Never ending project

[dirtywhiteboy]

EPIC FAILURE!

here it is the bad with the good....not sure WTF happened but I need to find out before wasting more paint!

 

[dirtywhiteboy]

little update....

Yesterday I painted the jams on the doors. I switched to a medium catalyst and thinned the clear 10% with medium reducer. the paint flowed out much better while requiring less material to keep the slick finish. Most important, no solvent pops!

It will be a week or so before I can start back on the body.......again

 

[SLICK79WGN]

lookin good I wish I was that far along on mine but I drive it daily

 

[Longroof79]

Lookin' real good....you're making lots of progress. I'm envious.
What color is that you're using? It looks like an OEM color.

Jack 8)

 

[beermonkey9417]

wow, this wagon looks fricken great! keep up the good work!

 

[dirtywhiteboy]

Thanks for the kind words everybody!, I just got back in town.....time to prep the body for the re-paint :x

The color is R-M Diamont it is the plain black. the lights and camera flash play with the tint at some angles. It's just a black base/clear

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

LMAO!!!!! My Diamont base/clear did the same sh*t! Unfortunately, I could not afford to do it again and I have to live with it. I wonder if this is a problem endemic to that paint system? The guy at the local Finishmaster said the base is very reactive, but I have NEVER had this sort of thing happen to me before. (Not a pro, just a mediocre schmuck who can't pay anyone who charges more than free).

BTW, what temperature was it when you sprayed your paint? For me, I sprayed the front clip on a fairly warm day, but the shell at night when it was probably around 55-60 degrees out. The front came out beautiful, but the shell was awful.

 

[dirtywhiteboy]

LMAO!!!!! My Diamont base/clear did the same sh*t! Unfortunately, I could not afford to do it again and I have to live with it. I wonder if this is a problem endemic to that paint system? The guy at the local Finishmaster said the base is very reactive, but I have NEVER had this sort of thing happen to me before. (Not a pro, just a mediocre schmuck who can't pay anyone who charges more than free).

BTW, what temperature was it when you sprayed your paint? For me, I sprayed the front clip on a fairly warm day, but the shell at night when it was probably around 55-60 degrees out. The front came out beautiful, but the shell was awful.

I'm glad someone thinks it's funny....sure as hell is not funny from here.

I have never had it happen before either and I have used basf/r-m products on 5 or 6 cars.

These things almost always have a user error as the cause. People don't want to hear it but it's a fact. My temps were opposite from yours, painted the "nose" @ 60 and ran the heat up to 80 before painting the body. It (clear)was not flowing out so I hammered the paint, rushed the second coat and there you go. I cooled the temp used slower catalyst and the jams did fine. I'm 2 days into re-paint prep and still a ways to go :evil:

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

Well...I was laughing at the paint, not you. It was just funny to see that someone else had the same issue I did, so I didn't feel so all alone. My paint did a similar thing with the flow out issue. In fact, the areas that had the solvent popping the worst had the thickest orange peel. Usually, when I have orange peel, I do not have any issues with paint as my problems in the past were all in areas where I got heavy runs that developed air bubbles inside. In fact, I sometimes spray my paint a bit light to avoid runs, knowing I can just sand out the orange peel later. This was also my first car done with Diamont as I used to use Deltron. Next time, I will probably go back to a high line PPG product instead of using Diamont again. I just had too many problems with it.

I only wish I could have afforded to repep and respray the car instead of having to live with it. Sadly, I couldn't though as I am a pizza delivery driver who only works 30 hours a week, and the tips have gone way down in this economy. Heck, I sacrificed having a phone to be able to afford to spray the car figuring I could just come up with the money in a week or two to have it turned back on. That was 7 weeks ago and I still have no phone.

 

[dirtywhiteboy]

I wuz just 😛 you. gotta laugh about it, bleeding fingers from all of the sanding is less funny all of the time :x ( it's not really that bad) I just NEED to get this thing enough together to move it!!!