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Title: Painting Post by: booker1978 on August 02, 2012, 08:02:03 am Does anyone know of a quality painter in the Dallas/Ft Worth area that they have personally used for their machine? I thought I would start here before I start calling the bazillion body shops in the area. Thanks!
Title: Re: Painting Post by: Slapshot42 on August 02, 2012, 09:48:17 am If you have the space to paint you may go to a local paint shop and get some information, It really isnt that hard. You would be surprised how much those guys know.
I would definitely go with a base coat, clear coat. A single stage enamel is not nearly as hard and it makes it really hard to get a good shine on it. The hardener on a single stage is 4 to 1. A two stage paint is 8 to 1 much better for cutt and buffing for that shine. Title: Re: Painting Post by: zadd on August 28, 2012, 08:02:08 pm 8-1 ?
Title: Re: Painting Post by: Slapshot42 on August 28, 2012, 08:54:17 pm 8-1 ? Yes, base coat is 8 to 1 on the hardener, instead of a 4 to 1 on the hardener. The higher the number the stronger the hardener. So what my painter has been teaching me.... When we used a single stage enamel when we when to cutt the paint to buff the final coat the paint couldn't take a very high grit of sandpaper. We had to scratch and repaint the box. Typically on a base coat clear coat we can cutt the paint with a 1,000 grit sand paper and than buff it to a glossy shine. Title: Re: Painting Post by: zadd on August 29, 2012, 08:02:42 pm :biggrin: I paint for a living and that a new one for me . :tounge:
Title: Re: Painting Post by: Slapshot42 on August 29, 2012, 08:23:55 pm :biggrin: I paint for a living and that a new one for me . :tounge: Do you still paint with single stage enamel paint? Sorry if you disagree. I was offering information I thought was useful based off of my personal experience. I hope I didn't mis lead anyone. :blush: Title: Re: Painting Post by: zadd on August 29, 2012, 09:19:01 pm I was just messing with you :smile:But if you have 4 parts color and 1 part hardner per mix then you have 3 more parts of solid than hardner = 4.1 . I have never seen a base coat / clear coat mix 8 to 1 ..... Base coat in most cases is 2 coats at 2.1 and two coats of clear at 2.1 The clear coat should produce atleast a mil or more of film protection per coat . The enamel paint should produce the same it just lacks UV protection . Base coat clear is better if you should ever have to repair the paint.
Title: Re: Painting Post by: Slapshot42 on August 29, 2012, 09:22:12 pm That's good information. Perhaps there are different ratios depending on the brand? Now, you got me thinking to go outside to read the small print on the back of the can! :laugh: :biggrin:
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