V50 Guzzi re-paint ie: Therapy

[Buffalo Bill]

Hey Larry, do you sometimes use an airbrush?

[Nessism]

I know just what you mean. I spent half my life in a single car garage with makeshift heat and lighting with a box fan sucking out more heat then over spray. The down draft in this booth removes all over spray in literally seconds and maintains a constant 80 degrees at the same time. So amazing.

Back when I worked at an auto processing center we had a top of the line downdraft booth and full PPG mixing station. Such a luxury! The heating system was amazing; turn it on and an hour later the paint is dry enough for sanding or polishing.

This is (was) my current paint curing oven (yes, there is a story behind it...)

IMG_1348 by nessism, on Flickr

[Buffalo Bill]

Back when I worked at an auto processing center we had a top of the line downdraft booth and full PPG mixing station. Such a luxury! The heating system was amazing; turn it on and an hour later the paint is dry enough for sanding or polishing.

This is (was) my current paint curing oven (yes, there is a story behind it...)

IMG_1348 by nessism, on Flickr

Where do you keep your underwear when the dresser drawer is occupied?

[Nessism]

I don't wear any.

[jsandidge]

I don't wear any.

We didn't need to know that.

[nvr2old]

Hey Larry, do you sometimes use an airbrush?

Ya know, Bill, the only time I used an airbrush was for doing murals. I did a ton of them back in the seventies. l also used one for blending the colors in flames. I stopped using mine when I got into restoration painting, and discovered that using a really nice small detail gun serves me real well for bike parts. I kinda miss it, though..especially full size van murals. No detail guns back then, though. You can really dial them down to almost the same fan size as an airbrush.

[Buffalo Bill]

Ya know, Bill, the only time I used an airbrush was for doing murals. I did a ton of them back in the seventies. l also used one for blending the colors in flames. I stopped using mine when I got into restoration painting, and discovered that using a really nice small detail gun serves me real well for bike parts. I kinda miss it, though..especially full size van murals. No detail guns back then, though. You can really dial them down to almost the same fan size as an airbrush.

A detail gun, will have to look at those.
Murals in the 1970s? Back in the mid 70s I was in art school and I remember a visiting artist showing slides and telling about all the mural projects he organized in Chicago neighborhoods.

[nvr2old]

Here's a quick pic of the one I use. It's cup is big enough to actually hold enough paint to lay a coat or two on most tanks. Great for touch ups and stripes. I think I paid about 125 dollars for this one, but you can buy really inexpensive ones that are OK at Harbor Freight for about 35 dollars, too.

[Buffalo Bill]

Looks like a normal gun with a small cup. What tip size do you use mostly with your mini gun?

[nvr2old]

I should've put a normal gun or a match book next to it.... It's actually about 1/2 the size of a standard paint gun. Very light and delicate feeling in your hand. Not sure what the tip size is, I'd have to look, but it'll spray a fan about 4 inches wide down to a spray pattern about the size of a nickle. I do all my stripes with it. It allows you to mix up such a small amount of paint and then takes it a long way.

[nvr2old]

Spent last weekend block sanding all 9 parts. Guide coat for everything.





The Moto Guzzi fairing needed a bit of spot filler.





Only needed to guide coat the worked area of the S fairing.



Also needed to prime the back sides of everything this go round.



Looking better every time they're primed and hit with finer and finer sand paper.



I'm totally stoked with how the inside and outside of the Guzzi fairing is turning out.

[nvr2old]

Remember how ugly these turn signal recesses were?









The Guzzi tank and fenders look good too but didn't show up on a pic worth a darn in the white booth. Slow but sure. Getting so close to color, I can taste it..

[Buffalo Bill]

All very lovely. Taking the time to do it all carefully.

[Guest]

They look great Larry, lovin' it!

[nvr2old]

Thanks, Pete, and you, too, Bill.