Buccaneer Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Well, I finally finished the painting on my 82 on Sunday. It turned out pretty good and I love my new IWATA gun, it sprays really really nice! Here's a couple of pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie44 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Very nice! You can definitely be proud of that one and know that you did it yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenC4 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Wow, that looks REALLY nice! Did you do that in your garage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Saaaaweeeeeeet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChadC Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 wow that looks great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest azz061 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 looks nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Y Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 great job, Tom. How much will you charge to do mine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Looking very good. Going to move this to the Corvette General section though...where it belongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1EVLC7 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Looks Bitchn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P51tj Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Luv the color..nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anmracing2 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 DAAAAAAAAANG!!!!!!!! That looks awesome!!!! Great job! Can't wait to see it in person!!!!Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Poppa Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 MMMMMMM..... Chineee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blk n Blu Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Wow, that looks REALLY nice! Did you do that in your garage? Tom if you did paint in the garage, how did you vent & dust control? Pictures look like you did a fantastic job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Thanks all for the comments. Yep, I did it in the garage and dirt becomes a real issue and I tried to keep it down as much as possible and prepped the garage the night before. While spraying the CC, a 15mph gust of wind came up and I almost $hit a Twinkie and knew coloring sanding was going to happen after the fact no matter what. I also used two box fans sucking the air out of the garage while I sprayed and made sure none of the neighbors cars were out just to be safe. I also covered everything in my garage as much as possible, it's always a huge job to paint in a garage IMO. I wanted to use a paint booth, but changed my mind at the last minute. I used an IWATA LPH400 gun and the overspray is fairly low, it is comparable to the SATA 3000 digital, but IMO is actually better and sprays with only 16psi to get 10 at the cap. However, I did spray both BC/CC at 18-20psi at the gun. The gun sprays really nice and I love it. I have two different caps, one for BC and the other for CC, the nozzle is a 1.4.The car won't be done for another month or two because of the complete interior replacement and putting the car back together, replacing all the new stuff like the weather stripping and a few other things. I also had the windshield replaced which was the original last week. I'm in no hurry anyway at this point...its been a few years to get here, why hurry now. LOL I do have a couple issues I have to take care of on the paint, when I was de-papering the car the last thing I took off was the rear tail light paper. I was tired as hell and it was late, I went to get up from the floor and bumped into the rear corner on the tail piece with my leg...I rubbed right through the CC, damn was I happy about that. It’s only a small issue, but its just more work to add to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F22trainer Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I was pretty sure you'd like that Iwata - the HVLP technology is great!Looks really great Tom and I'm glad to see her shine. Believe me I know what you went through to paint in the garage. I think unless you use a booth with heaters, that it's impossible to not get something in the paint - whether it's part of you or the atmosphere - something is going to land on it before it drys...no way 'round it....never did put on those fancy header bolts! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bromley's Corvettes Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Looks great I love that color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anmracing Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hey Tom, that looks great! I can't believe how well the color shows up in the pics-so much better than the original stuff. So, where does the line start for paint jobs? M~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 WOW....WOW AND WOW!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 great job, Tom. How much will you charge to do mine?Thanks Ted, but I'm not a professional painter. I'll leave that to the crew at Joe's place. I do ok and on my car it works out good. I made a couple mistakes that I can take of, but when you do other peoples cars and make a mistake, they get freaked out and its happened before so I don't do others cars anymore. Anyone that has ever done this type of stuff knows it is a TON of work and takes a LOT of time, thats why its taken me so long...LOL. Hopefully everything will be back together in a couple of months and then I can show it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desertdawg Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Bitchin Tom, looks fantastic !!!!!! I can't wait to see it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Pedal Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 LOVE the color. Can't wait to see it in person and in the sun. It reminds me of my 50th vert. Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 great job, Tom. How much will you charge to do mine?Thanks Ted, but I'm not a professional painter. I'll leave that to the crew at Joe's place. I do ok and on my car it works out good. I made a couple mistakes that I can take of, but when you do other peoples cars and make a mistake, they get freaked out and its happened before so I don't do others cars anymore. Anyone that has ever done this type of stuff knows it is a TON of work and takes a LOT of time, thats why its taken me so long...LOL. Hopefully everything will be back together in a couple of months and then I can show it off. Having grown up working in a body shop....yeah......a lot work...and no matter how much work you do....if the paint doesn't go on right....well..... been there............that's why there were two extra WOW's when I saw the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Y Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Yeah, Tom. My question was tongue in cheek. I can understand not wanting to do other's cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccaneer Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 Yeah, Tom. My question was tongue in cheek. I can understand not wanting to do other's cars.LOL, No harm no foul. Just thought you might be serious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbin Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 man thats beautiful, props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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