A yellow '34, and an odd happening.

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08-06-2006, 06:13 PM
Henry Rifle

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A yellow '34, and an odd happening.

The '34: I finally got all three coats of clear on the '34. I used about twice the reducer that S/W recommended. 4:2:1 instead of 4:1:1. It went on OK, but there's still more orange peel than I would like. I would say that the car is now about a 15 footer. Any closer, and it's not that good. Oh well, I've got a good buffer, some 1000 and 2000 sandpaper and an air-conditioned garage. Photos later.

The odd happening: I had my paint gun disassembled, and was cleaning around the tip when I heard a "CLINK." At the time I was looking at the tip through my bifocals. When I looked up to see what the sound was, this is what I saw. There were no tools being used, no air pressure around, nothing moving at all. Maybe going from the cool house to the hot garage did it. Very odd . . .
08-06-2006, 06:21 PM
Itoldyouso

Turn down your stereo.:3dSMILE: :3dSMILE: :3dSMILE:

Don
08-06-2006, 06:35 PM
treekiller

I had that happen to me once ...
I told her I couldn't go out with her . LOL

Or..
"you were staring to hard."
08-06-2006, 07:12 PM
kitz

Classic thermal expansion induced crack due to delta - T at the stress concentration ...........

Or your paint job is that ugly, which I strongly doubt :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:

Kitz
08-06-2006, 07:37 PM
pat mccarthy

:LOL: you have been looking at your paint job to hard.
08-06-2006, 08:48 PM
Don Shillady

Well here is your chance to make lemonade out of lemons. I have had lucite lenses for years for laboratory safety, but I am sick of the bifocal "line". The answer is to now get omnifocals made out of lucite instead of glass. I rely on the lucite lenses when using the grinder and I know metal flakes have hit the lens several times. The lucite does scratch but will take quite a beating without breaking. Whatever the reason for the crack, it does look like the crack goes along the bifocal boundary. My next set of lenses will be the kind that has a rounded transition between the two ranges and in lucite.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
08-07-2006, 09:04 AM
Henry Rifle

Don,

I can't wear the lineless bifocals. They drive me crazy. Also, these are not glass. They're High Refractive Index plastic. Polycarbonate, I believe.

Kitz,

I think it blew up out of pure frustration with laying on the clear. All I know is I need new glasses, and I have a LOT of sanding and buffing in my future.

Maybe it was the ricer that went by with the tin can muffler . . .
08-07-2006, 11:59 AM
Don Shillady

Jack/Henry, that is interesting; I have never known the polycarbonate type to fracture. However there is a phenomenon in which polymers swell up when they absorb some solvents. Maybe the paint solvent was invasive to the polycarbonate even though it does seem like a hardened material. Gee I thought the lineless multifocals were the answer; now I'll have to "look into" that situation further before I get my next glasses (long overdue).

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
08-10-2006, 06:33 PM
Henry Rifle

Is it my imaganation, or does clearcoat level out over a couple of days? It seems much smoother and has less orange peel than it did the morning after I sprayed it.

Oh, and the scoop on the lens. Apparently acetone is death on my type of polymer lens. Looks like I splashed a bit when I was cleaning the gun. POP goes the lens.
08-10-2006, 06:41 PM
pat mccarthy

thinners are working out of the paint
08-10-2006, 07:07 PM
Henry Rifle

Makes sense. I just didn't remember it making that much of a difference. Looks like there's a large part of the car that won't take much more than a hit with 2000 or 2500, then a good buff. Other areas will need a bit of 1000 before the 2000. This may work out after all.

I will probably NEVER paint another car. Love mechanics . . . hate bodywork & paint.
08-10-2006, 07:16 PM
cffisher

Gut pic's of the yellow glass's breaker?
08-11-2006, 04:28 PM
Henry Rifle

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Some photos of the '34 in yellow . . . and what happens to your nice workbench when you paint in your garage.

The yellow streaks on the drawers came from "burping" the paint gun with a little too much pressure. I don't suppose anyone else has done that.
08-12-2006, 05:30 PM
Henry Rifle

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Undercoated the '34 today. It was still wet, so I hung it up . . . :D I used Wesley's Rubberized Undercoat. As "nicely" as Gibbon finishes the underside of the body, it was the only option. Got orange peel in it too. :LOL:
08-12-2006, 05:53 PM
HOTRODPAINT

Ohh noo......we never spill paint. :-) The car looks pretty good.
08-12-2006, 05:53 PM
cffisher

I always liked yellow. My first 51 chevy P/U was yellow
08-12-2006, 06:20 PM
29Street-Rod

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Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Some photos of the '34 in yellow . . . and what happens to your nice workbench when you paint in your garage.

The yellow streaks on the drawers came from "burping" the paint gun with a little too much pressure. I don't suppose anyone else has done that.

You must have gone crazy with the Yellow paint as even you ladder got it, I guess you are lucky the lawn mower did not get it!! ;)
08-12-2006, 07:11 PM
33delivery

that is awesome,what yellow is that "chrome??" how did you get past your neighbours ? brian
08-12-2006, 07:11 PM
Henry Rifle

Question on cutting and buffing. How fast do you normally run a buffer with first cut compound on a wool pad? I use Meguiars 84 on a wool pad, followed by 83 on a stiff foam pad, followed by 82 on a light foam pad. I run the wool pad at 1500 RPM or so. The other two, I run a little faster, since the abrasive level is less. The Meguiars seems to work well, since it is a deteriorating compound. As you buff, the compound gets less abrasive.

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You must have gone crazy with the Yellow paint as even you ladder got it,

There are many yellow things in my garage now . . .
08-13-2006, 02:09 PM
Bob Parmenter

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There are many yellow things in my garage now . . .

The toads too?:eek: :LOL:
08-13-2006, 02:24 PM
Henry Rifle

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that is awesome,what yellow is that "chrome??" how did you get past your neighbours

Brian,

It's 1996 Corvette Competition Yellow in Sherwin-Williams BC/CC. No problem with the neighbors. I have a corner lot, so there's some distance. I also filtered the exhast fans to keep the overspray down. I never painted when there were cars within a hundred yards of the house.

Bob,

I've evicted another 4 toads in the last week or so. The neighbors are having similar problems. I'm now reading Revelations . . . I think it's a sign.
08-13-2006, 07:23 PM
pat mccarthy

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Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Question on cutting and buffing. How fast do you normally run a buffer with first cut compound on a wool pad? I use Meguiars 84 on a wool pad, followed by 83 on a stiff foam pad, followed by 82 on a light foam pad. I run the wool pad at 1500 RPM or so. The other two, I run a little faster, since the abrasive level is less. The Meguiars seems to work well, since it is a deteriorating compound. As you buff, the compound gets less abrasive. There are many yellow things in my garage now . . .

on the rubbing with wool pad i run them much slower than foam if i use a mid foam pad for mild cutting compound i will run this slow too but for the finish. i will run it faster with finish polish with light load on the buffer. i do not look at speed that much but how it works at the rpm and play with the speed. paint that is set up can take more heat . speed= heat with a foam pad there is more pad on the paint and will add more heat than wool so if it very fresh paint i will craw the pad foam and wool a lot of times i had to wheel very fresh paint i would cut the paint with 1200 and let it breath and ruff rub and let it set and then hit it with foam
08-15-2006, 10:19 AM
Old Hippie

:confused: How did you paint the deck lid without getting the grass yellow:confused:
Great looking paintjob. That new 'vette yellow doesn't look like it has as much red as the old 'vette yellow. I bet bugs swarm to it like they were in heaven.
Jim
08-19-2006, 12:54 PM
Henry Rifle

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How did you paint the deck lid without getting the grass yellow

Supurb gun control. :LOL:

I brought the rolling chassis home today, and as soon as I get the firewall polished, the body is going on the chassis. I don't really need to do it this soon, but I can get rid of the extra expense of storing the chassis in a AAAA Self-storage. Dippy Virginia Beach homebuilders don't know what a 2-car garage should look like. :mad: