and this is why i had no time for rc this weekend
 

me and my dad painted my car this weekend. part of getting this car is having something that stands out and is somewhat rare to see. lately i'm seeing more and more of them around so i decided to spruce it up a bit. this is what we got done in 2 and 1/2 days of hard work.
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Top work, one of you has obviously done that before. Only 1 of them getting around in my town

Excellent finish quality... not sure on the color scheme though.... hmmmm. **ponders**

Freaking sweet Tash. Bringing that to the TNT this weekend?

That is sweet. Nice work. Definately makes it unique.

Pretty. I like the orange (similar color as my car, but definitely not a Crossfire!)

i think i have to skip out this weekend. having a family reunion and supposed to be a camping trip all in one package. thats if the rain stays away.

we had clouds when i took that last pic, but the orange is very flashy. its funny, i haven't gotten looks like this since i had my 68 camaro in high school. lots of stares, pointing, and conversations at the gas stations.

Nice job, looks like you know what you are doing!

I need to paint my 02 Lightning, but I am too busy with everyone elses cars! I did work a deal with my buddy who does airbrush work, the zx12r will have some true fire on it soon, just not the way everyone else does it!

Wowwwwwwwww!!! and it's time for an airbrush job on the hood:intello:
A beautifu monochrome black/white with an House of Kolor pagan gold kandy over the airbrush job:whistle:

Realy good job James:yes:

How do you keep the paint perfect and dirt free, when you don't have a pain both or an air cleaner. Don't you get impurities and what not?

the secret is just go for broke. his roads are even dirt roads and he is on the corner of two roads. there isn't any dirt that i seen in the paint. we've been painting out there for years, and most turned out pretty good. some where even done under the pine trees.

You can buff out a lot of dirt too. :lol:

Looks good BTW

WOW! That is very nice! I like the contrast with the gunmetal gray/metallic orange... Can you do my car next??? :rofl:

I have a heated downdraft spraybake booth at my shop. It is great, mainly cause all we do is paint in it, that way it stays clean. Keeping the floor clean and not stirring up dust is the best way to get a clean job. Cleaning the car is also very important, as most of the trash comes off the vehicle. We will clean a car at least 3 times before we paint it.

Nice job, especially done outside of a booth. It is fun to do some custom work on a vehicle, but the bulk of my business is accident repair, so i do not get to do as much as I like. Summer is comming so all of my rc boats will get some sort of paint work, mostly airbrush by my buddy. He is about as good as David L from what I can tell, but not canadian, so he does lack that skill!

:lol::lol:

Thank you, i'll take it like a compliment:whistle::intello:

That is probably your best bet David. :intello:

Sweet paint job! My buddy and I are looking into setting up some sort of paint booth in his garage, to paint something like 2-3 cars over the course of the summer. But I bet they won't turn out that well!

Just drop some clear plastic curtains down on the sides, and some exhaust fans out the back. Use a bunch of a/c filters in the front to allow air in, just not dust. Wet the floor and walls to keep the trash down, and paint in the evenings, when the humidity and heat are less. That will give the best results.

I have painted cars everywhere, and night is the best time, provided you have good lighting. Use good paint too, and make sure you buy the correct hardeners and reducers for the temperature you will spray in. Slower drying is better as it will cut down on dry spots.

You forget where I live - during the summer it doesn't usually get much hotter than 90-95 at peaks, and there isn't really an issue with humidity. Thanks for the suggestions, I will definitely take note of them (especially considering painting is part of your job!).

You will dfinately want to paint when it is cooler than 90-95, that I why i said the evening. Unless you are really quick, getting around a car with the paint trying to flash off is difficult. I know it is not that humid in socal, but even 5 deg less will make a big difference in flash times. I have to paint in 105-110 deg in the summer, wish my booth had a/c!

I would of thought positive pressure with filters on the fans would work best. I have no idea but that's what I would have thought.

Well the fans are mainly used to evacuate the overspary, which is the main issue with a closed area. The overspray tends to linger in the air and then fall on the paint as it is flashing off, causing a dry look. The homebrew end draft booth is what I described. It pulls fresh air over the vehicle and sucks the overspray out. Only issue is that you have to paint from the filter end first, so that you do not get the overspray drawn over the fresh paint. Not really a big deal, but it is something to remember.

I have a down draft booth, a big fan draws fresh air inthru a pre-filter, and pushes it thru a giant flat filter above the vehicle, while a second fan draws the air and overspary thru the floor grate and out the exhaust stack. It also has a massive natural gas heater, so that I can heat the incomming air in the winter, to 80f, or bake the vehicle at up to 300f. I usually bake at 140f though, and it recycles the heated air in the bake mode, so not to waste gas.

Do you ever throw in a pizza or batch of brownies while it's baking to reward yourself for a job well done?:lol:

u have one cool dad...

At my old body shop we had a I.R bake arch, when we frist got it we melted the dash on 2 cars!! That was tough to explane the customers

I am sure that some sort of mfg defect info was provided to the customers! I have talked my way out of worse!

What repair shop do you own? Remind me not to go there. j/k :lol:

Trust me Tim, if you bring your car to me from where you live I will fix it for free, and paint it pink!

No I like my civic blue. Poor Poor civic. It's had a rough life.