My first attempt at real painting (aka mixed paint with a gun), not perfect, but turned out alright I think. Thoughts?
looks good from here man 
OoohhH!!! Looks hawt . :rockon: … good job on the painting. I need a few things painted too ya know! 
… the 92/93 bumper looks great on there
Looks pretty decent. I’d like to see closeups in good lighting. Like to see if there is any orange peel going on, or any fish eyes, etc. Looks like you took your time and did a good job with the prep work.
Keep up the good work! With practice, you might soon be good enough to paint entire cars. I’m going to be painting my car (again) in the near future. If you have any ??'s, feel free to shoot me an email.
jake870621345(at)hotmail.com
Thanks guys.
blu, there is some orange peel forsure, I tried to get rid of it by sanding in between coats, but some still exists. There are also some spots where the paint isn’t smooth, there are some small bumps here and there, any idea on what caused that and how to avoid it the next time?
Chris- you coming to the meet tomorrow?
Probably not. My car still looks the same. heh. Supposed to rain tommorow too so that isn’t fun. :(. Next meet for sure when my other teg is complete or close to being completed. Then we’ll go for a sweet photoshoot!!! I can’t wait till the weather is nice and dry for a while. :rockon: Have fun at the meet, drive safe! :dance:
best way to get the orange peel to go away isn’t so much about sanding in between coats, but more of sanding, buffing, etc. after all coats of paint have been applied.
the spots that aren’t smooth might have come from over sanding in between coats which may have taken more paint away than needed. if you apply the paint thin enough on each coat, there shouldn’t be too much of a need to wet sand between coats, as thin coats provide enough “bite area” for the paint to adhere to.
give it a good buff/polish and it should get rid of the orange peel. or, at least, aid in getting rid of it in a quicker fashion than naturally waiting for it to cure itself out. out of curiosity, did you clear coat the bumper, or is it a single stage paint job. (as in, a “protected” enamel with no clear coat applied) if cleared, then wetsanding and buffing out should be a lot easier. as long as you’re careful and don’t use too rough of a grit paper, you shouldn’t have to worry too much about sanding into the paint itself (which will lead to obvious bad results)
Alright, when I get time I’ll give that a try. And it’s single stage, hardener and color mixed together, so no clear… The guys I bought the paint said this would be easier being my first time and all
by looking at the last pic u posted it looks great considering it looks like no particals got in the paint when it was set to dry
Help
HELP!
I’m in the middle of painting the GF’s bumper and have run into a problem. In ONE area of the bumper, when I apply the base, the paint ripples (looks like what happens when paint stripper is applied). I sanded that down, repainted but it’s still there (although less this time). Any idea on what is causing this, and more importantly how to fix this.
Thanks
Make sure you cleaned the crap out of it. Even a little grim on your hands from moving it or something can cause this. Clean clean clean my friend. If that doesn’t do the trick you have something on there that needs to come off. It could be wax, tire dressing, well you get the point. Also your paint might be kicking whatever paint, primer or sealer that was there when you
started. If that’s the case you need to put on lighter coats. If the paint is on to thick the solvents in the paint start working like stripper. So sand, clean, and many light coats. Hope this helps.