass about all the junk cars on my neighbor's lot. He did have a lot of them, but the only way you could tell was by looking on Google Earth, or climbing to the very top of my property which looks down on his. So said neighbor starts emailing around trying to convince all everyone in the area that the junk cars will illegal and encouraging everyone to file a complaint. Then he threw in that because the guy had a restoration shop, that he must be dumping paint and other chemicals into the creek behind his shop. Ridiculous. I'm the only one with a view of his shop and never saw such a thing. Plus, the guy is a bit of an environmentalist. As for the junk cars, I looked up the rules and despite him having about 40 cars on his lot, he was in full compliance with the law (which mainly just states they can't be near a stream or visible from a public road. He was in the process of getting rid of most of them anyway. However, my single 914 that had been rotting in clear view of the road was definitely in violation! Anyway, despite protests from all of the neighbors who live nearby, enough complaints were made that the DEQ sent a guy out. He found no violations and the whole thing died down. But boy what a way to sour neighbor relations!
I'm glad you got squared away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 2nd May 2024 - 07:11 AM |
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002 |
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community! We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ... |