May 4, 201115 yr comment_521658 Looks amazing man. Good to see your all good now and straight back into it. Alot of inspiration to be had from this thread. :) Report
May 4, 201115 yr Author comment_521724 cheers dude, its getting there, so many hours yet so many more to go haha , come along way in the past few years ... so with most of the painting done , i can start putting bits and pieces back on , heres a few pics of doing that, the garnish on the back panel was pretty faded and poorly looking so couldnt realy put it back on, i ended up first spraying it a dark metalic colour then once was dry i masked of the edges of the garnish and lightly sprayed in silver , then got a brush and hand brushed the corolla lettering, then cleared the whole thing , it turned out pretty good, and looks like a new piece :) also put the indicators back in ;;; door handles .... fuel cap and ring and 1/4 panel vents , which i also painted the same as the garnish,dark metalic in the middle and silver outside ,they look like a factory item and prety happy how they look on the 1/4s :) also started putting some of the rubbers back on,this boot rubber fitted realy good, also some of the door rubbers ive replaced fit realy well too,ebay ones from phils rotaries in queensland, i highly recommend there rubbers, excellent quaility and so far a great fit, Report
May 4, 201115 yr Author comment_521727 also the gutter molds are back on ,tho i did stuff one up , got abit too excited and wanted it on there ,managed to damage it prety good haha not to worry just another part to grab off the daily lol fresh tail lights and the garnish make the ass look nice :) Report
May 4, 201115 yr comment_521739 Oh my god.. wiping drool off the keyboard.... kinda wish i'd done my car in that colour now!!! what gun setup do you guys use... psi... brand, tip, clear and % thinners & heat? pm if you like. Report
May 4, 201115 yr comment_521828 JIIZZZZZZZZ.......IN MY PANTS. Seriously man, haven't checked up here in a while and I'm blown away by everything I've seen. MAAAD props to you Ryan, Well done! Report
May 5, 201115 yr Author comment_521965 Oh my god.. wiping drool off the keyboard.... kinda wish i'd done my car in that colour now!!! what gun setup do you guys use... psi... brand, tip, clear and % thinners & heat? pm if you like. lol cheers dude, yeah realy happy with the colour ,its a very clean look, as for gear , the car was painted in ppg, deltron d800 clear, medium hardners and slow thinners, that mix gives a good flow out, but have to be careful of runs but you can push it pretty hard if you got gun skills, psi?? think its round 80 , but drops off a bit becasue we use air wash masks so between 65-80 ish pis id say , I use a devilviss pro with a 1.4 tip , i use that for base and clearing ,works very well ,but have to keep it very clean , cheers for the comments :) Report
May 5, 201115 yr Author comment_521967 JIIZZZZZZZZ.......IN MY PANTS. Seriously man, haven't checked up here in a while and I'm blown away by everything I've seen. MAAAD props to you Ryan, Well done! hahahha cheers man ,good to know people are appreciating the work going in :) Report
May 5, 201115 yr Author comment_521968 wow. man that is cool, you don't mess around at all. so good! cheers there mate , yeah i have had a fair bit of time away from it and , realy time to get some stuff happening ,need this done this year soo have to go hard now and try an get some where! but its falling into place at the moment ,keep watching! Report
May 5, 201115 yr comment_521986 hmmm devilbiss pro... i used that to paint my car... DNA diamond clear with %30 medium thinner and i really wasn't impressed with the atomisation of the gun... do you have the HVLP cap or a transtech cap? i've been thinking of trying a different gun... i have found that the devilbiss compact series atomises far better... but in saying that perhaps i should try some slow thinners for the clear as well? Report
May 5, 201115 yr Author comment_521988 hmmm devilbiss pro... i used that to paint my car... DNA diamond clear with %30 medium thinner and i really wasn't impressed with the atomisation of the gun... do you have the HVLP cap or a transtech cap? i've been thinking of trying a different gun... i have found that the devilbiss compact series atomises far better... but in saying that perhaps i should try some slow thinners for the clear as well? yeah the slow thinners will definatley help you , just have to be aware that the drying time between coats is considerably longer, i used to use the older model devilbiss,there there realy good! but they stoped making them and my one shit it self after 5 years of hard abuse, awesum gun tho , id say play around with your mixtures and gun settings too be for throwing your gun away, took me a fair while to get myne adjusted to exactly how i spray , some thing to think about any way Edited May 5, 201115 yr by JDM55 Report
May 5, 201115 yr comment_521995 well i don't own a gun i borrowed it off a mate GTI pro gravity. and at work most days i use a devilbiss HD GTI pro and again i'm not impressed... but its what work supply me... also this is pressure pot and industrial painting. so i've been thinking of purchasing an iwata lph400 for me or a devilbiss advance HD which is the compacts replacement.. perhaps when i'm ready to do the KE10 i should tee you up to come to adelaide all expenses paid to paint/coach me. cos seriously the pictures make it look like how mine does now after hours and hours of sanding and polishing.. Report
May 5, 201115 yr Author comment_521996 well i don't own a gun i borrowed it off a mate GTI pro gravity. and at work most days i use a devilbiss HD GTI pro and again i'm not impressed... but its what work supply me... also this is pressure pot and industrial painting. so i've been thinking of purchasing an iwata lph400 for me or a devilbiss advance HD which is the compacts replacement.. perhaps when i'm ready to do the KE10 i should tee you up to come to adelaide all expenses paid to paint/coach me. cos seriously the pictures make it look like how mine does now after hours and hours of sanding and polishing.. yeah no worrys as long as you paint it in ppg ,lol , don't worry i know ive spend those same hours on the end of blocks my self , but it shows in the finish ,its well worth taking the extra time to prep properly, Report
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