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Sanding tip: put masking tape on the edges and ridges of panels before sanding them. Saves much grief.
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Bob D, Gotta tell ya, loved your website. Seeing all the work you put into that old truck is inspirational. My hat's off to ya. You almost had me wanting one too, until you reminded me of the 9 mpg! LOL
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I sprayed my speedster black today. I used duplicolor in the gallon can. It isn't rustoleum but is almost as cheap at $33 a gallon. It went on really nice with minimal orange peel. I could live with the slight orange peel in places but I did get some runs that I am going to have to color sand and buff. This was my first real paint job and was surprised how well it came out. The gloss and reflection is unreal. I used the hardener and recommend it if you spray but make sure you wear appropriate protection. I will try to post some pics tomorrow. Thanks charger for the advice. Scott
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Brightside gurus, what am I doing wrong here? I thinned out the paint at roughly 10%. This was the first coat. Basicall I'm getting tons of orange peal...perhaps it was just way too think of a coat? I also tried marq's trick of running a spirts soaked roller over it, but it didn't seem to help much pic 1 pic 2 pic 3
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ok, tried the first 2 coats on a fender piece i had laying around. cleaned it, cut the rustoleum with mineral spirits, 50-50, rolled on, let stand for 15 min, then rolled it again to get off the bubbles...did the blowing on it trick (yea yea yea) let it dry. An hour later, put on second coat. Stopped there. It sat for about 6 hours and it wont rub off or scratch off with finger nail. Tomorrow, will do the first wet sand and 2 more coats. If it works, i am going to do my 68 camaro this way. I also spoke with a friend who says i should use the marine paint he used on his boat. This guy has painted a couple of hundred cars and says "yeah, you can use a roller, there is no overspray and prep is a lot less"....... here are some pics panel lst coat second coat it has a nice gloss to it, you can see your reflection in the paint. still need to wet sand and then do coats 3-6
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So do you think it was simply my application technique or it wasn't thinned enough? I did have a few runs on it
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If the thread dies due to not being a sticky, then it will be a good death , i thought it would die along time ago.
Every time i look at it i'm amazed and really glad i shared this with all you guys, and the results i'm seeing make it all worth it. This has to be the longest thread i've ever seen on any board, i never thought it would go this far and survive the haters.
Hi all, here is another use for Tremclad and Rustoleum an old body man told me about. Instead of using epoxy primer he has and continues to use Rustoleum primer with automotive enamel reducer to thin it before spraying his work. He now does this before any other work is done, he does it before filler, primer surfacers, top coats etc. He has been doing this for many years, and thinks Tremclad and Rustoleum paints are both great products. He is a professional aircraft painter by trade, he laughs when paint suppliers tell him you can't use "that Rustoleum house paint", on a car. They always tell him it's going to peel off or fall off if you go over it with Automotive enamel or urethane products, of course this is not true, I am not sure about lacquer based products, but I have sprayed rubberized rockerguard coating right over tremclad with no ill effects. I am not sure what rockerguard is based with. Yesterday I was playing with a HVLP gun and Tremclad paint thinned with just mineral spirits, wow did it ever paint nice, and I could not believe the lack of overspray, the gun is a Princess Auto $50.00 special, worked very nice with Tremclad and it's 1.4 tip.......All the best to everyone keep on rollin
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