i7 Skeleton build and mod log
- Thread starter G-Dubs
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used grey plastic primer from the big orange car parts place.
Now the weathers turned a bit cooler i'm warming all paints for a few mins in hot water prior to spraying as this helps the paint flow more evenly from the cans. I tried the plastikote grey primer at an early stage in the mod when I was testing paints and didn't find it nearly as good, but that was just my own personal experience, i'm by no means an expert.
yeah i have a few cans of halfords plastic primer around, spraying in the cold does it affect the paintwork if my metal is cold/?
thanks
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Yes it can cause problems. You could end up with a cloudy appearance in the paint, plus it will take longer to dry. Shouldn't affect the primer too much apart from taking longer to dry, but it will be more noticable on the top coat.
If you can, keep everything warm in the house before you paint it.
You can still encounter "bloom" problems when going from warm to cold. My understanding is that bloom is essentially caused by changes of temp causing microscopic condensation within the paint as it dries, I think it mainly effects 2pack paint but can happen when using cans.
Advice would be to spray in the warm if you can, but if not then in the cold if you have nowhere else to do it, but warm the can a little first to aid flow. It's not too cold at the moment, but it will take an age to dry.
i've been undercoating and top coating today and it's all been fine
Advice would be to spray in the warm if you can, but if not then in the cold if you have nowhere else to do it, but warm the can a little first to aid flow. It's not too cold at the moment, but it will take an age to dry.
i've been undercoating and top coating today and it's all been fine
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I painted (sprayed) an MG Midget one afternoon. After the paint had cured for a couple of hours we pushed it out of the garage so we could get the next car in. A few hours later I checked on the MG and it had bloomed on every panel! Looked horrible!
That was quite a few years ago though (just reminded myself how old I am!). We never did it again
That was quite a few years ago though (just reminded myself how old I am!). We never did it again
I painted (sprayed) an MG Midget one afternoon. After the paint had cured for a couple of hours we pushed it out of the garage so we could get the next car in. A few hours later I checked on the MG and it had bloomed on every panel! Looked horrible!
That was quite a few years ago though (just reminded myself how old I am!). We never did it again
Did exactly the same one with an old series III Landrover. painted a gorgeous grey blue, really cold outside at the time, opened the garage doors at the end and sttod there admiring our work, only to have the cold air hit it and bloom the lot. It now looks like it's covered in a chalky layer. Comes up nice if you T-cut it, but it reverts in a few days or so.
I'm doing all my painting indoor as I think the dust risk is less there. you could spray out door but it is getting cooler these days and the risk of bugs and stuff landing on the job is greater than indoor.
Be warned if using a shed or garage, the dust the spraypaint generates will land on everything. You can get round it by setting yourself up a little spray tent by using polythene sheeting, but if you do, please be very aware of the danger from the fumes. If you're not to bothered and it's all your crap that the paint spray dust is landing on then no need to bother.
Shouild have a few more pics tomorrow, as will be top coating several things.
Also planning on taking my switch box apart and trying to work out how to wire up the new LED toggle switches.
yeah i have a really expensive mask and don't mind getting my things covered in dust it's only a few bikes i'm more concerned about the finish being ruined by the temprature
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looking:
*borat* "very niiiice"
*borat* "very niiiice"
been busy spraying again
A few pics of the work shop where I seem to be spending half my life at the moment, for those asking how I do my spraying
also been working on the switches, had to cut of part of the back plate
Wasn't hapy with the shade of yellow so decided to spray them also (bit worried I might be getting slightly too anal about this)
Now have visions of someone who's keyed in "anal" into searh engine and is thinking ??????
Needed to file down the mesh that will cover the CPU fan
After filing
Now need some advice
I've managed to just about salvage the first typhoon spray job, and have added some yellow highlight. the other is the new typhoon without the highlights. the fan will be silver, and the grill hex black
Question is which looks best???
yellow high lights or straight black
A few pics of the work shop where I seem to be spending half my life at the moment, for those asking how I do my spraying
also been working on the switches, had to cut of part of the back plate
Wasn't hapy with the shade of yellow so decided to spray them also (bit worried I might be getting slightly too anal about this)
Now have visions of someone who's keyed in "anal" into searh engine and is thinking ??????
Needed to file down the mesh that will cover the CPU fan
After filing
Now need some advice
I've managed to just about salvage the first typhoon spray job, and have added some yellow highlight. the other is the new typhoon without the highlights. the fan will be silver, and the grill hex black
Question is which looks best???
yellow high lights or straight black
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I like them both! (Sitting on what fence? )
Might be easier to choose when the fan and grill is in place.
)Might be easier to choose when the fan and grill is in place.
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I think it looks pretty cool with the yellow highlights, but like Paul said, get it with the blades and grill in place, better to see what it will look like all together
many thanks for feedback
Only just in from work and have been otherwise engaged last 2 nights so apologise for lack of activity.
Will try to get fans assembled tinight, perhaps tomorrow as I think you're right in that we need to see it that way to decide
Only just in from work and have been otherwise engaged last 2 nights so apologise for lack of activity.
Will try to get fans assembled tinight, perhaps tomorrow as I think you're right in that we need to see it that way to decide