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Originally Posted by bdk1976
I was going to shoot my car with this gun (and would recommend it to any fellow amateur - especially if using a marginal compressor):
http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Pneumati.../dp/B000HTLL70
as it did an excellent job on jambs, etc, but I messed up the tip cleaning it up (used a piece of metal wire that f'ed up one of the holes) and didn't notice it until I started spraying base over the whole car a few days later and it was tiger striping like crazy due to the uneven pattern. 100% my fault - not the gun's.
I hastily went and grabbed my cheapo harbor freight purple gun I had used for primer and shot the base/clear with that. Definitely wasted a bit of paint due to the switch (and higher pressure) but the paint job came out way better than I expected!
Also, be sure to shop around for paint - the local PPG shop thought that their sh!t was made of gold and didn't even have an exact match for '65 Iris Mist in their system, and the guy at the local NAPA was apologetic when he gave me a quote for $600+/gal basecoat (still cheaper than PPG by $100+). I ended up buying valspar online for a fraction of the cost and have no complaints (and the color match was excellent).
I could write a novel about my experience, but will leave it at that for now.
I think coming up with a checklist and putting it up for review would be a good idea for further input. |
I wasn't ignoring this post bdk...but 400spd kind of distracted me...lol
I've got a paint shop nearby that I've been using for a few years. I can get the paint, no problem. Same place I got the paint for the jambs. I'm pretty much down to two guns on my list but thanks for the suggestion.