98 Civic
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Well boys I have just come to the conclusion that I will never get clean paint jobs out of here.. That damn hood has too much dirt in it.. Seems like more this morning than it did last night.. got to sand and buff it.. CRAP.. just what this car needed :laugh: 😛
Never again Dinger:evil:
after its sanded it will get the engine bay cleaned, new spark plugs, wires and an air filter.. He is bringing it back next friday for a new rear bumper, taillight and quarter extention.. shame he does not fix the quarter panel and door:P
I would have left the hood on too, I find mine come out cleaner that way most of the time. Maybe he will want the rest of the car done now Bk! Is that B92P black or is that a dark blue?
[b]BondoKing wrote:[/b]
[quote]Well boys I have just come to the conclusion that I will never get clean paint jobs out of here.. That damn hood has too much dirt in it.. Seems like more this morning than it did last night.. got to sand and buff it.. CRAP.. just what this car needed :laugh: 😛Never again Dinger:evil:
after its sanded it will get the engine bay cleaned, new spark plugs, wires and an air filter.. He is bringing it back next friday for a new rear bumper, taillight and quarter extention.. shame he does not fix the quarter panel and door:P[/quote]
BK. did you mask off the underside of the hood as well or just the engine bay. you can get clean jobs out of a garage and dirty jobs out of a booth. most dirt comes from the car itself. When you mask, dont do it to keep paint off of the car, do it to keep dirt from coming off the car into your paint. seal everything off that you can.aw theirs nothing like perfecting your buffing technique just be glad its a small car or ya could park it outside in the rain like dinger does:woohoo: :woohoo:
Its buffed out, and I found some sparkle on the passenger side when I buffed the door.. The drivers side fender was sparkleless though:P .. Guess he never noticed so wont mention it now:evil:
Jimmo that paint code is NH592P.. Its a pretty color if you could see the pearl more .. If you gotta stick your face up to the panel to see the pearl, its not enough in my opinion
Ding yes I taped off the engine compartment etc.. Now I did not bag the car or anything like that, but they get washed and masked off all over.. I usually tape the plastic or paper to the body sides, but I dont mask all the way down the seam of it or anything,, I used to, but did not make any difference.. Floor is cleaned prior to spraying etc.. You gotta remember also, I am shooting this in a tiny space and I have a 16 foot door right in front or behind whatever I paint that collects dirt and dust like a mother scratcher, then throw in the torpedo heater that will stir up even more dust and dirt, but hell you gotta keep the place warm and I learned the hard way you cant spray, raise the door and let it set, or the clear will run down the panel after a bit.. Gotta have heat 🙂
I have even tried just using the windows.. One for exhaust and one for intake.. both with filters.. had even more dirt like that.. It just pulled it from every crack and corner of the place.. the only time I shot anything of any size fairly clean was when I would hang plastic everywhere.. but that takes hours and I still get dirt..
Now my buddy Jim Clark, can shoot all day in his garage and get next to no dirt.. I dont get it.. at my last house where i had a shop out back, dirt was not nearly an issue as it is here, but it was twice the size of this place too and I think that has something to do with it since you cant clean all that great.. I mean I have cabinets on every wall, as well a work bench and another bench on the opposite side.. then I have 3 more floor cabinets that keep all my paint etcc..,. Plenty places for dust to set and wait
So am I missing something?? I used to think it came from me, I would shower, no deoderant, coveralls, hair net etc etc etc.. still dirt.. so i just give up:ohmy:
i think ding had one customer tear her fingernail off washing her car:blink: :blink: :blink:
Well here it is setting outside waiting for the guy to come and get it.. B)
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[b]bondomerchant wrote:[/b]
[quote]i think ding had one customer tear her fingernail off washing her car:blink: :blink: :blink:[/quote]
:angry: :angry: :angry:(Jimmo to lazy to re-loggin under his account)
I’m not familiar with that color, I’ll pull up a chip out the deck tommorow…looks nice, it must have quite a flip as it looks like a different color in each photo. I no the feeling with the dirt, the other painter at my shop can spray a clean job after rolling in a pile of sand & mine usually need a bit of finessing. It drives me nuts, not something I can learn in a book!
What’s that ugly reflection in the hood?,…. hope it buffs out.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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