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It came out pretty well. I put the TJ on its side and learned a lot about painting in the repair process. I ended up doing grille, hood, cowl and w/s frame. Body work is easy, but painting is chemistry.
A lesson learned—keep it light and nimble!
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It came out pretty well. I put the TJ on its side and learned a lot about painting in the repair process. I ended up doing grille, hood, cowl and w/s frame. Body work is easy, but painting is chemistry.
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No rattle can for me. I'm starting with a quart of their mixed paint, which I'll spray with my HVLP gun. I'm not really worried about the paint, more so the clear. I've had varying degrees of luck over the years when trying different clears. Some have laid down nicely, others, not so much. We'll see here!
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I’ll have to try my luck with paint at some point soon here. I’m doing patch panels and new fenders. I’d love a good “diy sprayer job” thread for paint rookies!
A couple of things I learned. With metallic paint, consistency is key. Maintain distance from surfaces, speed and air pressure. Three coats of color and then don’t touch it. If you want more sparkle do a drop coat (like a final mist coat). If you touch the color coat it will cause the flakes to lay down inconsistently. Let it flash off . Shoot two wet coats of 2x clear. Clear can be cut , sanded and buffed out but color can’t.
That would be good. There a lot to be learned. There are some people who are great at documenting what is hey do. I am not in that group. There is a guy on that one video channel call “ Paint Society “. I learned quite a bit from him.
paint society is a great channel. I seem to review his channel before every project, since I don't do it all that often.
3x his content is how I’ve learned to paint and I’ve been happy with the results of my last few projects.
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Finally painted my 1/2 doors and I'm happy with how they turned out. After the paint I installed new door weatherstripping and new DL-22 door locks. The doors I have are from a 1998 and I learned that the locks are different.
Also painted and installed a set of UCF windshield frame armor. All this is being done so I can take the TJ wheeling next week. I've got 4 days planned at Rausch and AOAA. Wheeling tires are on and I'm ready to go!
Also painted and installed a set of UCF windshield frame armor. All this is being done so I can take the TJ wheeling next week. I've got 4 days planned at Rausch and AOAA. Wheeling tires are on and I'm ready to go!
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The TJ represented well with the big boys. Had a blast for three days with my Son and some friends. It was mid nineties every day but still fun!
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Didn't take many pictures, but here's a few.
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One who has the confidence that she can keep up with the boys!