Anybody Out There An A Body Guru?

[Runner 68]

No **** on the tiger stripe. You can see we got a little but it has since settled down a bit as it cures.
I noticed it on the second coat then increased to about 75% on the final coat. Still got a little. It'll do.

What do you use to maintain the matte black Kern, is basic car wax a no-no?

 

[JimKueneman]

Hey what are you doing over here on the B-Body group Mr. Lemon

https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/threads/1972-duster-build-with-my-daughter.407989/

 

[Runner 68]

Stalker! Been here longer than you.
You have waaaay too much time on your hands Jim.
Got graphics on today and some assembly. Will finish it up tomorrow.

 

[JimKueneman]

Was that single stage?

 

[JimKueneman]

Whats under the cover?

 

[JB400]

Nice looking Duster

 

[Runner 68]

Whats under the cover?

Question 1, yes, the matte was single stage, laid down nice but still tiger striped a bit at 75% overlap. As Kern said, shooting matte black is spray and pray. He is right. Never done it before.
Question 2, why my 68 Runner of course, which was put on the back burner (again) for the Duster project.
It's great to be a father.

 

[JimKueneman]

Question 1, yes, the matte was single stage, laid down nice but still tiger striped a bit at 75% overlap. As Kern said, shooting matte black is spray and pray. He is right. Never done it before.
Question 2, why my 68 Runner of course, which was put on the back burner (again) for the Duster project.
It's great to be a father.

What about the B5?

 

[Runner 68]

What about the B5?

The B5 was 2 stage.
And if you're curious about the hood stripes (Single stage matte over gloss 2 stage), yes there are definitely tape lines. Pondered that one for a bit then said f@ck it. We'll live with it. Driver, not a Barrett Jackson show car.

 

[JimKueneman]

The B5 was 2 stage.

Did you cut and buff it? Don't recall you mentioning that.

 

[Runner 68]

Did you cut and buff it? Don't recall you mentioning that.

Yea, over on A Bodies I mentioned we had some color sanding to do.
Are you telling me it looks ok Jim?

 

[JimKueneman]

Yea, over on A Bodies I mentioned we had some color sanding to do.
Are you telling me it looks ok Jim?

Ah, color sanding confused me. I pictured that as sanding single stage. Yea it looks great. I am about to lay on 5 coats of SPI Universal Clear tomorrow after I paint the ladder with the Graphics Express mask....

 

[Runner 68]

I'm not sure how many people shoot single stage these days (except for matte).
Color sanding is a term held over from the old days I suppose. Scrub the bumps off and then make it shine is the name of the game. Cut and buff sounds like a millennial term to me but is an accurate description of the process.
You're showing your youth Jim.

 

[JimKueneman]

I'm not sure how many people shoot single stage these days (except for matte).
Color sanding is a term held over from the old days I suppose. Scrub the bumps off and then make it shine is the name of the game. Cut and buff sounds like a millennial term to me but is an accurate description of the process.
You're showing your youth Jim.

That is is ONLY way it is showing......

 

[Runner 68]

That is is ONLY way it is showing......

Yea but I bet you put that ******* Graphic Express hood stencil down better than we did. I have said it before and am saying it again, it kicked our ***.
Watching your build on A Bodies eagerly.
As far as we're concerned with ours, we're pretty much done, time to drive the **** out of it.

 

[Kern Dog]

I never waxed the matte clear on my car. I sold it in 2011 so I don't know how it looks today.
Metallic paint jobs are tricky too. Trying to keep all the particles suspended so the paint doesn't "tiger stripe" is a concern. Also, the standard for paint jobs has gone way up! It used to be okay to have some orange peel but not so much today. Every car that I paint gets sanded and buffed. I've sometimes used 400 to knock down a run but I usually start with 800 grit wet/dry paper and go then to 1000, 1200, 1500 then 2000. From there it buffs out quickly.
Sanding a single stage paint is not a problem UNLESS it is a metallic. The thing is, as a metallic is sprayed and drying, the flakes land in a variety of ways and positions. Some land on edge. When you sand off single stage metallic paint, the finish sometimes gets blurred, marred or just plain messed up. I've seen it up close and it is worse than just leaving orange peel.

 

[Runner 68]

We're calling this project done. Time for my son to have fun with it as weather permits.
Taking the winter off then back to my Bird in the spring.
Thanks for following along everyone.

 

[not so famous bob]

We're calling this project done. Time for my son to have fun with it as weather permits.
Taking the winter off then back to my Bird in the spring.
Thanks for following along everyone.
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[4mulas]

Great job Runner 68! Now get that bird done

 

[Runner 68]

Sorry for resurrecting a dead thread gents, but this is graduation week for a hard working young man.
Here is the yearbook pic.