So I sprayed some satin white on my roof today, looks decent from 5 feet away. But I had a couple issues, 1. apparently I used the wrong type of activator and it dried way to fast. (I can live with it for my temporary satin lid) 2. My father-in-law let me borrow his paint gun to use. Its an old school siphon gun, looked brand new and unused. Here's what happened... as I was spraying the roof with the gun tipped forward paint dripped out of the lid just under the can lock. So now I have 4-5 spots on the roof where the paint dripped on to it and ran. Whats the fix? I figure that it would be stupid to buff them out, cuz that would leave that spot glossy. Right? The last thing I wanna hear is scuff it down and re-shoot it. I'm out of paint.
i know it's too late but back when i sprayed with a siphon gun i used to tie a rag around the cup, or used a old wrist band that were popular then. did you try to sand it in a spot that won't show to see what happens?
Buy more paint, scuff it down and reshoot. I went through the same thing with a botched satin black paint job. I reshot mine with a clear gloss and made it shiny.
Sand out the high spots and then if you have enough paint on wet sand the whole thing and leave it alone.
I have had the same thing happen with those siphon guns. You have already heard the bad news, you are going to be scuffing and spraying again. Either do the rag trick or use a gravity feed gun. Don
Reshoot is the correct answer but if you don't want to hear it. Think about this Use a paint nibber ( small file like tool ) to remove the runs, then lightly sand with 2000 grit sand paper, then buff with heavy compound ( brown ) don't buff with the fine (white). It won't be satin more like flat, and you will have to buff the whole lid to make it even. But we all know the right answer to your problem. Good luck, we have all been there.
I would try to sand the drips, if you don't sand thru you might be able to scuff the whole thing and shoot satin clear over it. Should be cheaper than paint.
Awe come on guys, he said he didn't want to hear it. I like the scallops idea, but that still requires some paint $ .
If you want the satin look, the easiest way is to use Lacquer paint. The trick is not to rub it out. And if there are any runs all you do is sand the run and shoot another coat. Simple. And if you desire a clear coat, Dupli Color sells a matte clear but again, do not rub it out.
Reshoot is the best... But, when I worked for a Dupont paint store several years ago. There used to be a Co. that made a thing called a Nib-file... it was only a 1" or 2 square. It allowed you to "shave" down a small run with very little effort.... it might work for what you have going there... Just my 2cents worth... Kevin PS--- heres a link to them.... http://www.tcpglobal.com/autobodydepot/runnib.aspx
Yeah, eventually it is going to get a "high dollar" paint job. Just not until I can afford to have all my chrome work done, I got a quote for a little over $3000 to re-chrome. Damn Desoto grills are expensive... shiny paint with ****ty chrome would be like putting lipstick on a pig This thought has crossed my mind. I shot the car with acrylic enamel with a flattening agent, just waiting for the paint to fully cure before I can tape off the top and shoot the body. Once thats all done I can get a better look at what I gots goin on.
Well, I'd say it differently; Shiny, new looking paint, makes everything else on the car that once looked OK, now looks out of place. I face the same problem on my build with old chrome goodies and old speed parts. So I will use laquer, but not going to buff it, I will just use paste wax for dull finishes. It will look like an older paintjob I hope.
actually, if the roof doesn't need any body work, go ahead and paint it the final color. it won't look bad with the flat white lower body and it will be one less thing to do later.
The car is two tone. The roof is the color of an egg, and from the belt line down its midnight blue. Originally I wanted to go ahead and shoot the roof in a HoK Snow White pearl, then my buddy came over who is a 7' tall prof body man and says to me "who the hell was tap dancing on your roof?" That pretty much crushed my dream of having a nice pearl coat lid this season, thus the satin paint. Another reason that I didn't go gloss on the roof was the fact that I didn't want to pull the gl*** just yet. I'll save that for a winter project, right now I just wanna get it back on the road. I sprayed the Blue today using my brand spanking new gravity fed spray gun. It went on without a hitch. So now I'm thinking if I had that gun YESTERDAY everything would have worked out just fine, and I may still have had some paint left over. The siphon gun took alot more pressure to shoot, making a heavy cloud, thus wasting alot of material. The gravity gun just poured it right on... Heres a James D rendering of the car. I'll post a finished shot tomorrow or Friday.
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