Help Painting a car

[Anti-Hero]

So I am new to this painting stuff but i figured for $11000 i can damn well learn how to paint. so sanded and prepped the fender tack clothed and sprayed well i am used a HVLP gun brand i do not remember, running 40 psi and the primer splattered out of the gun. is that because too little psi? primmer needs to be thinned? too close to the surface (about 8-10 inches away)? any advide would be awsome, thanks.

 

[Gimpster]

I don't do a lot of painting but have done my fair share. I have one gun for primer. Usually will test my gun settings on a piece of cardboard before spraying. The cheaper primer gun has 3 settings. One is air flow, one paint flow and the other adjusts the spray pattern by limiting the main needle movement. This gun is a low pressure gun. My main paint gun has to have a minimum of 70 PSI to spray decent or it will splatter. If you mixed the primer ratios right, it sounds like the paint flow adjustment is too heavy and the main needle needs to be more limited on trigger movement.

----- Gimpster -----

 

[Himark]

primer not reduced correctly or gun is messed up.

 

[ArticDoo]

You should really use a separate primer gun. Your HVLP will have a small nozzle tip and because the primers viscosity is thicker, its not going to work proper. You can try to thin the primer out, see if that works. If you breath the fumes it'll all look good! (really don't)

 

[xrated]

PM devilrmk on here, he paints a few cars in his free time.

 

[Anti-Hero]

Thanks again for the advice!

 

[CAT TRACKS]

sounds like the gun is the problem to me as well. to small of a tip to shoot primer through ya need at least an .04 tip for most primers

 

[skibreeze]

The place where I bought my paint and gun was very helpful and my 1st job came out really well. The nozzles for primer and paint are different sized. I did the front clip on the civic in my garage and turned out great.

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

I was always curious how to set my gun up, cuz when i shot the paint on my truck, it came out like an orange peel texture, but it worked out well, cuz the truck is bright orange, so its looks AND feels like one.

 

[koolaid]

Primer surfacer needs to be thinned down to the right viscosity. Follow the mixing ratios on the can. If it is a urethane primer surfacer you will need around a 1.7 fluid tip to spray properly. Too small of a tip and you'll suffer the spattering, starving symtoms you described.

The size of the fluid tip will usually be stamped on the fluid nozzle, the piece that is exposed when you screw off the air cap.

 

[powpow]

You have the wrong tip, possibly needle as well

I never use the same gun for piming/ color/ clear, I have a gun for each. The last thing you wnat is for a spec of primer to come loose while spraying clear.

Get a good gun, devilbliss, sata, Iwata, etc

I use all devilbliss finish line.

Also, use good material, dont skimp, I have used PPG an dDupont for years, it works for me and is a good product.

 

[devilrmk]

Play around with your gun. If it is not HVLP it should be 50-55psi at the gun while spraying, not just at your regulator. Spray against some cardboard until you get it right and figure it all out. Post here what paint you are using, I can give you better tips.

You can paint all steps with a single gun, its a lot easier to have 3 seperate guns but you can do it with 1. Cheapo harbor freight guns work fine. They are like driving a caddy or driving a Kia. They both get you there, just one is much nicer.

I painted this with a single gun from harbor freight. I think the gun was $30. Plastic primer, epoxy primer, high build sandable primer, base coat, clear coat and even single stage for the jams, all the same gun. Painted with PPG Omni line(cheap) for less than $500 This photo is before any buffing or polishing has been done. In fact, I had not even washed it yet.

 

[devilrmk]

I should clarify one thing. While I posted that it is possible to do it all with one gun, I don't recommend it. You have to really be comfortable with the settings on your gun and really know what the paint is doing in order to pull it off. It comes with experience I guess is what I mean.

I only do it cause thats the way I learned to do it, so I am comfortable doing it that way.

Oh, and don't use epoxy primer unless you have to. It is like spraying cottage cheese.

 

[devilrmk]

I was always curious how to set my gun up, cuz when i shot the paint on my truck, it came out like an orange peel texture, but it worked out well, cuz the truck is bright orange, so its looks AND feels like one.

It was either too hot, you had your gun spraying too thin, or you were holding the gun too far away/moving too fast.

 

[opus]

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[sledneck84]

I don't know if any of these guys do it for a living or not but if you need more advise pm me and i'll help you out. I have done it once or twice. www.alanspaintandbody.com for proof. Good Luck

 

[NITROSKIDUDE]

I was always curious how to set my gun up, cuz when i shot the paint on my truck, it came out like an orange peel texture, but it worked out well, cuz the truck is bright orange, so its looks AND feels like one.

Thats funny if you read it fast LOL!!!!

sorry but Funny

 

[Wheel House Motorsports]

wow, didnt even realize that, but it is pretty dang funny, and even more funny is there are two REAL bullet holes in one of the fenders.... stupid friends.

 

[AKSNOWRIDER]

this is the last paint/body job I did..it was my daily driver/shop truck...all gm metal/parts...took 3 months to track all the parts thru gm dealers around the country...I spent 6 weeks taking it to a bare frame and putting it back togeather..I am not a painter or body guy per say..I have built alot of custom stuff as well as some race chassis's...and done a few restorations.. thought it came out pretty good...was shot with one gun as well...

 

[rocketron]

One other thing. If you don't want something in your shop the same color as the car, make sure to cover it up! I have a red tool box with a nice green haze all over it! That over spray (dust) is a bugger to get off.