Painting the Kitten tomorrow, advice please.

[ajlelectronics]

Hopefully anyway! I have to mask off the driver's aperture, hang the masking film curtains and clean.

My query concerns wet edge. The hardener I am using, Sunox Viper is a ten minute hardener. Using 600mL pots, I am not going to get a full coat from one pot so will have to mix as I go. I don't want to mix three or four pots ready because of the fast hardening time. So, if I start with tricky bits and work from the bottom up, how do I keep the paint from giving dry patches?

Today I did the rear and passenger doors. Gun was fluttering and so the finish wasn't very good. I mixed some more, fixed the gun and recoated them. Then i put one panel resting on the other without realising, so that's another job to redo!

Dust level is still too high really, so I think I will just get plenty of paint on and burnish it back once hard.

 

[GW8IZR]

Kitten! - I read that as Kitchen :-)

 

[steveo3002]

does it actualy go off in 10 mins? if so doesnt really sound ideal for a repaint

my way round a car is paint halfway down the pillar on one side start the roof , go around and finish the roof from the other side then start at the quarter panel and go around it so finishing at the boot on that corner

if its drying so fast then wet up any dry edges with some neat thinners

 

[ajlelectronics]

 

[steveo3002]

bet that join on the wing will show....why not feather it ?

 

[ajlelectronics]

It was 'orrible! It wasn't even level, so had to do some repair work there. The whole body had been bodged up, hence why it went all the way back to gelcoat.

 

[steveo3002]

yeah but the sharp line ?

 

[ajlelectronics]

does it actualy go off in 10 mins? if so doesnt really sound ideal for a repaint

my way round a car is paint halfway down the pillar on one side start the roof , go around and finish the roof from the other side then start at the quarter panel and go around it so finishing at the boot on that corner

if its drying so fast then wet up any dry edges with some neat thinners

It is recommended by my body man for non heated booth painting in cold weather. It is avalable in 5/10/15 minute ratings when force dried... Didn't realise it is longer air dried! So should I just mix all the paint to start?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DeVilbiss...650948?hash=item2a741c7ec4:g:3KUAAOSwcLxYFhTM

 

[Pete.]

Don't mean to be picky but you didn't get much of a shine on it really. Odd colour scheme too but there's definite skill gone into the bonnet with that intricate pattern.

 

[ajlelectronics]

yeah but the sharp line ?

Been dealt with by grinding out and blending. I have already spent far too much time on this car, which was meant to be getting a blowover.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Don't mean to be picky but you didn't get much of a shine on it really. Odd colour scheme too but there's definite skill gone into the bonnet with that intrice pattern.

I have given up on the bonnet. The old paint on there will not give up the fight, so looking for a replacement. The original blue paint was not feathering and just smeared under power sanding. Then there was a very poor white blowover in addition to terrible body repairs.

 

[steveo3002]

It is recommended by my body man for non heated booth painting in cold weather. It is avalable in 5/10/15 minute ratings when force dried... Didn't realise it is longer air dried! So should I just mix all the paint to start?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DeVilbiss...650948?hash=item2a741c7ec4:g:3KUAAOSwcLxYFhTM

sounds like it , its pot life you want to look at , shouldnt take long to whip round that

 

[steveo3002]

looking at that stuff...i hope its suitable for a full repaint , the "smart" wording in the ad suggests its more for quickie bumper corners and so on

 

[ajlelectronics]

looking at that stuff...i hope its suitable for a full repaint , the "smart" wording in the ad suggests its more for quickie bumper corners and so on

He suggested it to prevent the paint slumping or runs. I have got some conventional fast hardener if the consensus is that I should use it. However, the temperature will possibly not be in double figures in the workshop tomorrow.

 

[steveo3002]

dunno mate if he says its good then hope for the best , dont think it would have been my first choice though

can you add thinners to it if its drying too fast ?

btw...bad bad things can happen with fibre glass and cold damp workshops , id guarentee it till the end of the street lol

 

[ajlelectronics]

The workshop is centrally heated, but most of the heat vanishes when I open the doors. I am happy the the body is dry and customer has been warned that he is getting whatever he gets. It should be much improved over the state it came to me in anyway. Even had fire damage below the windscreen where the fibreglass has lost all the resin under the gelcoat. Just a lot of brown fibrous dust remained.

 

[ajlelectronics]

 

[steveo3002]

is it a solid colour youre doing it?

 

[ajlelectronics]

Yes Steve, Jawel brand Diamond white.

 

[steveo3002]

right so the link you put on says clearcoat ? so base and clear or do they offer straight gloss in the same stuff?