single stage

I am a brand new member. Thanks for reading :) I am restoring a 1977 VW Bus. I painted the bus 4 years ago with about 4 coats of single stage. It came out with a ton of orange peel (it was painted in garage when it was about 105 degrees outside). I color sanded it for days and then applied 2...

1970 Camaro, its been sitting in epoxy primer for a couple years. I finally found Pilkington Glass for it, so I want to go ahead and install glass. Question. Should i paint the windshield(single stage) and backglass channels or leave them epoxy? I threw 3 coats of epoxy on before letting it...

I'm about to paint my van which is my first paint job. Equipment 40 husky air compressor R500 Linear blocks Product White epoxy White SS Currently the van is about 85% done in white epoxy.. My process was to shoot it then sand with 220 to find the lows. I filled the lows with evercoat rage...

I have a project car that was painted by the last owner with a urethane alkyed enamel (a hardener was used) over an epoxy primer. I’m going to be throwing on a very similar color of single stage acrylic urethane and was really hoping I would be alright just scuffing with 400ish grit and spraying...

Well before I joined, I have been searching final grits before I go on to the next step. Not being a professional or very experienced I would like to work up a cheat sheet because I tend to forget things overtime. I ask what the coarsest grits would be acceptable for a quality restoration? I...

Hello! I'm new to all this, but have been lurking the SPI forums for about a year now and soaking up the knowledge. It's come time to paint my first job and am looking for some advice from the pros. After many many months of screwing up, using bad products and basic inexperience, I'm finally at...