2009 Cadillac CTS
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- July 20, 2010 at 2:02 am #23000
I figured I would put up some pics up of a Caddy I painted today. Nothing exciting.
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[img]http://i452.photobucket.com/albums/qq250/ryanbrown999/painted%20cars/IMAG0028.jpg[/img]July 20, 2010 at 2:16 am #23003nice!! i think thats really crazy you use outdoor carpeting in your booth. you would think that the fuzz and drapped dirt would be a real problem. obviously not. i wonder how that would do in my crossflow booth. :unsure: i use white floor paper right now but have been thinking of trying the 3m stuff but of course thats $$$. the carpet might be a cheaper solution. its ashame you cant get it in white!!
July 20, 2010 at 2:24 am #23005It wouldn’t be white for long :blink:
It seems to trap the dirt really well. I run Jun-Air blowers and it doesn’t kick up any dust. I vac it once a day or every other day with a regular house vac. When I booth coat I pressure wash the carpet and shop vac the water out of it and it looks new. In fact they make a small water pump for shop vacs now so I wont have to stop and drain it. Should be real quick now.
I’m sure it would work well in a cross flow also. Its pretty cheap to do. Mine is a year or so old now and still works good. I figure I can get 2-3 years out of it. Easy to put down also.
July 20, 2010 at 3:26 am #23008Some of you might not have noticed that he didn’t blend the hood or the trunk.
I love it when the angle on the top of the fender or quarter changes before it meets the hood or trunk!Nice work! Clean mask job. Can’t find that paintcheck…
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Some of you might not have noticed that he didn’t blend the hood on the drivers side.I love it when the angle on the top of the fender changes before it meets the hood! [/quote]
i’m sure we notice everything by now. No need to blend the hood, cus that’s
how you waive deductables. :whistle:Of course, this isn’t an insurance job but i’m just sayin…
July 20, 2010 at 3:37 am #23012Lazy bastard. 3 more panels to paint and everything would have matched. now the guys gonna be driving around with your nice job on 3/4 of the car and GM’s nice tiger stripes on the rest :whistle: :whistle:
Nice job by the way. not using the norton tape anymore?
July 20, 2010 at 3:40 am #23013Your right Han,,,,The shop owner worries about the deductibles,,,,the painter worries about color match……………Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha 😉
July 20, 2010 at 3:49 am #23014Looks good Ryan,nice and smooth.Hey is that 3m yellow tape??We tried a few sleeves and it seemed ok,what do you think about it??I like your booth man,I’m sick of all the grates in ours,hurts my feet by the end of the day :S
July 20, 2010 at 5:12 am #23022I’m not real big on the yellow tape. I needed some tape and was on the phone with a jobber who only has 3M and got a couple sleeves. I was to lazy to call our Norton jobber. It’s alright. Doesn’t stick near as well as the norton, but sometimes the Norton sticks too good! :unsure:
Believe it or not Jayson the carpet helps out on the knees and feet. It isn’t thick but the little bit of cushion helps.
Actually the color was a damn good match. i always check my color and make a sprayout when I jamb the car so I know what I’m dealing with before it gets to me. This color looked good so I went with it.
July 20, 2010 at 5:17 am #23023[b]ding wrote:[/b]
[quote]Lazy bastard. 3 more panels to paint and everything would have matched. now the guys gonna be driving around with your nice job on 3/4 of the car and GM’s nice tiger stripes on the rest :whistle: :whistle:Nice job by the way. not using the norton tape anymore?[/quote]
You ought to see where I had to blend into the passenger fender and rear door. They are mottled to hell from the factory. Every edge on the car had a huge clear build up on it also. Thats some good quality control GM has.
I will be going back to the Norton, got a case waiting to be opened.
July 20, 2010 at 6:25 am #23034[b]RatStang wrote:[/b]
[quote]Looks good.You use carpet in your booth?
What’s the benefit? just the non slip or what?[/quote]Holds dust and dirt down. An added benefit is it’s easier on the legs and knees.
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