68 Skylark
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man, knock on wood… that looks like excellent workmanship
smoooth!! 😉
Got a few more pics of the skylark, I’ll post the engine after it gets sprayed
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[IMG]http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y344/dcturcotte/68%20Skylark/dill1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i1028.photobucket.com/albums/y344/dcturcotte/68%20Skylark/dill3.jpg[/IMG]niiiiiice.:clappy :rock
Nice job,looks great!!
Looks great!
One question, though. I assume you are spraying enviro base in the photos above. Do you normally spray it that wet, and how does that work for you? Our painter sprays it like that as well. When I spray it, I go a lot lighter, otherwise I find I tend to mottle any metallics.
Mind you, I may be spraying it almost as heavy, but with our booth/conditions maybe dries quicker.
I use to spray it lighter as well, but as I got more confident with the system I started laying it down a lot wetter. As far as orientation goes I really love this system for how the metallics lay down. sometimes on very metallic colors I do two control coats but it has more to do with personal piece of mind then something that is necessary
Looks good man! Thats about how wet I spray my first coat of Autowave.
[quote=”dcturcotte” post=14962]I use to spray it lighter as well, but as I got more confident with the system I started laying it down a lot wetter. As far as orientation goes I really love this system for how the metallics lay down. sometimes on very metallic colors I do two control coats but it has more to do with personal piece of mind then something that is necessary[/quote]i agree, at first i was putting it on with a light coat. then i started to get a little more wet. the more you work with it the more confident you get. i was haveing mottleing problems. but was told that the control coat takes care of that. doing the control coat blows my mind with the 90% overlap. but i love the it looks so flat when it dryes. at first i went to fast on the control coat and made it dry spray.
how long are you waiting after you put the control coat on before clearing?
and what are you useing for a precleaner before cleaning the gun?
are you haveing problems with the red mets. takeing so long to dry and covering well? this the only color i have problems with on coverage regurdless of the value shade sealers.[quote=”dcturcotte” post=14962]I use to spray it lighter as well, but as I got more confident with the system I started laying it down a lot wetter. As far as orientation goes I really love this system for how the metallics lay down. sometimes on very metallic colors I do two control coats but it has more to do with personal piece of mind then something that is necessary[/quote]
So you basically do 1 heavy coat for coverage rather than several lighter coats (before orientation coat, obviously).
I find that if I do several lighter coats it dries in less than 1 minute between coats so I have no need to leave the booth. I definitely have more experimenting to do…
[quote=”Ben” post=14992][quote=”dcturcotte” post=14962]I use to spray it lighter as well, but as I got more confident with the system I started laying it down a lot wetter. As far as orientation goes I really love this system for how the metallics lay down. sometimes on very metallic colors I do two control coats but it has more to do with personal piece of mind then something that is necessary[/quote]
So you basically do 1 heavy coat for coverage rather than several lighter coats (before orientation coat, obviously).
I find that if I do several lighter coats it dries in less than 1 minute between coats so I have no need to leave the booth. I definitely have more experimenting to do…[/quote]
I would classify my first two coats as medium wet, a little of the wet side maybe, but definitely not overly heavy. followed by orientation. When I know a color has sh!t coverage I’ll do 3 medium wet coats.
You know as well as I that there’s no one right way to do it, If several lighter coats works better for you I say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it :dnc :rock
[quote=”dcturcotte” post=15006][quote=”Ben” post=14992][quote=”dcturcotte” post=14962]I use to spray it lighter as well, but as I got more confident with the system I started laying it down a lot wetter. As far as orientation goes I really love this system for how the metallics lay down. sometimes on very metallic colors I do two control coats but it has more to do with personal piece of mind then something that is necessary[/quote]
So you basically do 1 heavy coat for coverage rather than several lighter coats (before orientation coat, obviously).
I find that if I do several lighter coats it dries in less than 1 minute between coats so I have no need to leave the booth. I definitely have more experimenting to do…[/quote]
I would classify my first two coats as medium wet, a little of the wet side maybe, but definitely not overly heavy. followed by orientation. When I know a color has sh!t coverage I’ll do 3 medium wet coats.
You know as well as I that there’s no one right way to do it, If several lighter coats works better for you I say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it :dnc :rock[/quote]
Exactly. Its a matter of doing whats best for you…but I still like to see what others are doing, and possibly learning better or alternate methods.
I like yo style meng! :stoned
very nice job:pcorn: I love that blue:cheers
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