Orange '74 Resto, shot some PAINT!, My Progress Thread |
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Orange '74 Resto, shot some PAINT!, My Progress Thread |
jonferns |
Oct 30 2008, 08:00 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29-March 07 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7,631 Region Association: North East States |
We've been working on a '74 2.0 that we picked up a year ago in VA. Solid for the most part, floors are nice. Over the past 2 months we have been doing some work on it.
The goal is just a nice driver. It will be the original Phoneix Red (which is more orange than red). It will be powered by a 2.0 FI, if I get can the D-Jet figured out. I'll update this thread weekly or more often, whenever something notable gets done. Heres what we started with |
jonferns |
Dec 10 2009, 11:12 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 29-March 07 From: New Jersey Member No.: 7,631 Region Association: North East States |
The guy at the paint supply place gave me a reducer for colder temps, and my garage was 55-ish degrees inside yesterday, had a small heater running before I shot paint.
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Spoke |
Dec 10 2009, 11:31 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,052 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
reducer for colder temps I learned my lesson about the right reducer for the temperature. I used the same PPG paint as you on my car with the cold-temp reducer. When I painted part of the car the first time the temps were in the 60s and it went on beautifully. When I painted again after the accident, I used the same reducer and the temps in August were near 100F. I didn't realize at the time what a difference the reducer makes. I could hardly get 1/4 of a bowl of paint on before having to adjust the settings on the gun. I think the paint was setting up in the bowl. This stuff should go on like glass but in Aug I ended up with all sorts of orange peel. |
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