Dave C 5
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If they still don’t get it - I have them read this so they know why they aren’t getting a perfect car
If someone has a reproduction hood.....
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If they still don’t get it - I have them read this so they know why they aren’t getting a perfect car
I don't do this professionally but am pretty critical of my own work, and I can tell you that one of the big problems today is how good a paint job can look on TV or in pictures on the internet, but when you watch closely they aren't that good. The camera is forgiving to paint jobs, in my opinion.
dhutton01
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I dont think you know what you're talking about!! I go on instagram all the time and EVERYONE on there does riddler award winning work from their pics!
*sarcasm*
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I enjoyed the read. Thanks
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If they never fit that thing on the car that is probably just the beginning of their problems....but who knows.
I personally wouldn't go chasing anything on that thing. I'd love tap the highs down and I would just swipe the entire deal and carve it down to a respectable shape, poly it and be good to go.
Also, on a big hood like that I would use 2 stands and try to support it on the edges. Its more stable and it touches on the strongest parts of the hood and wont distort the shape. Just my $.02...
I personally wouldn't go chasing anything on that thing. I'd love tap the highs down and I would just swipe the entire deal and carve it down to a respectable shape, poly it and be good to go.
Also, on a big hood like that I would use 2 stands and try to support it on the edges. Its more stable and it touches on the strongest parts of the hood and wont distort the shape. Just my $.02...
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RosharonRooster
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Good advice.!. This thing sucks
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Well, a 64 hood should be flat....he paid for a good paint job. Better than driver, but not a turntable. Something to be proud of at an out door hang out. So I'm going to do the best I can. But I already know how this is going to fit because this is the 3rd 64 repop hood I've worked on
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Maybe mix the filler on the hood itself lol
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Got it in poly. Super build 4/1. 3 coats on problem areas, 2 ish on the rest. None on the front. Total time so far, 6.5 man hours from ecoat to bare metal, to epoxy to this stage
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Forgot to mention 98 degrees spraying that with a 2.0 tip. Little warm
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2.5 hours spent today, 400 wet top side, 400 wet the bottom side.. painting it tomorrow
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Time was 11 hours before spraying sealer.
If only counting time to spray we are looking at an hour total?? But if counting wait time between coats then , I started at 7am and sprayed last cost of clear at 1130a thats 4.5 hours...
That's 15.5 hours to get it in paint....cut buff next weekend.
Things could have went pretty bad pretty quick. The lot next door to my is overgrown and has cottonwood trees in bloom. The morning dew kept it down til about 10am. Then there was cottonwood floating everywhere the restof the day, but luckily nothing got sucked in and landed on the job thank God
This was black sealer, 3 coats spi black base, 3 coats spi euro clear
If only counting time to spray we are looking at an hour total?? But if counting wait time between coats then , I started at 7am and sprayed last cost of clear at 1130a thats 4.5 hours...
That's 15.5 hours to get it in paint....cut buff next weekend.
Things could have went pretty bad pretty quick. The lot next door to my is overgrown and has cottonwood trees in bloom. The morning dew kept it down til about 10am. Then there was cottonwood floating everywhere the restof the day, but luckily nothing got sucked in and landed on the job thank God
This was black sealer, 3 coats spi black base, 3 coats spi euro clear
