First paint job in progress......

[juic3d]

Looks damm good
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[Baba Ganoush]

how much paint did you end up using?

1 gallon of primer, 1 gallon of base white, and almost a gallon of clear. Of course those amounts double when mixed, so one gallon mixed will spray two. I also had a learning curve so I wasted a ton of material, especially clear coat, on test sprays or when I mixed too much for a coat.

Looks damm good
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Appriciate it!




It might be up for sale soon, if I can part with it.

[Jimbo]

Damn! I missed out on more beer money! I should've checked this thread earlier.



Thanks! I just finished building a '66. It took about a year and boy it was an experience.

I had some practice with clear coat. Well, on small parts to get the gist of it. It's definitely a skill to lay it down error free the first time. I had bad runs on one panel that I spent hours smoothing out, but other than that I got lucky.



Thank you sir.

Oh man its messy work. That is the biggest problem. I will be fresh out of projects here shortly though. I'm feeling the itch to find another one already.

I have no doubt about the mess. When I was 14, I worked in a paint and body shop. I remember the neverending amount of overspray and dust that would attach itself to me. facemasks were not common there and I remember having to clean paint out of my nose everynight, lol.

[fgrfhrheyh]

Hey, I really appreciate the step-by-step. Very nice and obviously you're talented. It may not be a $1,000 paint job result, but certainly you made it yours.

With 4-5 coats, do you have areas where the masked color is "higher" than the rest? Ridges (to speak) along the masked lines? On a normal paint, wouldn't that be sanded a bit?

[Baba Ganoush]

No ridges, I blocked this thing to perfection.....almost. The clear coat still has some rough spots I might try and iron out. I just had to move on to other projects.



***This car will be up for sale soon on here.***

[Lone Sailor]

No ridges, I blocked this thing to perfection.....almost. The clear coat still has some rough spots I might try and iron out. I just had to move on to other projects.



***This car will be up for sale soon on here.***

How much?