my adventures in painting the car thread, DONE! Some final thoughts... |
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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. |
Andyrew |
Aug 9 2018, 02:05 PM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Also noticed this review online.
"We reviewed dryer for in-house use. Air must be in contact with media for 750 msec(3/4 sec) to remove water from 90% humidity to 40% ( 1.25 sec for 20%). The air flow is restricted by small orifice so that 90 psi inlet to 0 psi outlet reduces to 40% RH. This flow is not sufficient to run most tools, it is ok for painting. DO NOT install dryer directly in-line with tool. You must use a buffer tank( we found 5 gal tank to work ok for sanders, wrenches). Run hose from compressor to dryer, then from dryer to buffer tank. From tank to tool. Remember that average air flow must be handled by buffer or not exceed 3.5 CFM or you will get very low working pressures. Do not drill out the orifice as was mentioned in other reviews. This will indeed increase the air flow and downstream pressure; but the air will pass too quickly through the dryer media and will not be dryed(defeating the purpose of the dryer). To get greater air flow, use several dryers in parallel. We actually use 3 dryers side by side, leading to buffer tank." That plays in line with running it before the line. and far away from the tool. |
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