Mike phillips..school me on painting

[Skimmer0220]

The tiger stripes actually add a little something to it, mine has a tad bit of tiger stripes


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[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Originally Posted by Skimmer0220

The tiger stripes actually add a little something to it, mine has a tad bit of tiger stripes


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My co-worker Jeff has a blue 2007 Mustang and the hood was repainted a few years ago and if you look carefully you can see faint Tiger Stripes...

[RedXray]

The stripes can be eliminated during the spraying of the base. You need to back the gun further away from the panel and cross spray them out. You have to keep an eye out for uneven metallic as the base is laid down. This is critical for polyester bases like BASF's Diamont because after a polyester base flashes off it is flat and dull, thus hiding the unwanted metallic stripes. Once the clear is applied on polyester base you get that pop and the uneven metallic (if any) rears it's ugly head!

ETA: BASF Diamont is an awesome base/clear system.

[J S Machine]

Originally Posted by RedXray

The stripes can be eliminated during the spraying of the base. You need to back the gun further away from the panel and cross spray them out. You have to keep an eye out for uneven metallic as the base is laid down. This is critical for polyester bases like BASF's Diamont because after a polyester base flashes off it is flat and dull, thus hiding the unwanted metallic stripes. Once the clear is applied on polyester base you get that pop and the uneven metallic (if any) rears it's ugly head!

ETA: BASF Diamont is an awesome base/clear system.

This is correct. First car I ever painted was a metallic silver, and I striped it up. Later I learned to move my gun further away and be sure to mix it up while spraying to avoid them

[chemguy626]

Originally Posted by RedXray

The stripes can be eliminated during the spraying of the base. You need to back the gun further away from the panel and cross spray them out. You have to keep an eye out for uneven metallic as the base is laid down. This is critical for polyester bases like BASF's Diamont because after a polyester base flashes off it is flat and dull, thus hiding the unwanted metallic stripes. Once the clear is applied on polyester base you get that pop and the uneven metallic (if any) rears it's ugly head!

ETA: BASF Diamont is an awesome base/clear system.

does this method apply to single stage metallics as well?

[chemguy626]

So I started on it today....


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[chemguy626]

I got tired of hand sanding so I used my trusty porter cable with a 6 inch.stick-it backing plate

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[chemguy626]

Masked the door handles and did more sanding. I also am filling all of the nicks in the paint using standox 1k

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[chemguy626]

more pics to come tomorrow....and tomorrow is spraying day!!!!

[tuscarora dave]

Very interesting and informative thread. I'm excited to see the end result.