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those guns look like the older SATA guns , and theirs are 14.5 cfm/ 43psi .

Most HVLP guns are in that ball park .

And dont forget to buy a 3M charcoal respirator for spraying anything please...

The blue pearl may flop to a purple cast in the sun,
I am using PPG's powdered pearls that are on my DBU/DBC mix bank.


There are other pearls out there like HOK that may not hit on the purple...

About the only thing I can give is get some front end pics of your car and print off a whole bunch and draw on them and see how things will look.
there are so many ways to flame like i say .
I just...

FMX , might try here

http://www.autobodydepot.net/scripts/depot.exe?pgm=depotgate.bbx&custnum=WEB-CUST++&password=&sesid=0819144701


Heres a quick photo of the test panel i did . Sorry for...

Pearl blue would look awesome over black !!!!

I am in the process of shooting spray outs for a buddy of mine for his T bucket project.
Its going 2004 GTO purple with violet pearl ghost flames.
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That plastic is speacial made by 3m , it is not suppose to let paint flake off of it when its painted , I always use the correct paper to mask off windows and wheel openings , I only use plastic...

Matt,
You can make a cheap makeshift paint booth in your garage with 2x2's and 6mil clear plastic sheeting. make a frame for a air conditioner filter in one end and a hole to stick a fan in to...

Matt , on imperfections , do you mean flaws in body ? like waves in metal?
Or small dust particles in the paint it self?

The lighter the color like white will hide alot of body imperfections ,...

Cool lookin 50 merc there..........But that isnt IMO a true form of ghost flames.
A ghost flame is where you lay out your flames and spray 2-3 very light coats of any color of pearl, and then clear....

FMX,

Gloss Black HUH? Boy are your arms ever going to get a work out on blocking ..........LOL
To have a rod black it better be perfect in every way as it shows every flaw , and people will...

I used to have a bad ass 1991 KX 125 in 1991 that I did everything to , but I was 31 at the time and never did race it , just trail rode it.........Old bones heal real SLOW and I couldnt afford to...

Here the ansewer to your Private message FMX, It wouldnt let me send it because it was to long...LOL




OK after you have your fender to bare metal , spray a good coat of PPG's DPLF 90 ( BLACK)...

FMX,
The best thing to spray over bare metal is PPG's DPLF 40/50/78/90 the # are different colors .

HOK will go over any PPG 's Quality K2 products with no problems as I have done it many times...

Another bit of advice if no one else has given . is do one panel at a time, till all is done, do like one fender till all body work is done , then prime , then on to the next panel. If you bounce...

FMX,
Its a good thing to have 2 teachers teaching 2 types of techniques .

I had one hell of a teacher , but as I went off into the field and was a helper for several painters for a few years and...

All body plastic work done with hand blocks, all block sanding done with an assortment of blocks.
That means NO air tools, because if you dont have the Knack getting right by hand , Air tools will...

FMX,
I dont know of any books on painting cars , but if you are in auto body & paint classes , your teacher will show you the correct ways to go about making a quality paint job. Its not something...

These guns appear to be fairly nice, The 1.7 should spray heaver bodied materials. Usually 1.7-2.0 is what they reccomend for High Solids Primers.

FMX I am not familuar with the finex Iwata gun ,...

WOW I Didnt even seee that, then thats a heck of a deal then.

Sorry i havent been around much, but this place loads so slow it took 3 minutes just to get to this re-ply area......

Well I looked at the site and they look like Sata copys ( which are good...