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All OEM covers used to have to be baked. I know some have changed their methods and no longer need to be baked. I know Toyotas are this way.
Don’t see hardly any raw A/M covers. I think I have seen 1 or 2. There would be no need to bake one with primer on it.
I know if I had to bake a bumper in the booth for 4 hours the cost of gas would far outweigh the the savings on price.
fenders are smc or plastic, can’t remember which. I think smc.
If memory serves me correct I think the belt moldings are screwed in. You just have to pull the window if so.
Beautiful job! 😉
If your getting striping you need to check a few things. Whats your spray pattern look like? How much overlap do you use?
I like to use around a 75% overlap and I never have striping issues. Also I don’t know what brand of base your using, but if it is a polyester base they need to be sprayed a little wet.
If your gun is dirty or damaged and your spray pattern is distorted that will cause it also.
Nice job! What clear did you use on that?
Cool pics Dag! I can’t believe they got that done in a day! :blink:
Hell of a nice job Barry!
There is a glue that you spread with a trowel. If the carpet gets old just pull up, retrowel, and lay more down.
I cleaned the floor of dust but left the layer of overspray on so if I ever wanted to get the glue up it would come off easier.
[b]nick@dunsdale wrote:[/b]
[quote][b]ryanbrown999 wrote:[/b]
[quote]They work really well Nick. You can cut temp and time of bake back and the car comes out harder.I have heard the Jun-Air booths with the Quads are something else. I am in a 13 year old Blowtherm, but it still works great.
Have you ever heard of using indoor/outdoor carpet on the floor over there Nick? It helps keep alot of dust down, which is very important with the quads[/quote]
Carpet you have me intrigued lol do you mean carpeting the booth floor, tell me more[/quote]
Yes sir you are correct. I have indoor/outdoor carpet on the floor. It won’t mold and can take water so when I pressure wash the booth walls for a new booth coat I will hit the carpet real quick and shop vac it.
In the mornings I will run over it with a household vacuum(hoover) to pick up the dust from overspray. Since it is indoor/outdoor it is very tightly woven and does not frey or come apart. It costs about $100 to do a booth and will easily last a few years.
It is also easier on the feet and knees. It is grey in color so the overspray doesn’t discolor it.
Thanks for the heads up!
Looks nice. Good to hear it worked out for ya.
[b]dturcotte wrote:[/b]
[quote]I agree with Ryan 100% on a nice hot day with low humidity water is the cats meow. The nice thing about solvent was whether it was hot or cold it still dried relatively the same unless you used the wrong reducer. I would never go back to solvent personally :woohoo:[/quote]I have to agree with you, I would never go back to solvent either.
They work really well Nick. You can cut temp and time of bake back and the car comes out harder.
I have heard the Jun-Air booths with the Quads are something else. I am in a 13 year old Blowtherm, but it still works great.
Have you ever heard of using indoor/outdoor carpet on the floor over there Nick? It helps keep alot of dust down, which is very important with the quads
Some days solvent was faster others not. Depends on the weather somewhat for me.
It is 86 degrees with 28% humidity this afternoon. I had to base and blend within a fender, door, and extended cab corner on a truck with a heavy gold metallic. From the start of basing till my control coat was done was 8 minutes. Solvent would not have been that fast for me. Our booth is equipped with QUADS though which makes a huge difference.
Never used that clear but I would not recommend spraying in the sun in warm weather. Like Ding said metal temp can get pretty hot.