M.Brane
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That looks good! IME spraying paint is easy when the prep work is good even with rattle cans. That's what I used on this:
Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT The "Glendora Garage"
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Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.
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Dan in Pasadena
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Yeah, that looks excellent. Congrats.That looks good! IME spraying paint is easy when the prep work is good even with rattle cans. That's what I used on this:
I've been told to keep wax on it constantly as spray can paint is non-catalyzed and just isn't hard compared to factory paint.
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Dan in Pasadena
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Some activity here:
Finally, red paint on the footlocker project. I'm not overly happy with it. it's much rougher than the prior one I did but as Kay says it's a knock around truck bed box. It'll get a final sand and final coat. That'll have to be good enough. The corners on this thing are pretty rough. The angle iron around the top hides a lot of that. I wire wheeled it, hammered it flat, sprayed silver and it looks ok. I've done nothing to the interior. yet It'll be sprayed with truck bedliner. Then hinges, handles, etc. I won't post a pic of this wavy surface.
Finally, red paint on the footlocker project. I'm not overly happy with it. it's much rougher than the prior one I did but as Kay says it's a knock around truck bed box. It'll get a final sand and final coat. That'll have to be good enough. The corners on this thing are pretty rough. The angle iron around the top hides a lot of that. I wire wheeled it, hammered it flat, sprayed silver and it looks ok. I've done nothing to the interior. yet It'll be sprayed with truck bedliner. Then hinges, handles, etc. I won't post a pic of this wavy surface.
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Dan in Pasadena
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The Fiat 500 "toad" has some flaking clear coat but fortunately only on the leading edge of grille below hood. Because the mirror came out nice I'll use the remaining paint to TRY to improve that area. I'm not sure about blending it in with the rest of the paint.
The break at the hood and even a body line below is where I'll try to blend .....but on the sides I expect the repair to show. Oh well. Not sure I have enough paint to do the entire grille. But it's a thought.
The break at the hood and even a body line below is where I'll try to blend .....but on the sides I expect the repair to show. Oh well. Not sure I have enough paint to do the entire grille. But it's a thought.