How to Paint Your Classic Car - Page 2

After three coats of PPG 2055 clear things are starting to shine, you can see some slight orange peel and dust in the clear. I found it hard to keep absolutely zero texture in the paint. Even if you over reduce it 10% and lay it on thick letting it run and sag here and there, some texture is hard to avoid. Possibly a clear coat gun like a Sata 2000. This will be easy to sand out later.

Stacking on the clear took all afternoon. I think 3 coats on the entire outside of the car was about 1.25 gallons of clear. Or five quart sized batches through the gun.

Here its easy to see some texture in the spray up by the blister. I had a massive run on the hood as well. I will try to knock the top of the run off with a razor blade and then sand it out with a hard foam block. I have no idea how much sanding and buffing this bonnet will take but I'm guessing about two months of labor if nothing really bad happens.

Here is a good example of some orange peel, a nasty run, and some dry spray. I even have a dust nib to get out. With 3 or 4 coats of clear its hard to keep some bad things from happening. Especially if you are a beginner painter like me. Fortunately clear coat can be sanded and buffed out.

The roof was mostly ok despite this bad photo. It will sand and buff out pretty well. I will probably put 2-3 more coats of clear on the outside of the car after I sand out the first 3. Experts tell me this is the best way to get a show finish. 3 coats of clear, block sand out and 2 or 3 more coats of clear and block sand then buff.

Here is another nasty run. Many many hours of sanding and buffing ahead to get this right!

Just another shot of some minor paint texture.

Just another angle of 3 coats of clear, seems a shame to whack that shine off with 800 grit!

The same 3 coats of clear went on the hatch lid. No runs No drips No errors.

The rear end came out pretty good, can't wait to buff it out!

OK last shot for this page. I will be sanding and buffing for a long time. Stay tuned, more to come.