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If you do blast it dont spray right over the part without sanding it first. The profile the blasting leaves isn’t great for painting directly over. Take some P120 and hit it or if going directly to paint I would P80 then P180-P220 them and wet on wet.
I would want a lot more of a tooth in it than P600. You can seal and paint over P180 scratches in bare metal.
I looked up the new spies base and it looks identical to Cromax Pro.
Hope the color match is better than Cromax
Man Ding that is really coming along. Looks like it will be a hell of a home once your done. I like the kitchen and plumbing job. :cheers
Get some good beer though, jeez!
[quote=”Ben” post=16865][quote=”bondomerchant” post=16860]funny ben ya goober:lol1 :lol1 :lol1 :lol1[/quote]
Well, I’m just wondering what would happen if your avatars were to mate…[/quote]
They did mate, that’s where Jack’s Auto was born.
Looks good man! I always kinda liked getting a strange job like that in and being able to match it.
Cool pics Bondo! 😉
Kinda depends on where you are located to be honest. Most of the time the spray booth manufactuer doesn’t do any service or even involved. Usually companies that sell and install paint booths get a designated area to cover. That is who you willl be mainly dealing with.
The guy that installed and services ours is very helpful and does a good job. Whatever booth he is selling and installing is the one I would buy unless I didn’t want that particular brand. See who is local to you first and go from there.
For the money I think Spraytech is hard to beat.
I use a Blowtherm with Junair QUADS at work. I am happy with it.. Easy to maintain, seems to be a real workhorse. I wish it had a little more airflow but nothing bad. Bad news is this booth isn’t made anymore. Global bought Blowtherm and the booth is now made in Mexico and have heard the quality is just not there.
A few booths to look at are USI Italia, Junair, and if in North America look at Spraytech. All very nice.
I have some experience with Garmat. The ones I have used have been ok. Seemed to break somewhat often. They were all older models though. They pulled air very well and I liked using them.
To be honest I really don’t like the idea of putting poly over sanded paint. I don’t like putting polyester glaze over paint either.
The way I would do it would depend on what you want out of the car. If you love the car, plan on keeping for a long time and want a top notch job I would take it to metal and use poly if needed. If you like the car and want a good looking job that you are going to sell it a few years down the road I would use your existing finish. Block what you have and put a good 2 pack primer on it. Block and reprime any areas that need it. Sand and paint.
Where in Indiana are you at? i am in Louisville KY.
Get certified through the paint manufacture you use. It will count towards I-CAR points. I am I-CAR gold class by attending different courses at Sikkens and Dupont’s training centers.
Looks good nex! Looks like the color match was good too.:cheers
[quote=”93foxcoupe” post=16552]gariots garage makes a 3 inch electrical buffer but its extremely weak, but im guessing i can just mount a 3 inch 5/8 back pad onto my dewalt right?[/quote]
the Groits 3 inch is a random orbital polisher. It is not meant to remove sanding scratches at all.
A 3 inch pad on a big polisher isn’t hard to handle at all. I do it all the time. Meguiars sells one and the pads to go with it. I actually don’t really like bigger pads. I do alot of buffing with 3,4, and 5 inch pads.
Here is the backing plate [url=http://www.properautocare.com/w63.html]here[/url]
Here are some pads [url=http://www.properautocare.com/w4003.html]here[/url] and [url=http://www.properautocare.com/me2miglsobu4.html]here[/url]If you were wanting to dedicate a buffer specifically for this they make compact lightweight electric buffers like
[url=http://www.properautocare.com/pe142150.html]this[/url]
[url=http://www.autowerkesexclusive.com/products/Polish-Accessories/Flex-L3403VRG-Lightweight-Rotary-Polisher/index.html]this[/url]
[url=http://www.autogeek.net/metabo-circular-polisher.html]this[/url]The 3 inch pistol grip air buffers lack enough torque to do much polishing. Dynabrade makes one that I have seen Jim C recommend but it is expensive. The compact electric is actually cheaper but the dynabrade would be easier to handle.
Cool vids Lild. That truck didn’t look fun at all, but looks like you did a nice job on it. :cheers