Keeping Dirt Out of Paint
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[quote=”Andy T” post=34672]Ha ha, thanks Jason. It was a busy shift for sure!
Of course, working that quickly means most of my jobs lack the finesse that many of you guys put in, but I’ve resigned myself to the fact that that’s what this place needs. I’d say more than half of them need some kind of polishing work after painting to remove the dust, but then that situation isn’t helped by the push-through booth. It would be great to leave the cars undisturbed after painting like Paintwerks advises, but unfortunately I have to open a 20′ long roller shutter door and slide the cars sideways into the oven. Even the cleanest jobs can’t survive that kind of disturbance.
One thing I can say for sure though is that no matter what we do inside the booth as painters, prep work has a great deal to do with how clean the final job turns out. I carry out the same cleaning procedure on every car but some turn out much cleaner than others, depending on how they have been prepped. If the dust extraction equipment has been used to full effect, if the jobs have been kept clean and blown off well as they go along, it definitely shows in the end result.
Oh, and here are some snails in action :woohoo:
[img]http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn385/Duluxdude/Work/2014-03-14104533Large_zps8486d829.jpg[/img]
You can’t see it in that picture but I’ve also used soft foam down the gap between the door and wing/fender. Not normally easy to do but the new 3M stuff makes it a breeze.[/quote]
Andy I gotta ask why do you do you transition tape on body lines on almost all of your jobs? I do this once and awhile on like a van quarterpanel, and I get you are in a high production facility, but what is the big advantage here? I can’t see the point when the body line is 2 inches from the belt molding. The time/material difference is almost nothing on the job I quoted above and you would just get better results by ATLEAST using lift tape and painting to the molding, if not removing it and doing the whole panel. I’m not trying to pick on you, I just legit don’t understand it.
Hi sage.
It would have come to the booth like that, already masked by one of the prep guys. It’s not something I’d do myself regularly with there just being a few inches of panel left. Sure it saves time removing the door mirror (or saves me from having to avoid hitting it with the gun while painting!), but not really worth the effort in this case. I don’t have the time to start adjusting their masking or scuffing extra bits of panels so sometimes just have to go with what I get sent, but will mention it afterwards to save it from happening again 🙂
I do regularly do this on a rear quarter for example though. I’d much rather paint up to a body line that have an open blend up the rear pillar
Great job on this, I think it’s the best one I’ve seen yet! :dnc
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There is a good article in Etalon newsletter about dust inclusions in paint.
Have a look: http://archive.aweber.com/etalon/Em2E9/h/ETALON_Automotive_Refinishing_June.htm
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