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last pic... that's my lil brother in the background
That car don't look bad at all.
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So... what type of latex gloves were they ?
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wow...those are some fine analytical skills you have there
I'm using the cheap medical type latex gloves because I thought mineral spirits dry out your hands. I guess I will man up and go bare hands for the test.
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.. so we borrowed an HVLP spray gun and shot the rest of the paint. We sprayed two coats on the car outside and rolled the car in the garage after we finished spraying. the paint is rustoleum professional Royal blue and gloss white. I polished out the paint with a rotary buffer and a 3M hookit foam pad using the turtle wax polish suggested by 69charger. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but I will add that the color is a lot darker in person than it appears in the pics.
It would be great if you had any 'before' shots to give us an idea of what the car started like... was it simply a uniformly dull original paint job or was the car all primered up etc...
The pics look great... but it is like that television show the swan... where you see the ugly chick transformed into 'the hot chick'... We can see the car turned out 'hot'... and now it would be nice to know where things started from...
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I'm using the cheap medical type latex gloves because I thought mineral spirits dry out your hands. I guess I will man up and go bare hands for the test.
I always use the medical type. I wipe down with laquer thinner though and it eats the gloves up pretty quick. One thing to keep in mind is that most of these gloves come with some type of a powder on them. I always change out my gloves after wipe down and before painting.
It has been a while since I checked in on this tread. I will have to stop by more often. I have been in such a crunch lately trying to make the October show, that I completely forgot about it LOL.
You folks are doing a great job with it. I see so many pictures have been added it is hard to keep track of who is doing which car LOL.
Exit, your machine is looking great. There is no secret to getting great results. Surface prep, and learning how to wet sand and polish. Once you have those down, the results will follow.
For those still wet sanding, I buy my 1000, and 2000 grit at wal mart in the automotive section. It is pre cut to just the right size for the hard rubber sanding blocks. It is 3M imperial wetordry. The number on the 2000 grit pack is 03003NA. I only use a sponge on round surfaces. The hard rubber block is the only way to go on flat surfaces. Also always go in straight lines in a criss cross pattern. Use dishwashing soap in your water. It will help keep the block moving freely. I also keep a spray bottle handy with some soapy water in it as well.
Good Luck folks and keep working on it.
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PLEASE Pray for our brothers and sisters in harms way. If you are the owner of a GTS us at the GTS Registry www.gtsregistry.com
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I have the 'loveliest' Fire Red toe nails in town.
I didn't go for the toenail look, but I had some lovely green sparkle fingernails till about last Tuesday. BTW, did you polish and wax the toenails, or just go with the two coats of Brightside? I do agree with you on the joys of home painting. LOL
On a more serious note, just a few more trim bits and the bumpers to mount, and Godzilla is back to wreaking havoc on Ontario roads
I gave up on water for the wet sanding, I just constantly on the paper. The paint does have some flaws in spots, but I'm out of time for now, and the change is so amazing, I'm just going to leave well enough alone for now. I'll go back over it again, and really smooth things out when I locate some new and improved body parts.
I want to die like my Grampa, peacefully, in his sleep. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.
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hi all from australia
i had to join up after seeing you guys produce some AMAZING stuff on a helluva budget.
im sold. although, i want to paint my car (Holden HG Premier) satin black, and depending how thrilled i am afterwards, i might think about adding some gloss black flames or stripes or something.
so i was wondering, is it worth getting the tremclad (tremco over here) in matte/satin black and using the roller technique, or doing something else?
also, if i were to add some form of gloss black ornament later one, could i just lay a coat of gloss straight over the satin, or whould i have to rough it up a bit first?
again, GREAT STUFF from all you guys, and charger for giving us budget-stricken guys this valuable info, and exit for being so patient with his experiments. keep it up!
p.s. 71 pages is alot of reading.
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Man! Glad you didn't end up with Tar Heel blue!
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hi all from australia
im sold. although, i want to paint my car (Holden HG Premier) satin black, and depending how thrilled i am afterwards, i might think about adding some gloss black flames or stripes or something.
I will give the answer for the Brightside marine paint.... Interlux ( the company that sells / makes Brightside ) also sells an 'additive' that can be added to any of the 'glossy-shiny' paints to make them 'flat and satin like'.
Since Interlux is a global company - you would be able to hunt down the Brightside marine polyurathane paints somewhere near you in Australia.
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I agree, it would have been great if I had felt like taking progress shots along the way but really my attempt at this is pretty much par for the course as far as results. I do have two decent shots of the car before we started painting.
I will say that taping the car to spray this paint is more time consuming than the roller, but I gave both techniques a shot and ill have to say that though the roller produces an equal finish, my time is pretty valuable and I will probably spray the paint and only have to wetsand once. When I paint my mother's Neon this winter I'll be sure to take more pictures and keep you guys posted.
Feel free to ask any questions about the process as I have learned a few "what not to do tips" about painting this way.
Anyway here is a before shot.
Cheers, Trent
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It would be great if you had any 'before' shots to give us an idea of what the car started like... was it simply a uniformly dull original paint job or was the car all primered up etc...
The car was like most of the Camaros in our area. Dull paint, faded basecoat, cracked clear coat, painted twice, dents, dings, cracked bumpers (I love plastic cars).
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The pics look great... but it is like that television show the swan... where you see the ugly chick transformed into 'the hot chick'... We can see the car turned out 'hot'... and now it would be nice to know where things started from...
This is a head on shot of the ugly chick before the new paint unfortunatly I only have these two before pics. She was a whole lot prettier than my first ride (an 83 escort wagon).
Happy rolling (Or spraying), Trent
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progress on mine.
first two coats on and dry. Very hard paint, can't even scratch it. Will wetsand tomorrow night
this pic is after the first coat
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close up at trunklid
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seccond coat, applied and dry
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If you want to paint your car satin black then you could also use Tremco Metal Armour Gloss Black, and leave it out in the rain for a few weeks to get the 'satin' appearance..... From this to this, just add rain....
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Steve (Aussie-MX5), Have you tried re-buffing? I'm curious to know why the paint went flat on you in such a short period of time? I've had my Rustoleum painted mower out in the rain and sun for about 3 months already and other than looking like it needs a bath, the paint finish looks fine.
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Well this is my first post. After buying a 2006 Charger R/T with R/T package, I saw this thread. Great timing since I am restoring a 1970 Porsche and don't want to spend the $$$ on a .... yada yada yada... I have smoothed out and primed the car; now ready for rollin. I have purchased Blue Marine 1 Part Poly urethane in Black online. One gallon with one quart of brushing liquid/solvent delivered to my door for $80 total-not bad. has the same qualities as the Brightside. see it here: Blue Water Marine Ordered the rollers and handles from here: Ebay Item: 130006642627 Roller frame plus 10 foam rollers for 9 bucks-beat that! My plan is to do the first coat with 5% thinned this weekend and let it sit for a week. Then block wetsand with 400, then with 800. Do coat 2 at 5% thinned, wetsand with 1000, coat 3 full strength, wetsand with 1500, 2000, 3000 Then polish. Hope it all works out. Thanks to all here for the research, time and dedication for us CSOBs!
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here's a dumb question. i guess i should've thought of asking this before reading the thread for like 4 hours lol. um....my car is metal i think. can you only use the marine and rust/trem stuff on fiberglass??? i have a 1990 honda accord that i'd like to do myself now, preferabbly with the marine paint. thanks guys.
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