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post Feb 23 2007, 09:54 PM
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WOW! That's a fantastic job! And I thought I was having problems with "solvent pop" painting my teener. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocking nana.gif)
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post Feb 23 2007, 10:02 PM
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QUOTE(Borderline @ Feb 23 2007, 07:54 PM) *

WOW! That's a fantastic job! And I thought I was having problems with "solvent pop" painting my teener. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocking nana.gif)


2 things to check on .

Correct temp reducer and ample time between coats. What happens is coat #1 doesn't have enough time to evaporate before coat #2 is applied therefore the solvents are evaporating THROUGH the second coat

Your air flow = if you don't have enough air flowing through your booth/painting area the solvents won't be drawn away from the paint when they evaporate

Another posibility is that you don't have solvent pop you actually have fish eyes which is caused by foreign material on the underlying surface. Armor All is a BIG no no around paint booths. I have also seen it happen from the large kerosene heaters not burning cleanly, car wax not being completely removed, etc.
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post Feb 24 2007, 07:20 AM
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WOW! What a job. You are PAINT KING! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif)
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post Feb 24 2007, 10:38 AM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Feb 23 2007, 08:02 PM) *

QUOTE(Borderline @ Feb 23 2007, 07:54 PM) *

WOW! That's a fantastic job! And I thought I was having problems with "solvent pop" painting my teener. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rocking nana.gif)


2 things to check on .

Correct temp reducer and ample time between coats. What happens is coat #1 doesn't have enough time to evaporate before coat #2 is applied therefore the solvents are evaporating THROUGH the second coat

Your air flow = if you don't have enough air flowing through your booth/painting area the solvents won't be drawn away from the paint when they evaporate

Another posibility is that you don't have solvent pop you actually have fish eyes which is caused by foreign material on the underlying surface. Armor All is a BIG no no around paint booths. I have also seen it happen from the large kerosene heaters not burning cleanly, car wax not being completely removed, etc.


At the first body shop I worked at, years ago, 2 of the painters had a war.
Painter #2 sprayed WD-40 in the airhose of Painter #1's booth. Crazy fisheyes everywhere. Painter #2 bragged about it to the wrong guy and got fired finally.
I wasn't involved, I was a lowly prep-boy at that time, I only got to paint wheels and bumpers on the huge electric company trucks, but not too many fisheyes on my stuff.
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post Feb 24 2007, 02:06 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) Great work and on a deadline to boot...

how many hours do you have into it?
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post Feb 24 2007, 03:54 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) Great work and on a deadline to boot...

how many hours do you have into it?


God only knows....I'll have to sit down and add it all up but basically 4 weeks at 40 hours per (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) There were several 12-13 hour days plus Sat. and Sun. last weekend so I figure it averages out to 4-40 hour weeks+one 30 ? hour week for the powder coating. When it got near the end I had some help blocking, wet sanding and buffing from the guys who are actually assembling the car as well as an old timer in the shiop that used to do collision werk. The bill is supposedly a little OVER $10,000 just for the paint and body. Powder coating was another $3000.00 Unfortunately I get a very very small portion of that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
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post Feb 24 2007, 03:56 PM
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At the first body shop I worked at, years ago, 2 of the painters had a war.
Painter #2 sprayed WD-40 in the airhose of Painter #1's booth. Crazy fisheyes everywhere. Painter #2 bragged about it to the wrong guy and got fired finally.
I wasn't involved, I was a lowly prep-boy at that time, I only got to paint wheels and bumpers on the huge electric company trucks, but not too many fisheyes on my stuff.



If I had been painter #1....painter #2 would have at least 1 knife wound....at least...........
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post Feb 26 2007, 04:59 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) REally, really nice. Flake reminds me of a 76 vette I saw when I was a teener - painted silver with the largest freaking metalflake I had ever seen - and up to this day the ONLY one. It looked as though the dude put reynolds aluminum foil through a hand cranked coffee grinder and then added it to the clear coat only-- it was the wildest thing I ever saw

Good job dude.
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post Feb 26 2007, 05:05 PM
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Very nice job. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif)
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post Feb 26 2007, 07:31 PM
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QUOTE(jwalters @ Feb 26 2007, 02:59 PM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) REally, really nice. Flake reminds me of a 76 vette I saw when I was a teener - painted silver with the largest freaking metalflake I had ever seen - and up to this day the ONLY one. It looked as though the dude put reynolds aluminum foil through a hand cranked coffee grinder and then added it to the clear coat only-- it was the wildest thing I ever saw

Good job dude.


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif) Nice of you to stop in and say hi holmes! I may be heading your way in a couple of months. for some vacation/ job nosing.Not real sure yet how far down I'm going. But I'll definitely be in Fla.
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post Feb 27 2007, 06:56 PM
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Let me know dude - even if you do not make it all the way down, it would give me the excuse I have been looking for to get the hell outta here. Even for just a night of alcohol consumption - still got my number??


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QUOTE(jwalters @ Feb 26 2007, 02:59 PM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) REally, really nice. Flake reminds me of a 76 vette I saw when I was a teener - painted silver with the largest freaking metalflake I had ever seen - and up to this day the ONLY one. It looked as though the dude put reynolds aluminum foil through a hand cranked coffee grinder and then added it to the clear coat only-- it was the wildest thing I ever saw

Good job dude.


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif) Nice of you to stop in and say hi holmes! I may be heading your way in a couple of months. for some vacation/ job nosing.Not real sure yet how far down I'm going. But I'll definitely be in Fla.
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post Nov 8 2007, 08:36 PM
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Thought I'd share a little update vid of the car. My heart DROPPED when I saw this. I literally felt sick to my stomach for a few minutes afterward.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PvstvMVZqVo

Another vid with good shots of the whole car and some completed runs.


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=bve93EyPMj0


I'm gpnna go take some nerve pills now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)
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post Nov 8 2007, 09:33 PM
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I had a gun cup with a flipper in the bottom of the cup. The flipper had a magnet on the bottom. The outside of the cup had a air driven motor with a magnet on it. You connected the motor to the gun regulator. the outside magnet drove the magnetic flipper inside the cup while you were painting. This would keep the flake in suspension. The flipper was removable from the cup for cleaning. That's why the magnets. Tell BASF you need one. They work. Hmmm... wonder where that is now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) I think I got it from the Sherwin Williams rep.
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