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Project: 80 Series

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It arrived...a day early! I guess I need to get painting this weekend 🤞🏻
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It starts: Snuck in a little sanding and primer for this rig today.
Sanded imperfections and high points throughout, then hit it with primer.
Tomorrow is supposed to be pretty windy all day, so likely won't get to coating it. Next is figuring out if I do the black details first (i.e. window trims, bumpers, fenders, grille), then mask all that and hit the body with the medium red pearl.

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OnwardGuinevere said:
It starts: Snuck in a little sanding and primer for this rig today.
Sanded imperfections and high points throughout, then hit it with primer.
Tomorrow is supposed to be pretty windy all day, so likely won't get to coating it. Next is figuring out if I do the black details first (i.e. window trims, bumpers, fenders, grille), then mask all that and hit the body with the medium red pearl.

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Pro tip, you can paint in your bathroom, that's why they have exhaust fans in there. 🤣
 
Doom! said:
Pro tip, you can paint in your bathroom, that's why they have exhaust fans in there. 🤣
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Tell me you've painted in your bathroom without saying "every house has a built in spray booth!"

I'll toss a pro tip out there, use a box! That way it keeps the tub 👌🏻
 
We'll see if painting the black area first was the right approach. I masked some of it so there wasn't a ton of overspray. There is a lot of cad to paint here 😆.

I kind of figured, regardless of how I do it. At one point they'll be a lot of masking.
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I used my super fine sand paper and wet sanded some of the excess black. I wanted to just knock down of the overspray back and soften the lines. It didn't work as well as I thought it might. I sanded some areas of the black to clean up some sanding lines that I noticed under the paint.
From here, my plan is to just mask off the black (which will take a bit) and then paint the red. After that, I don't think masking and touching up the black will be too difficult (assuming I am thorough and patient in masking)
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I did a lot of masking today. I'm not certain my approach to this paint project is the best, but I've gone too far now, we'll see how it goes.
I may have set myself up for additional masking that I likely didn't need to do.
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I went for it. Full speed ahead!
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With the masking removed:
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Since this is auto paint. I am hoping it will cure pretty hard. I'll have to mask the red in areas to touch up my black. I'll probably give this a few days to cure first.

I think trying to paint over the grill and front details may be a challenge, but I'll do the best I can.
 
It actually looks pretty good. I didn't think automotive paint would work that well. It turned out better than the wheels I painted did. As for the comment earlier about painting in the bathroom, a decent sized box comes in very handy as a paint booth. Because of the winter here, I do quite a bit of painting indoors, and, all I do is stick the parts in a cardboard box, turn on the fan, and open the window a little. Haven't gotten paint on any of the bathroom stuff yet doing it that way. It can also work outdoors, as a wind barrier, as long as the wind isn't strong enough to blow the box around (putting a couple rocks in the box also helps with that), and, if you put the box so the closed side is to the wind, it massively cuts down on over spray, especially if you tape the sides and bottom of the box.
 
CertifiedMike said:
Looks like your masking job worked well. Those tiny black trim lines look good! :cool::thumbs-up:
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Yea! Not too bad! Cleanup should be minimal. Not thrilled about having to mask the red, but I'd have to do it regardless. I think it does need a clear coat too, so I need to get a good clear.

I'll probably have to hand paint some of the grille details, I think that would be easiest.

For my decals, I'm going to make a simplified version on my vinyl cutter and install that way 😉.

Still more work to be done, but I'm thrilled I'm already this far along with it!
 
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It actually looks pretty good. I didn't think automotive paint would work that well. It turned out better than the wheels I painted did. As for the comment earlier about painting in the bathroom, a decent sized box comes in very handy as a paint booth. Because of the winter here, I do quite a bit of painting indoors, and, all I do is stick the parts in a cardboard box, turn on the fan, and open the window a little. Haven't gotten paint on any of the bathroom stuff yet doing it that way. It can also work outdoors, as a wind barrier, as long as the wind isn't strong enough to blow the box around (putting a couple rocks in the box also helps with that), and, if you put the box so the closed side is to the wind, it massively cuts down on over spray, especially if you tape the sides and bottom of the box.
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The auto paint went on surprisingly well! Coverage and pigment is really good. It'll need a clear coat once I get the black details finished up.

Definitely a paint booth would be helpful. I really should do that even for outdoor painting just to cut down on overspray.
 

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