1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto
Yep it's rigged alright. I finally got to paint today for the first time. Pulling that trigger was damn fun too. This Iwata gun makes newbs like me look halfway descent without knowing anything hardly. Here are the results of the day. I'm super happy with how well my filler work turned out. I think a few coats of high build will make things perfect. The problems spots are near the welded trim holes by the rockers.`
Bare metal was scuffed with 80 grit and the filler was sanded with 180. I cleaned ) the heck out of the doors with W/G remover and 50/50 isopropyl-water mix 1 hour before shooting and tacked just before painting with SPI Epoxy. I got good coverage on the first coat but went ahead and added another after 40-45 minute flash time. Air temp in the garage was 68. Metal temp was 70-72 since I had the doors in the sun this morning for cleaning. Humidity was 50%
Gun settings Iwata lph-400 silver cap 1.4 tip
100psi at the wall
25psi at the gun
fluid 2 1/2 turns out
fan wide open then 3/4 turns in
4-6" from panel
It looks pretty good with very slight orange peel up close. The thing that looks bad is all the little specs. I imagine these are dust particles because they showed up as soon as the paint hit the panel. I'll have to work on this issue and the very slight peel
Thanks,
Dave
Here are the pics
Yep it's rigged alright. I finally got to paint today for the first time. Pulling that trigger was damn fun too. This Iwata gun makes newbs like me look halfway descent without knowing anything hardly. Here are the results of the day. I'm super happy with how well my filler work turned out. I think a few coats of high build will make things perfect. The problems spots are near the welded trim holes by the rockers.`
Bare metal was scuffed with 80 grit and the filler was sanded with 180. I cleaned ) the heck out of the doors with W/G remover and 50/50 isopropyl-water mix 1 hour before shooting and tacked just before painting with SPI Epoxy. I got good coverage on the first coat but went ahead and added another after 40-45 minute flash time. Air temp in the garage was 68. Metal temp was 70-72 since I had the doors in the sun this morning for cleaning. Humidity was 50%
Gun settings Iwata lph-400 silver cap 1.4 tip
100psi at the wall
25psi at the gun
fluid 2 1/2 turns out
fan wide open then 3/4 turns in
4-6" from panel
It looks pretty good with very slight orange peel up close. The thing that looks bad is all the little specs. I imagine these are dust particles because they showed up as soon as the paint hit the panel. I'll have to work on this issue and the very slight peel
Thanks,
Dave
Here are the pics