No Runs, no drips, no errors ... kinda

[gfigms]

Finally got the spray gun adjustments correct and shot 4 coats of clear ... sticky stuff. A bit of orange peel on one part ... raised the air pressure some more and the rest of it looks great. Will start cutting and buffing in a couple of days and then everything can go back together. :good:

 

[ford4ever]

This might be a silly question, but here it comes.....what does (cutting) mean??
I've never painted before, but ihave seen that word alot here on this site.
Thanks :good:

 

[gfigms]

This might be a silly question, but here it comes.....what does (cutting) mean??
I've never painted before, but ihave seen that word alot here on this site.
Thanks :good:

Start wet sanding with 1000 grit ... move up to 1500 ... finish with 2000. Then rubbing compounds in three different grits.

 

[Northstar T]

Finally got the spray gun adjustments correct and shot 4 coats of clear ... sticky stuff. A bit of orange peel on one part ... raised the air pressure some more and the rest of it looks great. Will start cutting and buffing in a couple of days and then everything can go back together.

Your "orange peel" may actually have been dry (not enough material). generally when you raise the air presure you increase the likelyhood of orange peel. I figure if I don't get a run or two, I wasn't shooting on enough material. heavy is good when it comes to clear coat IMHO. a run is easier to deal with than a dry area. (and it's amazing how much clear you can actually shoot per coat without it running).

Russ

 

[thomas]

I painted my car last summer with base coat clear coat. I am just now cutting my paint job in as of today. I was told, that because I waited so long to wet sand my clear, that I should cut it in with 2000 grit. I was told that being the clear cured pretty hard after a year, that any scratches caused by courser grit would be harder to wheel out. Not really sure this is all true, but I did sand and wheel out my radiator shell and it turn out beautiful. Welllll that's what I think any way.

thomas

 

[gfigms]

Your "orange peel" may actually have been dry (not enough material). generally when you raise the air presure you increase the likelyhood of orange peel. I figure if I don't get a run or two, I wasn't shooting on enough material. heavy is good when it comes to clear coat IMHO. a run is easier to deal with than a dry area. (and it's amazing how much clear you can actually shoot per coat without it running).

Russ

I am, by no means, any type of expert when it comes to painting with spray equipment. I just went by O'Toole's law that says "Orange Peel: Film that has the physical appearance of an orange peel. Film lacks the ability to flow smoothly." Among the 'fixes' was raise air pressure ... I did and the problem went away.