First time painting... Used my buddies car as a ginnie pig
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First time painting... Used my buddies car as a ginnie pig
Well I;ve been reading up a little bit on painting. It came out pretty decent.. The only bad thing about this paint job was the dusk inside the garage, but the overall finish I thought was actually pretty good. The paint supply itself was pretty cheap, as well as the labor, everything was done for less than 500 bucks.
Paint and Clear was Sherwin-Williams, pretty decent stuff..
Well let me know what you think..
The Rims have to go
After about 6 hours of cutting and buffing..
Color is BMW Steel Grey.. If anyone is trying to color match please dont use the bottom line Sherwin-Williams, b/c the color is so off. But for the overall finish it isnt bad..
Paint and Clear was Sherwin-Williams, pretty decent stuff..
Well let me know what you think..
The Rims have to go
After about 6 hours of cutting and buffing..
Color is BMW Steel Grey.. If anyone is trying to color match please dont use the bottom line Sherwin-Williams, b/c the color is so off. But for the overall finish it isnt bad..
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Re: (deejaycherub)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deejaycherub »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">6 hours of cutting and buffing? hopefully it still has enough clear left to protect the base coat for a while hehehe... looks great though...</TD></TR></TABLE>
Im hoping also, it just took so long since there was so much trash in the clear coat, I really have to cut down on the amount of dusk inside the garage.
Also something that concerns me is the clear coat by sherwin-wiiliams, compared to the Chroma Clear by Dupont its like night and day. The Chroma Clear is worth evey penny. But I guess the old saying is right. You get what you pay for..
Im hoping also, it just took so long since there was so much trash in the clear coat, I really have to cut down on the amount of dusk inside the garage.
Also something that concerns me is the clear coat by sherwin-wiiliams, compared to the Chroma Clear by Dupont its like night and day. The Chroma Clear is worth evey penny. But I guess the old saying is right. You get what you pay for..
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MarkZeroNine »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks good. just curious, what's "cutting"?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Cutting is mostly to take out the roughness of the clear, You use a real fine pad, I used a 1500 but I've known people to go as low as 800, its all up to you. I choose a 1500 b/c its my first time doing it and I didnt wanna sand down to the paint.
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Cutting is mostly to take out the roughness of the clear, You use a real fine pad, I used a 1500 but I've known people to go as low as 800, its all up to you. I choose a 1500 b/c its my first time doing it and I didnt wanna sand down to the paint.
Door Jams
