Mike Murphy
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Ok, I guess I will do a test and we will see. If im wrong I will gladly eat crow. I can get PPG or Dupont. Which would you prefer?
Agreed, but I have to believe dry times are similar. But if will please the court, I would be more than happy to go get a quart of waterbased paint and a quart of solvent based and run a test if this needs to be beat to death. Fact is, water is slower than solvent.
Please explain how its faster?
I believe it was AutoAir if I remember right.
And if it drys so fast, why do you need to put air dryers on it? I dont have to do that with solvents.
What is the aluminum foil for?
By the way I got to use some of the 500 today. Did a rear bumper cover on a Beemer in metallic black. I sprayed the 500 on first. Glad I did too, because you could see a couple little funky spots, like maybe I didnt clean it well enough. Did a second coat and it was fine. Blended the base, and cleared the whole cover of course. Looks good. I like it! Also it made me feel better because the other guy hogged the primer on and I had to hit it first with some 220 dry before I wetsanded it. Wasnt feeling super confident I got all the scratches out. So it made me feel better knowing I was going to fill in any scratches that may have still been there. I sprayed it, let it flash for about 5 min, then sprayed the second coat, let it flash for closer to 10 min, then went to the base.
Oh yeah! The boss loves him. I should have mentioed, as much as I have heard is is good, I have also heard he is a huge asshole. I can see where they say that, but he hasnt been that way to me….yet.
And also I taped the truck off and I know he didnt blend into a bodyline!?? And no aresol blender. He said he was just going to carefully polish it away from where he sprayed and it would be fine. Which it was? Dont ask me how.
And yes, we are hourly. We do restos, and collision work all mixed together. I would like to be able to look and see what kind of times they were supposed to be done in. Although the boss doesnt seem concerned at all with it.
Ive sprayed some. I have used it for some custom work I do.
Im not real sure guys. My boss told me the guy was the best painter he had ever seen. So did the guys down at the jobbers, and a few other guys too. So far I dont see it. What I can see, is that the guy gets things done….and for lack of a better word…right the first time. What I also see is the guy is old school. For instance, I pulled a BMW rear bumper off and it was about 4:30 when I got it off. He had it ground down and repaired with filler, and final sanded before he left at 5. He simply is unreal with bodywork. Never seen it done so fast and so well. But the actual paint seems no more than average to me. And I dont think he knows how to use any components made in the last 10 years. He did the blend on that white truck today and didnt even use any sort of blender. On the color or the clear…. and it is undetectable. But unfortunately, it seems that I am becoming more of his bitch than he is teaching me. So I dont know how long this is going to last. I told him I would do the blend because he was busy with something else, but he made it seem like it was a majic trick to get it right. I dont claim to know much, but I am not new at this. Ive been painting a while. Just never did much collision work. We will see how it plays out.
Because we dont want to wait around all day for water to dry.
Agreed, but for now, its figure it out as you go along. Also hoping this guy can show me a thing or two along the way.
Yes have the alternate decks too. I just didnt have the time to jack with it or do any sprayout cards at the time. I basically started a month behind on work, and have had to just burn these out. On top of that, as you can see, I really dont know what im doing with the collision repair. I was hired in to do the restorations, then the painter quit. So im in there trying to make something of it. Like I have said before, they did hire another guy, and he will likely be doing most of the collision stuff, but the boss man wants me to learn it as well. SO here I am trying to learn how things SHOULD be done before someone else shows me how “they do it”.
I probably shouldnt be, but im gunna anyway! Im crazy like that!
We have a mix bank, but when im slammed and cant get the info I need, I simply call and they come shoot a pic. Works out in the long run.
Cheaper to figure it out here than to screw up a metallic blend and have to do it twice!