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my adventures in painting the car thread, DONE! Some final thoughts... |
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Jul 11 2018, 09:55 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
So I painted my car. Got some orange peel, thought I'd see if anyone had ideas for getting rid of/minimizing it.
After painting: After sanding with 1000 grit. The lighter areas are where I sanded, the darker areas are the lower points of the orange peel: Option 1: I'm thinking I need to go to 800 grit, then 1000, 1500, 2000, then polish. Before I do I thought I'd see if anyone else thinks this is a good idea based on what they may have done. Option 2: I can re-paint it. I'm thinking I will sand with 400 grit to rough up the surface and then re-spray. Option 3: I can polish it more, but the orange peel is still noticeable on the smaller pieces I've tried. I used a Torq X polisher, white pad, Chemical Guys V32 polish. I thought it might get smoother as I polished it with finer and finer pads/compounds, but I don't want to burn thru the paint. I put 3 coats of paint on. |
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Jul 25 2018, 06:33 PM
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Porsche Padawan Group: Members Posts: 683 Joined: 17-December 14 From: Santa Clarita, CA Member No.: 18,230 Region Association: Southern California |
So my a-hole neighbor called the HOA, the city and the AQMD. He didn't even talk to me first! Part of my "paint booth" (really just a cover to keep paint off the stuff in the garage and dust off the car) was in the driveway for about 2-3 days. It looked like crap, but I wanted to make sure I was done before I dismantled it. I received a letter from the HOA to clean it up. The neighbor also evidently complained about some plants and me working on my car in the driveway. I took care of all that (my driveway is sloped, so I don't work on them in the driveway). The city just told me to get rid of the wood and plastic structure in my driveway. The inspector said he just saw debris, but no painting. He told me I can paint in garage. He also told me the AQMD was called. We cleaned it up and all is cool. I looked up the AQMD rules and it appears HVLP spayers are exempt and I can spray up to 3 gallons a day. Take that, a-hole neighbor! I have yet to hear from the AQMD, probably because I'm exempt.
If you decide to do what I did, just be aware. Talk to your neighbors. All my other neighbors are cool with what I'm doing. I just have one, maybe 2, coats left them I'm done. |
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