The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster
Trunk is done. Truth be told, I was not totally happy with the first coat from yesterday so this afternoon I wet sanded with 1,200 then 2,000 grit and re-sprayed. It was the right thing to do, coverage was much better this time and the color is truer. It's likely hard to tell but it's definitely more red-orange like it's supposed to be rather than straight orange. A lot less orange peel this time too.
The paint data sheet said to have the air pressure between 40-70 psi for this particular paint which I thought was rather high but OK, I did as advised. I chose 50 psi but that was way too high. Dialed it down to 30 and it was much better. Adjusted the spray pattern too and the paint laid down much nicer this time. Maybe I'm actually learning stuff!
Not sure if I'm going to wet sand this coat since that ultimately involves buffing. I don't have a buffing wheel or compound so that's another trip to the store and another expense. Not sure I need to do it in the trunk anyway.
More to come.
Trunk is done. Truth be told, I was not totally happy with the first coat from yesterday so this afternoon I wet sanded with 1,200 then 2,000 grit and re-sprayed. It was the right thing to do, coverage was much better this time and the color is truer. It's likely hard to tell but it's definitely more red-orange like it's supposed to be rather than straight orange. A lot less orange peel this time too.
The paint data sheet said to have the air pressure between 40-70 psi for this particular paint which I thought was rather high but OK, I did as advised. I chose 50 psi but that was way too high. Dialed it down to 30 and it was much better. Adjusted the spray pattern too and the paint laid down much nicer this time. Maybe I'm actually learning stuff!
Not sure if I'm going to wet sand this coat since that ultimately involves buffing. I don't have a buffing wheel or compound so that's another trip to the store and another expense. Not sure I need to do it in the trunk anyway.
More to come.
