1963 Dart 170 2 Door Post Resto
Finally...after a few setbacks along the way, I finally have color on the inside of the car. Super happy with how it finally came out.
After the primer issue on the cowl, I sanded it down and resealed it. blended nicely. Then I decided to tape off the entire outside of the car, like a big Christmas present to minimize overspray to deal with later. Once that was complete I tried to spray the grey (pretty much black) on the inside pillars and above the rear door panels. This never went so well. I didn't have much paint left and I was using my siphon gun and as there wasn't much paint I had to keep the gun level to spray. You can guess the results. I was spending too much time paying attention to the gun, not enough on the paint. Got a bunch of runs. Had to wait a couple days, then sanded out the runs. Bought more paint and another paint gun. Go a nice little iwata mini gun. It worked really nice and was able to spray the grey with less paint usage and a nice even finish. Not perfect, but hey, neither am I..lol
Then I decided I wanted another gravity gun for color and picked up another iwata gun. The kiwami 4. My first attempt at the green inside was less than stellar. Taped off the grey and started inside (where no one could see...;) ). Couldn't get the color to lay down right. Never quite was able to dial the gun in until I was almost done. Had trouble laying down a good wet coat. Then again ran out of paint. End of that day of painting.
Picked up more paint, watched a few videos on the setup of this gun (I'm new to this painting thing remember) and proceeded to adjust the gun to get a good even fan. What a difference a day makes. Sprayed the trunk, front and door jambs and even went over the inside a bit again and it went really good this time in my opinion. Think I could've gotten the gun dialed a little better but it gave me a nice smooth finish so I'm pleased.
Plan is to hopefully apply clear tomorrow. We will see how that goes. Worst case I have the siphon gun ready to go if I can't get the new gun dialed in where I want it. The siphon gun was easy to dial in. This new one is a little more finicky, but then it could also be my inexperience. Fingers crossed.
You can see in the pictures I had a little paint dust settle on the car, but it wipes off easy with a tack cloth with no residue, so should be good to clear after a good wipe down.
Finally...after a few setbacks along the way, I finally have color on the inside of the car. Super happy with how it finally came out.
After the primer issue on the cowl, I sanded it down and resealed it. blended nicely. Then I decided to tape off the entire outside of the car, like a big Christmas present to minimize overspray to deal with later. Once that was complete I tried to spray the grey (pretty much black) on the inside pillars and above the rear door panels. This never went so well. I didn't have much paint left and I was using my siphon gun and as there wasn't much paint I had to keep the gun level to spray. You can guess the results. I was spending too much time paying attention to the gun, not enough on the paint. Got a bunch of runs. Had to wait a couple days, then sanded out the runs. Bought more paint and another paint gun. Go a nice little iwata mini gun. It worked really nice and was able to spray the grey with less paint usage and a nice even finish. Not perfect, but hey, neither am I..lol
Then I decided I wanted another gravity gun for color and picked up another iwata gun. The kiwami 4. My first attempt at the green inside was less than stellar. Taped off the grey and started inside (where no one could see...;) ). Couldn't get the color to lay down right. Never quite was able to dial the gun in until I was almost done. Had trouble laying down a good wet coat. Then again ran out of paint. End of that day of painting.
Picked up more paint, watched a few videos on the setup of this gun (I'm new to this painting thing remember) and proceeded to adjust the gun to get a good even fan. What a difference a day makes. Sprayed the trunk, front and door jambs and even went over the inside a bit again and it went really good this time in my opinion. Think I could've gotten the gun dialed a little better but it gave me a nice smooth finish so I'm pleased.
Plan is to hopefully apply clear tomorrow. We will see how that goes. Worst case I have the siphon gun ready to go if I can't get the new gun dialed in where I want it. The siphon gun was easy to dial in. This new one is a little more finicky, but then it could also be my inexperience. Fingers crossed.
You can see in the pictures I had a little paint dust settle on the car, but it wipes off easy with a tack cloth with no residue, so should be good to clear after a good wipe down.