MFG rebuild getting started pics

[Woodonglass]

Re: MFG rebuild getting started pics

Yeah, my compressor has filter at the compressor and all my guns have filters and regulators at the handle. I usually have the compressor @ 100 psi and the gun regulator @ about 38 psi for my gun. I then play with volume, Fan, and distance and paint mixture till it all comes together. Temps will also change things and make you make changes to the entire scheme of things.

 

[sphelps]

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I have to admit, before coming to this site, I thought "orange peel" was just "what stuff looks like when you spray paint it" :facepalm:

I thought the same thing until I saw a video of someone buffing out orange peel . I'm pretty sure it looks like the last photo in my post #886.. It's like little holes in the paint. I think ..

 

[Woodonglass]

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This shows what Orange Peel in a paint job looks like...

And these are "Fish Eyes"

 

[Trooper82]

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My wife can fix that for you...she fixed fish eyes and orange peel for years at a plastics place that made auto and tractor parts...

 

[sphelps]

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I guess what I am getting looks more like fish eye's .
Troop I would marry any girl that could fix orange peels and fish eye's . AND make em taste good !

 

[Woodonglass]

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If you're gettin fisheyes, drain the compressor and let it run with the valves open for 5 minutes. Change your filters. Make sure and wipe down with Acetone before shooting. FE is caused by contaminants.

 

[sphelps]

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I do drain the comp every time before I spray . I open the valve and run it till no more water comes out . I guess I should let it drain a little longer. I have a filter at the compressor with a drain valve on the bottom that I also empty. I just picked up a different type inline filter that changes color when It's time to replace that I will use along with the cheap red disposable ones . Hopefully that will help some..
Also after sanding I have been wiping down with 50/50 mix of act and msp . Should I just use acetone? After the wipe down I follow up with a tack cloth so I'm thinking the surface is pretty clean. I guess it must be coming from the compressor..

 

[Woodonglass]

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Tack Cloth?? Is it a treated Tack Cloth? I think I'd try just the 50/50 wipe down. and try that.

 

[sphelps]

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Yea it's the ones at HD work force . Comes in a plastic bag and are a little tacky/sticky.

 

[sphelps]

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Watching paint dry...... Shoot coat #2 and no fisheye's this time ..
Then being the big dummy that I am I was pulling the tape off while still wet and it slipped out of my fingers and landed on the fresh paint.
Auuuhhhggggg! Oh well just a little more sanding..:redface: I will shoot the next coat around 4 or 5 o'clock this afternoon..

 

[Trooper82]

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Good news....no fish eyes...

Thinking it was the tack cloth?

 

[sphelps]

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I didn't use the tack cloth but I think it was moisture coming from the compressor . I wish well I thought I had the filters covered before the last coat of green. There are quite a few fish eye's on the green.
But no time to waist got stripe coat #3 on and the last coat on the transom. If I have to put one more coat of paint on the transom I'm gunna flip out !

and the stripes.

I know ya'll are getting sick of lookin at em. With the white cleats and bow light it should look pretty decent

 

[Trooper82]

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Not getting tired of looking at 'em at all SP..looks fabulous!!

Even the second time around

 

[sphelps]

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Gunna be gone for a few days. It's kinda slow at work right now so the boss wants me togo his hunting camp up in Georgia and do some lathing for stucco on one of his friends house .. While I'm there I might just help myself to some of the big catfish and bass in one of the ponds..

 

[Woodonglass]

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SP, She is really looking nice.

 

[Jon Sob]

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Hey sp ..... it's really coming together nice. You did a fantastic job on the paint as well as everything else so far. Great job!

 

[GT1000000]

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WOW! S.P.

I am gone for a few and you have become a boat painting artist...that MFG never had it so good...it is gonna be one seriously nice head turner!

Great work, Bro!

 

[sphelps]

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GT !! glad to see ya back from your computer nightmare !
Thanks for the painting props my friend !
Just got back from my 3 day trip from waaaay back in the woods. Gotta get caught up with everyone's work..
I did get a chance reel in a few catfish . 2 gal ziplock freezer bags full of fillets !

The weather was pretty much perfect up there . 20 " of rain in J-ville while I was gone .

 

[Trooper82]

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NICE!! Man those look good....

One of my deciding factors to move here in Louisiana was a little hole in the wall place we would go for lunch when I had to work down here...Paradise Catfish...and they where!

Reminds me, I haven't been there in awhile...Maybe this Friday..hmmm

 

[GT1000000]

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GT !! glad to see ya back from your computer nightmare !
Thanks for the painting props my friend !
Just got back from my 3 day trip from waaaay back in the woods. Gotta get caught up with everyone's work..
I did get a chance reel in a few catfish . 2 gal ziplock freezer bags full of fillets !

The weather was pretty much perfect up there . 20 " of rain in J-ville while I was gone .

Very mucho glado to be backo!

Nice catch...When's the cat-fry, they look like they are gonna be tasty...MMMMMMM-Good!