BRAVO BRAVO
A sand and a polish to get it smooth and that is going to look better than super sweet, congratulations on a job well done, you must be as happy as a dog with a belly full of pee and a street full of lamp poles.
I am really so chuffed that it all came together and worked out for you in the end.
Now go and you deserve it.
Thanks Stan! Love the dog pee reference... hahahahahaa
And yes I did have a couple of beers to celebrate
I still think I probably should do more though...
I've got a spray gun now so will be doing something similar to my tank and rear tail section soon, WAY better than pressure pack!
With the photos you will never get a good shot in that setup, you will need to get some natural light on them so maybe wait till monday when you can move them and open the garage door and get some photos.
Is it a good one? Or is it a cheapie SCA one like mine are? They worked ok but if I was to do this again I'd seriously contemplate getting better guns...
Oh, and the 1.4mm gun can cope with about 55 PSI to do the clear too...
It's peeing down at the moment and supposed to be doing so all day so I probably won't get a chance to do that until tomorrow if I can get some time, although it's MotoGP at Philip Island tomorrow too...
The reason for holding the cardboard above the surface is so you don't get the hard edge you see when directly taping around the repair.
Oooops! I just re-read your post on that... for some reason I thought you meant holding the gun 25mm away which I thought was weird. Don't worry, I wasn't game to do that and I didn't, I sprayed about 20cm away...
The hard edge has blended in somewhat with the clearcoat though thankfully, and you can just make that out in the last photo of the tank from the right rear angle.
The next time you shoot the clear, back off on the amount of material being sprayed (turn the knob in). that should break up the paint a bit more and make for a little less orange peel. don't get me wrong! it looks pretty good for 'most anyone's' first time.
Cool, that makes sense. I did notice the coats were going on very wet and I thought that was ok for the first lot, so will definitely wind it in next time.
And thanks for the compliment, it's still turning out about 10 times better than I thought it would
so whats the next plan? wet sand it and hit it with 2~3 more coats on Monday?
I think the sensible thing is to wet sand today or tomorrow as per Larry's suggestion earlier then give it two or three more coats on Monday... the big question there is getting time to do the wet sanding after promising my wife I wouldn't do any bike stuff this weekend...
Maybe I can duck down tonight when she goes to bed if it's not too late, although I won't have particularly good light to sand in...
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is the compressor keeping up with your gun? or is the pressure dropping to where the paint isn't atomizing properly. the reason I ask is, some pieces the orange peel is minor, on others it's greater.
I can't lean over your shoulder, all I can do is interpret the pictures.
Which photos are you seeing that in? I couldn't make that out...
There were a couple of times when I was painting a piece and the motor on the compressor kicked in. Normally I can do a couple of sweeps and it won't drop the pressure off if I stop then, but maybe with the higher pressure for the clear it dropped?
Also, I was literally falling asleep at the keyboard last night so forgot to say that I ran out of clear while doing the fourth coat partway through the tank, so I quickly did another small amount to finish the tank and do the tail piece.
If what you're seeing is on the left side of the tank, it could be where I ran out of material on one of the sweeps perhaps? I thought I had got coverage again after refilling but maybe not...
Oh, and as to pressure, the gun was around 55 PSI (bit hard to tell from the guage so could've been a bit lower).
looks good so far...man theres nothin like the feeling of seeing your own paintwork completed.
nice job.
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Thanks mate! That's so true... I'm pretty stoked with how well it's coming out even with the obvious imperfections so far...
+1. Don't stop at just 2 coats. I guarantee you'll go through..and that opens a whole new can of worms. I would recommend at least 4. Wait a good 20 minutes between coats. Let it dry overnight, open it up (just scuff it) with 600, let it set another day to breathe, then add another 2-3 coats. That should be enough to sand it safely before polishing.
Larry, how critical are the time frames on this? As in if I wasn't to get to wet sand it with the 600 until Monday morning and then spray is that not going to get the same benefits?
I'm hoping I might be able to get it done tonight but that's very uncertain as I said above...
I'd really like to do those other 2 - 3 coats if I can work it, I still want to stick with the better safe than sorry thing...
