I have a '73-'87 style chevy 4x4 pickup I'm attempting to fix up. Its been an ongoing project for many years. After getting painting quotes from local at home painters (only two, live in a small town) I decided for the price ($6000 from one guy, the other guy wouldn't do it) they gave me I could buy most of the equipment and do it my self. So bought a miller 175 wirefeed, Ingersol rand 5horse 80 gal compressor, Titan/vaper hvlp spray guns, da sander.
Sunday I scuffed the original paint on the outside firewall/outside floor on the cab with red scotchbright pad, then sprayed some CS279 martin senour sealer over it. Its either sealer is very easy to lay down, or begginers luck cause from what I can tell it turned out pretty good for never having shot anything before.
This weekend might try painting over this sealer. I was originally thinking a acrylic enamel with hardner to get some shine, but since I'd like to do base/clear on the outside body maybe this would be a good time to practice for that? Would there be any problems with a base/clear for the underside of the vehicle ( cab floor, box floor, inside the front clip)?
After reading kevin1533's post and how much sanding he had to do, if I screw up the firewall that would be a pain to sand cause of all the curves and holes, not nice and flat like a body pannel.
Also, my cab is still on the frame. Any tricks to painting upside down with a gravity feed gun? I ended up wearing some sealer from it comming out the breather hole.
Any tips for spraying in the area where the mechanical arms are for the wipers, gun doesn't even come close to fitting in that area and with hvlp doesn't seem like much fluid comes out just to aim as best you can and let the overspray get to the hard to reach places.
Thanks.
Sunday I scuffed the original paint on the outside firewall/outside floor on the cab with red scotchbright pad, then sprayed some CS279 martin senour sealer over it. Its either sealer is very easy to lay down, or begginers luck cause from what I can tell it turned out pretty good for never having shot anything before.
This weekend might try painting over this sealer. I was originally thinking a acrylic enamel with hardner to get some shine, but since I'd like to do base/clear on the outside body maybe this would be a good time to practice for that? Would there be any problems with a base/clear for the underside of the vehicle ( cab floor, box floor, inside the front clip)?
After reading kevin1533's post and how much sanding he had to do, if I screw up the firewall that would be a pain to sand cause of all the curves and holes, not nice and flat like a body pannel.
Also, my cab is still on the frame. Any tricks to painting upside down with a gravity feed gun? I ended up wearing some sealer from it comming out the breather hole.
Any tips for spraying in the area where the mechanical arms are for the wipers, gun doesn't even come close to fitting in that area and with hvlp doesn't seem like much fluid comes out just to aim as best you can and let the overspray get to the hard to reach places.
Thanks.