The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster

rmchrgr said

Thanks man! Guess I'm doing OK for a rookie.

Couple things have become very clear to me while doing this job -

• There is a reason(s) paint and body work is so expensive - it's really difficult to do right!
• I need to learn to slow down when I have a paint gun in my hand.
  
• While it is a nice luxury to have a lift in general, painting a Chrysler unibody car on one is far from ideal - a rotisserie is the way to go.
• If I'm going to paint stuff in my garage, I need to build a temporary spray booth with an exhaust fan.

Heading to the auto body supply place in a bit for more materials to finish the color. Only thing left after the color sanding and additional coats will be to mask off and spray the Raptor liner in the wheel wells.

Stay tuned for more hack work.

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I hear your pain on the runs. Try a shop mixing the color wrong. All I can say on spraying is this practice and more practice learn with the smaller stuff. Mixing charts are your friend. Prep is the biggest key to a nice finish. Just prior to shoot check all your stuff water evaporator all that crap. Lol don't flip your arm walk with the gun hard on your butt or back butt make the gun move likes it's on a rail. Worked in body shop as kid and school for it. Painters showed me some great tips. My issue is I don't slow down as I have a life this is not my job and time is a factor. If I had to do again the metallic would be gone. Love the color will be an amazing car!