No longer a SPI virgin

J

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I haven't painted a car in 25 years so all these "new fangled" products had me confused on what to do. SPI to the rescue. Between Barry, Andy and this forum, I got a game plan in place. I'll be painting my 65 Corvette next but in the mean time, my good friend wanted me to "practice" on his 23 T-bucket. I used SPI 2K primer, epoxy and Universal Clear. The base was PPG DBC (I can't believe how well that stuff covers). Today I finished spraying 4 coats of clear. With the exception of a couple "flow indicators", a few specks of dust and a minute amount of orange peel, it came out awesome. I'll let it sit a few days and then proceed with 1000 - 1500 -2000 and the 3m Perfect-It system. Even though I don't have anything to compare it to (except lacquer in the 80's) the SPI Universal clear is absolutely awesome. Thanks to everyone at SPI and here on the forum for your help. Here's a pic. before the cut & buff.

Jim
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Thanks Dub. What's up with this clear? Yesterday when I closed up my shop (about 4 hrs. after spraying), I had a small amount of orange peel. This morning, it's 99% gone. My buddy came to look at it again and accused me of staying up all night polishing the car. Unbelievable stuff.

Jim
 
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