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. <\/p>\n
Spraying the Body Driftwood Beige<\/strong><\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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!<\/p>\n Un-Masking the Beige<\/strong><\/p>\n And again Jerry provided some video support! I seem to look like the Pilsberry Dough Boy with the paint suit on.<\/p>\n