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White Comet Progress -12 Coats! [Re: Mercurymarc] #38594
01/19/09 11:47 PM 01/19/09 11:47 PM
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I just finished the 12th coat of thinned rustoleum and put back enough parts on the car to drive it on the street while I wait several weeks before buffing. I could have stopped at 8 coats (for coverage of white over white primer over blue base) but I put on 4 more coats because I am a novice and wanted to give myself some "insurance" as a first time buffer! Looks much better than the original paint for sure...




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Marc's White Comet

Thanks for all the help so far!

Marc in SF
63 Blue Comet 260 Sedan- White w/blue stripes
Done using the "$50 Paint Job" method!
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01/26/09 03:18 AM 01/26/09 03:18 AM

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I'm now starting with my paintjob.
I'am ready with the 2nd coat on the roof, trunk and hood.

I'm doing the whole job in my garagebox where is also a lot of dust... LOT of dust.

After i'm wetsanding the 1st coat, the dust is gone,
but when i'm doing the second the coat, the dust is back

How can I let disapear the dust during the dry process?
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01/26/09 10:24 AM 01/26/09 10:24 AM
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Unfortunately, unless you paint in a booth you are going to have some dust in it. This is part of the beauty of this method, you wet sand the junk out of the paint.
Re:dust [Re: v8mirage] #38597
01/26/09 10:52 AM 01/26/09 10:52 AM
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What I did when I did mine in the driveway was to wet the driveway & surrounding area down just before I started to paint. Really helped..
Re: Fixing up the new Toy #38598
03/05/09 08:29 PM 03/05/09 08:29 PM

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Question for those of you who have seen Brightside dark blue and flag blue...

I want to paint my 65 mustang blue with white shelby stripes... and would like the blue to be the color of the following car. Which blue is closer?

[image]http://picasaweb.google.com/jl2odotcom/CarShows#5309864835040468370[/image]
Re: I'm speechless #38599
03/07/09 05:52 AM 03/07/09 05:52 AM
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Quote:

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This guy is a HOOT! He claims that the $50 paint job is a myth, but that you can get professional results for just a bit more by simply buying his DVD... borrowing a compressor... and a paint gun... and a garage.

He even links you to a site where a guy got amazing results with rolled Rustoleum to prove that rolled Rustoleum doesn't work... Huh?

http://www.easypaintyourcar.com/CarPainting/fiftydollarmyth.html



oh my god thats friggin hilarious

I went to the link on his web site and it took me to one of my favorite paint jobs on a guys corvair

a car is never "done"
Re: Fixing up the new Toy #38600
03/07/09 08:36 AM 03/07/09 08:36 AM
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Quote:

Question for those of you who have seen Brightside dark blue and flag blue...

I want to paint my 65 mustang blue with white shelby stripes... and would like the blue to be the color of the following car. Which blue is closer?

[image]http://picasaweb.google.com/jl2odotcom/CarShows#5309864835040468370[/image]



Go with the Flag Blue... it is a more dark blue... almost edging to the black side. But when it is applied to the car and catching the sunlight it will give off roughly the same color as that Mustang in the pic.
Painting with Pearl [Re: Marq] #38601
03/08/09 05:19 PM 03/08/09 05:19 PM

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While watching the Nascar race I was surfing the web and came across this post from a home theater forum. They were discussing painting a projector screen with pearl paint and this statement caught my eye:

"..One trick to rolling any Pearl/Metallic paint is to BEVEL THE NAP at both ends of your roller..... the final 1 inch is enough to bevel.... so as to reduce/eliminate...... the edge/line .....the bevel will help feather out the edge that normal rollers leave with this kind of paint.
[PS I undestand beveled roller tubes are available commercially but may be hard to find.]

Now to search for a double beveled foam roller.

Painting with Pearl
Semi-gloss Rustoleum Sprayed. [Re: Marq] #38602
03/09/09 09:47 AM 03/09/09 09:47 AM
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Hey Everyone. Tried searching and that didnt work. Unfortunately I dont have time to search all pages of this paint thread.

I need help with my semi-gloss paint. I tried rolling Rustoleum Semi-gloss and got lots of roller marks. So I switched to painting with my HVLP gun. Im gettting these tiger striped streaks in it when it is dried. I tried more mineral spirits, less spirits, More paint, less paint.. The streaks only show up on the flat surfaces- Hood, roof, trunk, tops of fenders.

I put the last layer on really thick on the roof and hood and it didnt help.

The rest of the car looks freaking AWESOME but if I cant get these streaks to go away, Im going to switch to a gloss job where I can polish them out. I really dont want to do that.

Can anyone give me suggestions so I can get the car to look uniform.

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Hole... [Re: Radio Joe] #38603
03/10/09 06:58 PM 03/10/09 06:58 PM

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Guys I've got a moderately big hole ( Cause of rust ) What is the best way to go for fixing such a thing? Bondo wont hold I guess
Re: Hole... #38604
03/11/09 02:33 AM 03/11/09 02:33 AM
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I suppose the cheapest way would be a fiberglass patch. At least thats what I read in an old paint and body book. but thats just my

a car is never "done"
Re: Hole... #38605
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Guys I've got a moderately big hole ( Cause of rust ) What is the best way to go for fixing such a thing? Bondo wont hold I guess




Best way is cut it out and weld in a new patch. I know a few here have done it and used a glue of some type to glue the patch in instead of welding.

Brew
Re: Hole... [Re: tsbrewers] #38606
03/11/09 11:05 AM 03/11/09 11:05 AM

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To patch without welding you can use either Lord Lord Metal Bonding Adhesive or 3M's Panel Adhesive

These are only to be used in non-structural components.
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I cut the bottom of my door skin off flanged it and used 3M panel adhesive plus a punch of cleco's and spring clamps worked great.
Re: Weather Question #38608
03/13/09 03:06 AM 03/13/09 03:06 AM

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1 side is ready





Now working on the other side..
I thinned my paint TO thin I guess..
When I applied it on my car (door), it was dripping down

I don't used much paint on the roller,
do you also think it was tot thin??
Re: Weather Question #38609
03/13/09 09:30 PM 03/13/09 09:30 PM
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Now working on the other side..
I thinned my paint TO thin I guess..
When I applied it on my car (door), it was dripping down

I don't used much paint on the roller,
do you also think it was tot thin??





The results would indicate that you must be on the right track with your mixture and your patience... it looks great.

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Re: Weather Question [Re: Marq] #38610
03/14/09 03:40 AM 03/14/09 03:40 AM
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dude that is absolutly fantastic,

I really really hope mine turns out as good as yours

a car is never "done"
Re: Hole... [Re: 69DartGT] #38611
03/15/09 03:30 AM 03/15/09 03:30 AM
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Like 69Dart, I used 3M Panel Bond material for several holes and it worked great:
See my description at:

White Comet Project

Good luck!

Marc in SF
63 Blue Comet 260 Sedan- White w/blue stripes
Done using the "$50 Paint Job" method!
Re: Hole... [Re: Mercurymarc] #38612
03/16/09 03:10 AM 03/16/09 03:10 AM
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hey Marq, this is Horace the hate bug





it was the original number two from the movie,he showed up at the 40th Herbie aneversary, I even got to sit in him, lol.



heres some of the cars that showed up


heres my bug


and for you mopar guys heres what I spoted on the way


a car is never "done"
Re: Fixing up the new Toy [Re: Marq] #38613
03/17/09 03:23 AM 03/17/09 03:23 AM

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Marq,

I'm almost ready with the car..
The dust that is now on the paint on the car,
how can this be removed??? polishing??
or wetsanding with p2000??
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