Dennis
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[quote=”zarbat007″ post=17693]I’ve painted my bumper the same color before, used R-M Diamont BC and Sata HVLP 1.3. Worked great.
The metallics are only visible under bright light. Otherwise it looks like jet black.I’m just a hobbyist.
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1515262%5B/quote%5D
Did you just spray it in that garage on the tool cart? Man that looks great for it not being in the booth…
Thanks guys, that is exactly what I wanted to know…
For auto body work do you recommend a 3/32″ or 3/16″ orbit, random orbital sander? Also do you guys prefer a palm sander or a two hand sander with a handle? Hook and Loop or PSA attachments?
I am thinking a 6″ palm sander with a PSA attachment, since i can use PSA pads with small sanding blocks and a 3/32″ orbit so I have more control of my sanding. what do you guys think?
make sure to make a video when you paint, would love to see what these guys would say about that…:whistle:
If you are looking to flatten down just the sag/run and buff the area, you will get an image when you look down the side. this is because your run is perfectly sanded down flat and buffed (no peel) while the surrounding area will most likely have some texture (peel). Two things you can do depending on if you have enough clear on the panel. one of which is sanding the run/sag and also wetsanding the whole panel with 1500/2000 and buffing it. or you can wetsand with 1000 and apply another coat, whether reduced for a flowcoat or one regular coat is up to you…
do you do a dropcoat with the dbc 2000 metallic colors?
what basecoat was used? ppg dbc 2000? awesome butt match for being a silver, keep up the great work…
[quote=”lild” post=16772]bondo likes to use a rusty sos pad, then wipes it down with keystone, no matter how many times we told him rubbing alchol, he gets confused easily.[/quote]
seems like your drinking the good stuff, because from what i remember about his videos, he has a preference for bud light…:blush:
What are you doing to prep the raw plastic? what grit sand? any adhesion promoters? and what kind of primer/sealer and is it just urethane or epoxy?
For a lighter gray metallic shade, that color match is awesome. Also from your previous posts, the burgundy metallic grille matches well also. Does the PPG Deltron 2000 Base usually match well for you?
Where do you get the paint from?
the thing is, i can live with the 93% color match that was achieved. but the value (darkness) and the flop depending on low lighting to bright conditions are killing me because the only time it really looks good is in bright conditions. which leads me to believe that a good drop coat would have fixed it since it would reflect more light during low light conditions since it would stand the metallics up. it would also help with flop since it would have the metallics orient in various different ways, giving it a more consistent look, instead of looking so dark at an angle.
I’ve been thinking about paint guns and read many topics and the devilbiss plus gfg-670 seems to be something to consider.
I know the sun was going down and the point and shoot probably had a slow shutter speed and cars were coming, so had to take it quick and wasnt steady.
Anyways, I wish you were close by me Han. My wife used to live in Glendale when we were in Cali which would be convenient to visit you for work. I might be back in the area after my residency in NJ ends next year.
The scrape was along the driver side and some license plate bolt dings in the back. Consequently, the passenger side seems a little better hence why I am asking for advice. Maybe I will talk to the shop owner/manager but I also wanted to be reasonable and not be too picky about it.
Most of the moldings and door handles look slightly off in color in the 2D picture is because those have contours and reflects the light slightly differently. But the quarter panel and the bumper is both relatively flat and in the same light range. Thus, it is obvious that the paint isn’t matching as well. I didn’t want more work (quarter panel blend) since the bumper had only minor blemishes and was hoping that the butt match would be a little better than what I am seeing. I just wanted some suggestions, and from the information you guys have given me, I guess I have to just live with it until I can get the necessary equipment to tackle it myself one day.
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