hw612
The Mopar Martian.
for someone who has never sprayed a car, how hard would a light color like sublime or hemi orange be to spray? in terms of stripes and stuff, and covering bodywork.
thanks
hec
thanks
hec
Know nothing about it, but from what my body guy has been telling me it is not exactly easy. He has told me that each brand of paint has it's own special needs. When my car gets sprayed it will be getting done by his buddy, who happens to have a complete set of guns. One for sealer, one for the base coat and one for the clear. He has told me that one of the things that helps with the finished product is a second shooting of clear coat. He is going to shoot mine with 5 coats of clear, strip the tape/paper off, wet sand it then retape and spray another 5 coats of clear. Rambled enough, good luck.....
Car is getting sprayed with http://www.matrixsystem.com/ products. He will be using the upper end line of there stuff. Live on a gritty, silty dirt road and he is just using the clear as a bit of extra insurance......as he explained it to me the second batch of clear is what gives the car it's mirror appearance. The guy that will be painting the car used to work here http://www.factorymuscle.net/index.php before retiring so I have little to no doubt about either of there abilities. The guy that will be doing the spraying, from what I have been told, did the restoration on the Hemi Cuda Mule Car......Bear in mind not all clear coat is created equal.
You can buy clear coat that is 75 dollars a gallon and you can buy clear that is 600 dollars a gallon.
10 coats of clear is a whole lotta clear! Hmmm
Solid colors are much more forgiving than metallics.A good prep job and foundation is 99% of a good paint job.If youre going with a sublime green,or hemi orange,its best to use a LIGHT colored foundation,such as a light colored primer,or a tintable sealer to match the color that comes close to the color you are spraying.Trying to cover a black primer or a dark primer or sealer with yellow or sublime is going to require more coats to cover than it will with a light colored foundation.
By the way,all the paint in the world laid down wont cover bad bodywork,it only magnifies it.