Now that we have the entire body surface sealed with V-Seal, we can mask off the portion of the body that will be painted 1968 Ford Mustang Mandarin Orange.

Spraying the Body Driftwood Beige

Once the masking was complete it was time to clean up the booth, wipe the exposed sealer down with wax & grease remover and then tack down the exposed areas. After that Jerry started mixing the 1954 Cadillac Driftwood Beige paint and I put on a head sock and painters overalls. The PPG Concept single stage paint tech sheet calls for the paint to be mixed 4 parts paint, 1 hardner and 2 reducer. The first gun full yeilded a fair amount of orange peel, generally an indication of the too much paint, too little air or too little speed. I fussed with the material control on the gun and upped the air pressure by a pound or two, which brought the amount of orange peel down, but it was still pretty heavy for my taste.

On the second coat I further reduced the material control and noticed that I was spraying quite dry. Back to the wall and more gun adjustment. With the material control increased somewhat I picked up my delivery pace which further reduced the orange peel.

When I finished the second coat I decided that I would have to cut and buff the paint job, so we mixed up another batch of paint. This time I had Jerry up the reducer to 4-1-3 to thin the paint some. Our weather had been pretty nice and was in the mid 60’s. I had been holding the shop temperature to 70 minimum with my heater and the humidity was way low around 15% so I figured that reducing the paint a bit more would help, which it did. Still not wonderful but almost acceptable. Oh goody, I get to sand the Kennedy another 3 times and then buff it… arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!

Un-Masking the Beige

And again Jerry provided some video support! I seem to look like the Pilsberry Dough Boy with the paint suit on.