Don said the thread was worthless without pics but I didn't want to hijack James day at Mo-Kan, so here they are. I've sanded and prepped the 63 every day of every weekend since Deb started working weekends at the park service. This was the one; I spent most of Saturday taping, then cleaned the whole car with vinegar and alcohol. Sunday, I started about 7 mixing paint. It was supposed to be one more coat of white to get everything the same color, then a tack coat of clear, then a coat of white pearl, then the top clear. First off, I couldn't get my gun to spray a decent pattern. This is the same Snap-on gun I've used since 1989; I messed with it while I sprayed a couple of coats and kept getting dry spray on top. Do you know how hard it is for a little guy like me to reach the middle of the top of a 63 Impala?
I gave up on the gun and tried a gravity feed HVLP, it was worse. I went outside and messed with the first gun some more and finally got it right. By now I had all the white on the car and it looked pretty good except for the dry on top.
Here is where I got the bright idea to use scotch brite to knock the rough stuff off; I thought it worked great. I had the top smooth in a few minutes. I thought about blowing the dust off but I was afraid it would blow the tape loose, so I went over it real good with a tack rag.
I started to lay the tack coat of clear. Remember I said I had the gun adjusted to shoot a good pattern? It was a good heavy pattern. It looked ok until I walked back around and found runs on every panel. On the top surface of the drivers door and rear quarter, I found where all the dust from the scotch- brite went, right in the clear.
I was a little smarter than I have been in the past and stopped right there. I thought about drinking the rest of the clear but went to liquor store and bought beer instead.
I hope the pictures tell the true horror of what I went through, it has been quite traumatic.
I gave up on the gun and tried a gravity feed HVLP, it was worse. I went outside and messed with the first gun some more and finally got it right. By now I had all the white on the car and it looked pretty good except for the dry on top.
Here is where I got the bright idea to use scotch brite to knock the rough stuff off; I thought it worked great. I had the top smooth in a few minutes. I thought about blowing the dust off but I was afraid it would blow the tape loose, so I went over it real good with a tack rag.
I started to lay the tack coat of clear. Remember I said I had the gun adjusted to shoot a good pattern? It was a good heavy pattern. It looked ok until I walked back around and found runs on every panel. On the top surface of the drivers door and rear quarter, I found where all the dust from the scotch- brite went, right in the clear.
I was a little smarter than I have been in the past and stopped right there. I thought about drinking the rest of the clear but went to liquor store and bought beer instead.
I hope the pictures tell the true horror of what I went through, it has been quite traumatic.
All the time spent for prep and it goes to hell is just a few short minutes...
I hate it when that happens... I will have to agree with Jim though the second time around it will go much better and in the end I am sure it will look great. Good luck.
