[Intrep_ED]

Yeah, I would imagine it's way too humid right now.. especially with all this rain we've been getting.

[Franqstar]

ah the good old repairs lol....well its nice to be back on this site knowing that it still lives...my treps not doing to good....can't really seem to figure out whats wrong with the trans but because this is a bodywork and paint thread....just letting you guys know that my trep that just got painted...has to get repainted do to all the scratches and such so that sucks...its all faded and what not already....1 stage paint sucks....
so with that being said i invested in some sprayers and now choosing the new paint...

[crypt keeper]

Are the scratches into the primer or worse?

[Franqstar]

some are down to bare metal and the primer and is all in random spots around the car...when we had the car painted the coats were too thin..from what i see

[dodgebob68]

There are special additives that slow down the drying for high humidity conditions. Check with your local auto body/paint supply shop, tell them you need retarder for whatever you are using, lacquer, enamel or urethane. In high humidity the best to use is lacquer, and lacquer clear because you can wetsand and buff it to a mirror gloss no matter what. If you can, raise the heat level (yeah it will suck) in your shop or paint booth with some heat lamps, it will help dry the air.

[Adpros]

This looks good! The spray can seems to do OK for the primer.

[zerokool]

the flat black makes it look more stealth bomber.....
real MOB BOSS looking.

[khirschkorn]

Just sand it down and use a good high build primer. let it cure 24 hours wet sand with 600 wet sand paper. and reprime and re wet sand. then clean and dry area clean with wax and grease remover then a final clean(er) and use really low pressure bone dry air to blow as you wipe witha tack rag. Do not use much pressure with the tack rag... It is simple. But I used to paint cars. LoL

[crypt keeper]

So i decided to ditch the Harbor Freight gun after it decided to leak from the needle seal and also the 1.5 setup was just to large for base coat and clear coat.

Now i will be using a 1.3 setup from TCP Global that i have already verified does not leak and seems to be a better built gun plus it came with the wrench to tear the gun down with which the Harbor Freight gun did not.

[khirschkorn]

Yea a 1.5 is great for high build primer but to big for base/clear. I have a binks Mach 1 hvlp still think I will will spray the hood here some time.

[crypt keeper]

Got ah couple more goodies in the mail today.

3M respirator and a six foot Flexzilla whip hose from Legacy MFG. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...eAHWVmDR36YXZQ.

Its super light weight and remains flexible down to -40 not that i need to worry about that here lol.

[Ruggels]

any updates? interested to see how it came out after the clear coat