Any tips or tricks to spraying the underside of my hood?

DanMcG

DanMcG

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Shooting White epoxy on an 85 Chevy truck hood and it has a whole lot of nooks and crannies like a lot of hoods.
I'll be using my Iwata lph400 and thinking I should cut back on the air and fluid to get a narrow fan to get in the holes and tight edges.
Should be a learning experience for sure. Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks.
here's what it looks like,
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I was having trouble thinking about how to explain it, but Don did a great job.
I think I might do a little more than that in certain areas, you can see as you go where areas aren't getting coverage.
Don't get too fancy, or the high areas will get too much.
 
I use my 1.0 touch up gun. Takes longer but way more control. For epoxy I go "just covered" on first coat. Also started heating the epoxy to about 90 degrees before spraying, seems to help.
 
Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'll give them a try once I get it scuffed and the weather is good
 
Well that didn't come out to bad considering, 2 coats of off white epoxy. :rolleyes:
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But since the truck is white I thought I'd just shoot the underside with a couple coats of white epoxy and call it good, but while mixing the paint using last years root beer colored activator, I never gave it a thought until it was to late that I wanted this to be a white finish product, and not a cream color.
Sooo, I guess I can shoot a couple more coats with my new activator, or maybe a sealer coat and a couple coats of the single stage. I think I'm leaning towards the SS finish paint.
I got my share of light cratering which has leveled out for the most part. I really appreciate all the advice given, and did try to use it, but in the end I just did what worked for me. I did find myself following the patterns in the stamping which got real confusing... lol. Maybe a beer would help on the next round.
 
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Different opinion here, I would spray a light coat of white sealer just before doing the SS. Allow proper flash times . Just saying what I would do. I absolutely despise having to redo something because I was in a hurry.
 
Dean Jenkins said:
I use my 1.0 touch up gun. Takes longer but way more control. For epoxy I go "just covered" on first coat. Also started heating the epoxy to about 90 degrees before spraying, seems to help.
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Heating. No need for that. Set it on the porch and by lunch time it will be 110 degrees....almost bubbling. Lol
 
DanMcG said:
Well that didn't come out to bad considering, 2 coats of off white epoxy. :rolleyes:
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But since the truck is white I thought I'd just shoot the underside with a couple coats of white epoxy and call it good, but while mixing the paint using last years root beer colored activator, I never gave it a thought until it was to late that I wanted this to be a white finish product, and not a cream color.
Sooo, I guess I can shoot a couple more coats with my new activator, or maybe a sealer coat and a couple coats of the single stage. I think I'm leaning towards the SS finish paint.
I got my share of light cratering which has leveled out for the most part. I really appreciate all the advice given, and did try to use it, but in the end I just did what worked for me. I did find myself following the patterns in the stamping which got real confusing... lol. Maybe a beer would help on the next round.
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Do you plan on running some sort of under hood insulation or mat. That would make things way easier. Just throwing ideas
 
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