Re-spray ugh!

[dhutton01]

Looks pretty darn good to me. I was picturing really bad tiger striping.

Don

 

[MKH]

That's light mottling in the second pic. Not vertical striping. Lighten up your coats and you should be fine. Car looks pretty good actually. Might be a blessing in disguise as it will allow you to not have the color/flop mismatch on the doors and lid. Just tape up well.

That picture does look like a color mismatch on the doors and rear hatch and fenders but it’s not noticeable in person. I didn’t notice it until I posted the picture. That’s kinda weird! So the second picture is mottling. It’s very hard to get a picture of what I called verticals stripes. They are about 6 inches tall and about an inch wide. They are spaced apart about 1-2 inches and are so consistent it looks like someone tried to do it that way. My whole thought process keeps going back to spraying the basecoat to heavy. After watching that video I was definitely moving to slow spraying the base.
Mike

 

[RosharonRooster]

That color looks alot like the silver blue I painted in 2017. I had to respray a few areas as well. It really sucks that it's on the driver side because you will be looking at it everytime you walk up to the car...if it was on the passenger side it would be different...but as others have states, doesn't look that bad.

 

[OJ86]

Totally off topic here as I think everything has been covered.....but that car looks sexy as hell with that wheel combo and color! More build pics please!!!

 

[MKH]

Totally off topic here as I think everything has been covered.....but that car looks sexy as hell with that wheel combo and color! More build pics please!!!

I don’t really have that many pics. Here are a few. I had a 280z when I was around 20 years old. I’m 61 now. I bought this car for a winter project. This December it will be 2 years ago. Ha. I normally go back factory stock on my cars but decided to do this one a little different and ended up blowing the whole car apart. These cars had bulky bumpers from the factory so I had some 240z bumpers that I welded together and tucked real close to the body. Its got fat tires with adjustable coil overs And I had to roll the back fenders to get them to fit. Engine remains stock with exception of a header and it runs so nice I just couldn’t mess with it for now! Other than replacing just about every thing under the hood! Going back with a full leather interior. And lots of other small things like deleting most of the emblems and antenna. Bumpers are gloss black as well as all exterior pieces like door handles, window surround, grille and anything else that bolts to the exterior. It’s been fun!!

 

[MKH]

Looks pretty darn good to me. I was picturing really bad tiger striping.

Don

It’s really not that bad at all. But I know if I put it all together I will be kicking myself for not fixing it when I had the chance. It’s the only thing I see when I look at the car!!!

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

It's gonna be a really nice car Mike. Good job.

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

Chris, I have a question about the video. In the video it looks to me like the car is in primer and the jambs have not been painted prior. Does he do the color on the jambs and underside last? I saw no back taping on that car. Just curious.

I don't know all the details. What I do know is that is candy he is spraying and what looks like primer is the groundcoat. I don't know anything about the taping etc of that car. I recomended backmasking for any areas where there would be a hard line like at the door jamb edge etc. Other guys may use foam tape for that, I don't anymore.

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

That picture does look like a color mismatch on the doors and rear hatch and fenders but it’s not noticeable in person. I didn’t notice it until I posted the picture. That’s kinda weird! So the second picture is mottling. It’s very hard to get a picture of what I called verticals stripes. They are about 6 inches tall and about an inch wide. They are spaced apart about 1-2 inches and are so consistent it looks like someone tried to do it that way. My whole thought process keeps going back to spraying the basecoat to heavy. After watching that video I was definitely moving to slow spraying the base.
Mike

If I had to guess I would say it happened because you were spraying heavy and the air pressure from the gun, the pattern caused it. Probably heavy enough that as you were spraying the air pressure pushed the color somewhat to each side. IDK. It just looks like mottling to me. Mottling comes from spraying heavy and the metallic pools and doesn't lay out and orient correctly. That is a situation where spraying a coat or two of base and intercoat like I described would remedy it.

 

[AAE]

That might be one way but it's not the only way. I have never done that. What he describes is compensation for poor technique (inconsistent overlap, excessive fluid or both). Ive worked with a bunch of other painters and I have never seen any of them going up and down on an overall, never. And I have never dropped pressure on my last coat. In all my years I have come to believe that metallic likes air pressure and more is better in regards to how it lays down. Provided that I am using a quality slow reducer. The minimum air pressure that one should use is that which will atomize the metallic correctly. I don't know what that is for his gun though. 18 sounds low.

How Kosmoski does it in this video is how it's done. I would recommend to the OP that he watch this and try to emulate what Kosmoski is doing here.

I just watched the full length version. Makes me want to get my guns loaded up.

 

[crashtech]

A leaky packing or other gun defect can cause what I think I am seeing in the picture. Also, slightly wonky metallic orientation can be helped by using a slow enough reducer. I have found that certain colors in certain paint lines are just tough for some reason, you may have found one of those. Fine, light metallics in particular seem more prone to stripes or mottling, at least in my situation.

 

[Chad.S]

It doesn't look as bad as I thought it would have after talking to you on the phone, I am guessing there could either be a gun issue or maybe it needs just put on a touch less heavy. I am guessing whatever is going on is something minor that is causing the issue.

I do really like the color on that car though, I did a Datsun 2000 many years ago something similar to this.

 

[Lizer]

I am a fan of drop coat especially if you are newer to painting metallics. The critical part to a drop coat is it needs to fall on wet base so it melts in. Drop the pressure, pull back on the distance 12-15” and give the panel a fast fog immediately after spraying the last coat. It will really even out the metallic if you have issues.

 

[MKH]

I am a fan of drop coat especially if you are newer to painting metallics. The critical part to a drop coat is it needs to fall on wet base so it melts in. Drop the pressure, pull back on the distance 12-15” and give the panel a fast fog immediately after spraying the last coat. It will really even out the metallic if you have issues.

I just purchased a lph 400 with the silver and orange cap. I have a hood prepped to practice on. I going to practice with the new gun when I receive it before I paint the entire car again. I also am going to purchase some SPI intercoat as Chris suggested. I will practice some drop coats also. Hopefully between the new gun and the options of intercoat or drop coat I will have options if it streaks again. Thanks