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[Nostalgic Dave]

Ran across this interesting series of videos today, "How to custom paint a car".... some good tips in there, so thought I would share... Check it out!

http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/car-painting-sanding.htm

[Robert]

when you sand or push your car around before painting. The oil on your hands can make paint lift later.

Robert

[SOUTHGACUSTOMS]

there is all kinds of helpfull videos on youtube, just look them up

[Nostalgic Dave]

Thats where I found this, but the complete series was easier to follow on its originating site. There are other series from this same auto-shop at expertvillage.com too, all very well done. I thought this series stood out the best, so thats why I posted the link here. On youtube there is some pretty comical stuff to be found! Guys spraying with no respirators and other foolishness.

[Henry]

Ran across this interesting series of videos today, "How to custom paint a car".... some good tips in there, so thought I would share... Check it out!

http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/car-painting-sanding.htm
Thanks for sharing that. It was interesting and I had (my dad bought new - then mine) a 63 Impala hardtop - Palomar Red - pretty color.

I love to watch stuff like this even though on this one, I saw a few things I thought were a little strange. To each their own. Henry

[Nostalgic Dave]

Henry, what things seemed strange to you? I am a newbie, I have not sprayed a car yet but have been painting vintage bicycles for 8 years and have been reading stuff here at this forum for probably at least 4 or 5 of those years, soaking up knowledge. I'm always hungry for more knowledge and different ways to do things... I will hopefully be applying some of this head-knowledge when I finally get to paint a car for the first time this summer, my '60 Impala Sport Sedan.

[Len]

Henry, what things seemed strange to you? I am a newbie, I have not sprayed a car yet but have been painting vintage bicycles for 8 years and have been reading stuff here at this forum for probably at least 4 or 5 of those years, soaking up knowledge. I'm always hungry for more knowledge and different ways to do things... I will hopefully be applying some of this head-knowledge when I finally get to paint a car for the first time this summer, my '60 Impala Sport Sedan.

I've seen quite a few videos on paint prep and most will have some value but you've got to realize that they can also lead you astray by leaving out certain important information. I only looked at a few of these clips and I thought the masking was good info. One real bad technique that was shown was the fellow blowing out the car in the shop, raising a cloud of dust that hovered around him and the car and he wasn't wearing a dust mask. I was holding my breath. This guy won't live much longer doing things like that. And of course there were other cars in the shop that would get covered with dust inside and out.

[Nostalgic Dave]

Ha, yes I noticed this one too Len... that Corvette sitting there to collect all the dust.. doh!

[Henry]

Henry, what things seemed strange to you? I am a newbie, I have not sprayed a car yet but have been painting vintage bicycles for 8 years and have been reading stuff here at this forum for probably at least 4 or 5 of those years, soaking up knowledge. I'm always hungry for more knowledge and different ways to do things... I will hopefully be applying some of this head-knowledge when I finally get to paint a car for the first time this summer, my '60 Impala Sport Sedan.
You say you are a newbie and been reading here for 4 - 5 years. You should do more posting because I have seen from this site that we all learn from each other. That includes learning FROM you on things you have done, etc.

Anyway, I watched all the video clips on that car and should have made written notes on strange things I saw because I forgot a bunch of them. Here are a couple that stood out though;

First off, I agree with Len on the dust. I like to vacumn piles of dust like inside of doors and other piles. Why blow it all around. Would have wheeled the car outside or at least to a safe area to blow it off.

I found it strange that he used base coat color and applied SS Urethane over it. I find it strange that he would use base coat paint to look for imperfections and sand them. To me, he sort of made a sandwich of base coat, wax and grease remover and moved quickly to new SSU paint.

Then, on the driver side, where he used the etch primer to cover sand throughs, after he sanded the black base coat, he broke through again in much bigger spots but NEVER reprimed. Instead he just put the new final paint over and on top of the sand throughs where I could see metal.

How come they left the grey primer on the interior parts of the quarter panels, seat areas, convertible top area and floors?

Hey, all in all, it was enjoyable and we all have different techniques. I was surprised the painter did not have a supplied air breathing system. The owner surely has the money to afford one if only to make the video.

I have a brand new video of Robert where he sanded a '58 Cadilac which was surrounded by extreme completed classic cars worth $millions$, yet no mess like this guy made. Below is a link to that video. Take care. Henry

http://autobodystore.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=RSW01&Category_Code=4VDO

[Steve g]

Watching the guy in the video blow the dust off/out of the car reminded me of something I thought I would pass along. Most of us probably have an air blow gun similar to the one he's using. An old long time painter showed me what he uses that is a remarkable improvement for that kind of work. He takes a male side coupler with the male pipe thread on the hose end and threads it into a male side coupler with a female pipe thread on the hose end (you could do it just plugging one coupler into the hose, but the two together gives you something to hang on to when you plug it in). Plug this into your air line and you have an incredible amount of air. Of course to stop the flow you have to unplug it from your hose and you will drain your compressor pretty quick if you don't have a large volume compressor. But it is amazing how much better that works for blowing the dust out of the crevices, inside the doors etc. Now, the great thing about this is that it puts out so much air you can actually "sweep" the dust out of your shop with it. He opens the overhead door when he starts blowing out the car and once all that dust is in the air he uses the air hose to push it all out the open overhead door. Clears the air in no time.

Steve g

[brianM]

Here is a little information I found on this Doug Jenkins hot rod place......http://www.rollanet.org/~gmueller/content/Pinto2_5_large.html....
Check it out, kinda interesting.

[Henry]

Here is a little information I found on this Doug Jenkins hot rod place......http://www.rollanet.org/~gmueller/content/Pinto2_5_large.html....
Check it out, kinda interesting.
Are you THEEEE BrianM we all have known for years and love so much?? If not, sorry.

Anyway, there are 2 sides to every story and this person seems a little too fussy.

If you find more on this situation, I would be interested in confirmation of what he said to be true or.....??? Thanks for sharing that. Henry

[Len]

Are you THEEEE BrianM we all have known for years and love so much?? If not, sorry.

Anyway, there are 2 sides to every story and this person seems a little too fussy.

If you find more on this situation, I would be interested in confirmation of what he said to be true or.....??? Thanks for sharing that. Henry

Wow, those pictures show some really poor workmanship. I wonder what happened and why the car was let go in that condition. Like Henry said, there's got to be more to this story.