Confused again, reducer this time

Great job. :cool:
If your spraying at a 'pace you like,up the gun air pressure by 3-5 lbs next go.
Single Stage and Clear both like more air than regular base which is generally why you get peel, too much liquid/too little air. The Factory 'recommended' gun settings are for Compliance and most Everyone goes Up on the Air pressure. Don't know of the EPA ever painting anything
or cut the fluid down a quarter turn or so if you have a good pattern already and slow down a tad.
Why you do test sprays on some masking paper Before hitting the Work. Those few minutes and tiny amount of Product are real Time and Labor savers at the Finish Line. Did I mention I hate Buffing ? LOL..
Good work.!
 
A couple more questions.
I start cutting a door just to see how it would go, it was the absolute trashest panel I had. I was ready to sand it down and start over to be honest. Started with 1000 dry but I didn't like the way it was cutting, Or lack of cutting. wet worked real well for me though. I found a spot where there must have been a piece of trash that the 1000 pulled out, and it looks like I can see primer in the bottom of the pit. can I just dab some paint in using a toothpick or something next time I mix up some more paint then cut it down flush??
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The gray ring around the spot is uncut glossy paint.

I've been reading a lot on cutting and buffing but all the post are going way beyond what I planed. What would the local body shop do to get a nice finish out the door, Besides not spraying all the peel. :rolleyes:

I'm thinking something much simpler like 1000, 1500, compound etc. and not going to 8000.
 
You are making things difficult for yourself only going to 1500 imho. You will spend considerably less time compounding if you use the finer grits.

Not sure how to fix that flaw since it’s flush with the finish. If it was a chip I would dab in a little paint and sand it flush. Hopefully a pro will weigh in.

Don
 
1500 is a starting grit, not a finishing grit.

I learned from Shine very long ago and still do it to this day. 1000,1200, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000 trizact. THEN you’re ready to compound and polish. That is with wet film. Some of the guys here I’ve seen use dry films and I don’t know anything about that, but as it seems faster I’d sure like to.

I can tell you if you try to do short cuts and skip too many grits you will not cancel the previous grit out and you will see the scratches.
 
The spot is low enough to lay something in it I think.
I didn't mean that I was only going to 1500, but was curious how it's done in the real world of collision.
Heck I kind of screwed myself now that I got a smooth door I'll have to match everything else to it. But I'll have a long cold winter to do it in.

here's my 1500 I have some 2000 to try, but I'll need to look into finer stuff and a rotary buffer. It's going to get expensive.... again
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All this talk of hackery, I got started doing this when I was 16. I worked with a guy who would use 2x4's in place of the bumper bar on salvage rebuilder Festivas! He did a pile of them that way. Never came back in him

Same guy crashed two Bell helicopters and walked away both times without a scratch. No helmet either. I really can't stress enough what a shortcutting, get rich quick scheming, do everything half assed guy he was. In spite of all that I liked him alot. I did refuse to fly with him though. He had a Piper Cub and a old Cessna. He was the furthest away from a pilot outside of the flying part that you would ever meet. "Checks? What checks? It was working fine last week."

Another story. I bought and sold a bunch of used cars through his dealers license when I was 16-18. Made quite a bit of money for the time. I would go to this auction on the NC/VA state line in Danville Va every Friday night. It was where all the shady dealers unloaded their high mileage problem stuff. I bought a 79 Mustang that was on it's last legs. Over the next week I tore the motor down and it needed two pistons. Glenn says "no problem, I know where we can get them." I figured we were going to a machine shop or parts store. We end up at this guys machine shop in the middle of the sticks. I say "does he have the pistons?" Glenn says "yeah out back in his junk pile." He proceeds to scrounge through this guys junk pile of pistons that was outside. He finds two and says "these will work!" Meanwhile the guy who owned the shop comes out there and nearly lost his mind when he realized we were going to put them in a motor. I was to young to know any better. We did and the thing ran pretty good. I sold it a couple of weeks later and made $500. I think back on that now and feel ashamed that I would do something like that, but at the time I thought we had really fixed the car.

I could go on and on about this guy and the crazy things he did. If he had just stuck with something and done it reasonably right he would have had some success. But he could never play the long game.
It's funny how people can remember specific things that happen 30yrs ago but can't remember what we had for dinner last Wednesday
 
You mean Lunch,Today,Tonight....
Or walking 30' to the house for some more coffee and your cup is in the Shop...

Genius is like that you know..... LOL.....

Super hack would be wet the spot with reducer and dab some ss in it,finish out like the rest of the door and live with the small repair you know is there nobody else will.
Smart man told me long ago,
All we're doing is melting plastic......
 
I recommend investing in one of these kits. Many thanks to Texasking for turning me onto these. They are a huge help.


Don
 
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