...and I want to paint it black...
In a brief moment of inspiration I went back to my previous idea of painting the hood on my '05...no matter how much Clearasil I applied it just wasn't clearing up.
(http://mudhen.smugmug.com/Cars/05MINI/i-VPwSHgm/0/L/smugshot_2023257-L.jpg)
(http://mudhen.smugmug.com/Cars/05MINI/i-nBMCt96/0/L/smugshot_1787240-L.jpg)
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Seemed like a lot of junk strapped to the underside of the thing...everything underneath came off without much problem. Everything else broke, though. 50.gif
A lot of stuff is attached with crappy little nuts (I'm assuming they just press them on at the factory), and the bolt side is only held in place by the plastic of the part...so turn the rusted on nut and the bolt twists and breaks the plastic...then you're screwed. I'm definitely into it for both wheel arch moldings, front MINI emblem, grill, air intake surround...so pretty much everything. lol.
So here it is, fully stripped and ready to go.
(http://mudhen.smugmug.com/Cars/05MINI/i-rgqdSnv/0/L/smugshot_5775601-L.jpg)
But go where? I'll grind the rust off...fiberglass filler in those spots. Then what? Rough up the rest with...some grit of paper...and then primer and regular filler?
Cool project!
Sees rust...says to self "how can an 05 have so much rust?" ...... looks up at location... understands...
Good luck!!
Quote from: Jims5543 on January 20, 2014, 08:24:45 PM
Sees rust...says to self "how can an 05 have so much rust?" ...... looks up at location... understands...
Good luck!!
lol...right. This rust on the hood at least has a reasonable explanation - all the sand/salt commuting everyday in it. The rust around the rear tail lights and rear hatch, though, is a lot more troubling. Hoping maybe the 12 year rust warranty may come through for that at some point in the future.
A little progress on this...not as much as I needed since I'm supposed to drive the thing to work tomorrow - doh!
I got to try out that guide coat I got last year, though:
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Right now I have the filler sanded and ready for primer I think.
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So...stirring the primer it looked like water. Then trying to put it down it REALLY looked like water - even just a skim coat ran. Looked ok on a piece of plywood I was testing it out on - as long as I poured it on for a few seconds in one spot and left it horizontal to dry...
This is my first time using a real paint gun - think it's an air pressure thing? I'll have to mess around with the settings...but still, even in the can it looked totally like water... 8.gif
Is there a bunch of thick primer on the bottom of the can? What primer are you using? 45-60psi at the gun for a hvlp typically.
Quote from: 94touring on January 21, 2014, 08:36:28 PM
Is there a bunch of thick primer on the bottom of the can? What primer are you using? 45-60psi at the gun for a hvlp typically.
There was before I stirred it...but no, seems like it's fully mixed up. It's DupliColor primer. The air thing confuses me - the primer can says 30-40...the gun says 10 max (at the cap I'm learning so not measurable by anything I own). So I'm running the compressor at 35 and the gauge at the gun at 7. The other thing I did is change out the needle - the gun came with a 1.2 but I bought a 1.8 for primer - thinking now I'll go back to the 1.2.
This sounds familiar:
"So atomization is the key, but why? Why can't you just lay it out wet and let it "flow,", as an old painter will say. Picture a jar full of bb's that represent small, atomized droplets of PSPC. The gaps in between the bb's is solvent. Now picture a jar filled with marbles representing large, poorly atomized droplets of PSPC. The gaps in between are, you guessed it, solvent.
If you apply your PSPC in large, poorly atomized droplets, what you will have is a film full of solvent"
I'm guessing 7psi is ridiculous...30-40 at the gun is what I'm looking for?
I think I'm going to remove the digital pressure regulator...I can't get it to go above 15psi - even if I set the compressor to 100 and back the digital regulator at the gun all the way out...15 is all it will read. So I think I'll try setting the compressor to 35 and taking the digital one off...
Edit: found one of my dads old paint guns that had a real regulator on it - tried it out and it's reading the same as the gauge on the compressor outlet - so the digital one from Eastwood is definitely whacked...it's reading about 6 psi, the real one reads 40. Argh.
Going back to the 1.2 tip, taking off the digital regulator and just using 40psi from the compressor regulator, and dialing in the gun using some of the tips here:
http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/hvlp_paintgun_basics.htm (http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/hvlp_paintgun_basics.htm)
seems to have worked! Crap...there's gotta be an easier way. Sending out a little praise to the people that know how to do all this properly. You know who you are. 19.gif
Fk...I'm sitting on the garage floor stirring primer with a broken stick (ever notice you can't BUY stirrers anywhere?), pouring it directly into the gun (whereTF can you buy strainers??), holding my breath because the 3m mask I bought didn't come with filters, spraying and praying because the ghetto paint booth I built and can't use because I never finished gluing in all the holes has no light in it and the primer is basically the same color as Pepper White...then running over and opening the garage door to let air in, but only a little because then I want to put the propane heater back on since it's 5 degrees out, and all the while thinking I'm going to die in some huge explosion of paint fumes...
This rawks. I love it and I feel good.
Other than the burning in my lungs.
Primer on and guide coat on for final blocking. Blocking? All that's happening is the 320 is filling up almost instantly - primer not dry enough? It said an hour and I waited 4...too cold in the garage? Too much material? It felt dry...LOL... 4.gif
(http://mudhen.smugmug.com/Cars/05MINI/i-4x7W8d4/0/L/smugshot_9641089-L.jpg)
Guide coat is cool shit, though. Expensive shit, especially when it falls off the hood and dumps all over the floor...but at least I KNOW the floor is nice and flat in that spot. ::)
I'm just going to keep smiling until the wine runs out. Fk it. :D
Haha, the joys of painting. Get a filter for you respirator before you cough up a lung.
I just finished sanding it and it doesn't look much different than it did - still a milky brown color from the guide coat. Wiped it down with some cleaner and it's still brown - that going to be ok to paint over?
I don't think I should have primed the whole hood maybe...and therefore not have guide coated it. I did rough it up with 400 before - thought maybe the primer would give me some protection between whatever the factory paint was and the new stuff. Bad idea?
So do you think I need to buzz it down with something rough to remove ALL guide coat? Not sure how it can still be on there after sanding and cleaning...
You could just prime over it again to get one consistent color, final sand that with 600, then paint.
The quality will only be revealed outside I guess...but it's done!
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3 coats of paint and 2 coats of 'flat' clear. I decided I'd test out an area before re-priming and sanding...that area ended up being the whole thing. I couldn't stop once I got going...and since it was going to be flat anyway, I figured I'd skip some of the extra sanding steps. 22.gif
Do you need to fully clean the gun after the final coat of color and before the clear? I did, but was wondering if that was really necessary.
My biggest question out of the whole thing is blocking - 'don't use your hands, use a block' - there's not a flat spot on this whole hood - how do you use a block?!!?! Tetz makes it look so easy...on the flat side of a door...
I also learned why it's good not to have your shop attached to your house. Glad my wife isn't home, thankfully she's a fan of Yankee Candle... :o
Hopefully this afternoon get it back on the car!
Yes clean the gun between. If its curved and round as is the hood, you're forced to sand by hand, but that's normal.
Looks good!
I'm totally psyched with how it came out, actually...out in the light it looks pretty even!!
Not sure I like the overall look, though...but will see if it grows on me at all. Maybe black out the grille...
(http://mudhen.smugmug.com/Cars/05MINI/i-ZVVB9dd/0/L/smugshot_7379105-L.jpg)
Looks sweet! Here's the license plate you need now: LONE RNGR
Quote from: MiniGene on January 23, 2014, 11:03:52 PM
Looks sweet! Here's the license plate you need now: LONE RNGR
Wow, you're right!! :D
I was also thinking it looks a little like a raccoon.
I can't find the original pictures of the cars that gave me the idea - I thought it was Madness or one of the performance parts companies but don't remember. I'd like to see, other than the hood, what all they had painted...