Someone's doing a 79 standard.
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Painting Tins. No really...
- Thread starter Jim
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My HD is painted a very similar color. Looks black until in direct sunlight.
Painting in a thunderstorm....
3 coats base
3 coats candy
3 coats clear
Good thing is all tornado watches around me have expired... whew..
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Any guesses on the color?
Shining an LED light on it makes it look blueish....
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Guess we'll need some sunlight for the big reveal....
Ooooo, thats purrttyful.Painting in a thunderstorm....
3 coats base
3 coats candy
3 coats clear
Good thing is all tornado watches around me have expired... whew..
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Any guesses on the color?
Shining an LED light on it makes it look blueish....
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Guess we'll need some sunlight for the big reveal....
Very nice job on all those jobs
Not really sure. Maybe he'll chime in here...
The tins and frame are a 75, but utilizing a tank from an 81. The color I picked that Jim is doing is [TOP SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED]. Oops, guess we'll have to wait for Jim's big reveal 
Looks great. What clear are you using?Painting in a thunderstorm....
3 coats base
3 coats candy
3 coats clear
Good thing is all tornado watches around me have expired... whew..
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Any guesses on the color?
Shining an LED light on it makes it look blueish....
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Guess we'll need some sunlight for the big reveal....
As I have said, Jim's paint jobs, as are his re-wound alternator rotors, are nothing short of perfect.
....and well worth the drive.
Pete
....and well worth the drive.
Pete
Sometimes the Sherwin Williams Finish1 and sometimes AutoBahn Glamour Clear.
Mostly just depends on what I have on hand at the time. For some reason I have both right now...
I'm a PPG guy myself, but in all honesty, much like modern motor oils, most all of it's waaaaay better than anything we had 50 years ago when I started.Sometimes the Sherwin Williams Finish1 and sometimes AutoBahn Glamour Clear.
Mostly just depends on what I have on hand at the time. For some reason I have both right now...
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I have a close friend in the business. He told me just last week the PPG has announced a 10% increase in price to dealers on all products. Bend over!
I've been in the business since I was a kid as my dad owned a body shop. I remember when Sherwin-Williams black acrylic enamel was about $25 a gallon. Last year I painted a '62 Corvette with PPG Base/ Clear and spent just under $2k for sealer, color and clear. And it's not just PPG, I've watched Evercoat body filler increase by about 25% in the last couple of years. Thank God I've got customers that can afford it.
Started back in the 70's... a gopher at a body shop after school.
Mostly used DuPont Centari back then. Then US Paints and Imron on aircraft. I've used PPG quiet a bit too. Good paint.
Nowadays I'm just a backyard hack doing reasonably good jobs at a reasonably good cost.
I used to paint fleet trucks for a lumber company in the 70’s. We used Imron, that paint was hard as nails, those trucks took a beating and that paint never lost its shine.
My path, from age 12 was do-boy in my dads body shop, started with S-W acrylic enamel, then PPG acrylic enamel, then DuPont and back to PPG. Have you had the chance to shoot PPG's Global clear? It's amazing and amazingly expensive. Easy to w/s and buff a year later. Also, I use Tamco 2K primers. Very affordable and very little shrinkage. You can look them up online. The biggest thing, other than the cost, that chaps my butt. is the piss poor coverage that paint has today. Having said that, I think that today's products are easier to use and much more forgiving than yesterdays paints. BTW, your stuff looks great.
It is a good product. It has changed a lot since then. Some of their fleet paints require a pressure pot set up now.
Thanks.
Last time I shot PPG clear was well over 20yrs ago... not sure what it was called. I agree about coverage and yeah... the stuff nowadays is way more forgiving. I'll check out the Tamco. I'm gettin' low on primers anyway.
Other than the body shop when I was a kid, the only professional painting I did was about 3 yrs on aircraft. Even had a title... "chief painter." ... was only two of us.
Found some old pics the other day. Here's a Huey medivac I painted with Imron. The front said "Angel One" I airbrushed it on.
Not a bad shine for aluminum and rivets... if I do say so.
First "backyard" job I ever did. Second Mustang I owned...
Tank for one of my Norton's. All paint...
Still have the first gun I ever bought. A Binks Model 7. Top of the line back in the day. Cost me about 250 bucks... which was more than a paycheck back then.
Ain't seen any paint in well over 30 yrs now. Sits on the top shelf in the garage along with the other stuff I'll never use but too stubborn to throw away.
Last time I shot PPG clear was well over 20yrs ago... not sure what it was called. I agree about coverage and yeah... the stuff nowadays is way more forgiving. I'll check out the Tamco. I'm gettin' low on primers anyway.
Other than the body shop when I was a kid, the only professional painting I did was about 3 yrs on aircraft. Even had a title... "chief painter." ... was only two of us.
Found some old pics the other day. Here's a Huey medivac I painted with Imron. The front said "Angel One" I airbrushed it on.
Not a bad shine for aluminum and rivets... if I do say so.
First "backyard" job I ever did. Second Mustang I owned...
Tank for one of my Norton's. All paint...
Still have the first gun I ever bought. A Binks Model 7. Top of the line back in the day. Cost me about 250 bucks... which was more than a paycheck back then.
Ain't seen any paint in well over 30 yrs now. Sits on the top shelf in the garage along with the other stuff I'll never use but too stubborn to throw away.
That's what I learned to spray with! The only aircraft work I've ever done was on a Ratheon Turbo-Prop. Had to spot repair some peeling paint. Nice paint work Jim, and I say that as a car restorer. I know quality when I see it.Thanks.
Last time I shot PPG clear was well over 20yrs ago... not sure what it was called. I agree about coverage and yeah... the stuff nowadays is way more forgiving. I'll check out the Tamco. I'm gettin' low on primers anyway.
Other than the body shop when I was a kid, the only professional painting I did was about 3 yrs on aircraft. Even had a title... "chief painter." ... was only two of us.
Found some old pics the other day. Here's a Huey medivac I painted with Imron. The front said "Angel One" I airbrushed it on.
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Not a bad shine for aluminum and rivets... if I do say so.
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First "backyard" job I ever did. Second Mustang I owned...
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Tank for one of my Norton's. All paint...
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Still have the first gun I ever bought. A Binks Model 7. Top of the line back in the day. Cost me about 250 bucks... which was more than a paycheck back then.
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Ain't seen any paint in well over 30 yrs now. Sits on the top shelf in the garage along with the other stuff I'll never use but too stubborn to throw away.
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