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I'm just starting to prep my Nova and am a total noob with any body work. Today I started on the hood: Sanded all the old paint off down to bare metal; wiped it down with MEK; Used ppg DP50LF cut 2:1 withDP402LF just like the tech sheet said; shot it thru a deVilbis Finishline with the 1.5 orifice (just guessing at what size to use); and it isn't a flat as I had expected it to be.
This is a nice way of describing ORANGE PEEL!!
My questions:
1. Does primer/sealer just not get very flat??? Somehow I doubt this is true...
2. It was warm today (maybe 90F) -- did I use too much catalyst? I noticed that it seemed to dry pretty quick; by the time I had cleaned up all the bugs were happily dancing across it without sticking!!
3. The gun calls for 23 psi at the handle. When I set it at that there isn't enough pressure to spray. I dialed it up to almost 40 psi static (without spraying...it drops to zero when I pull the trigger anyway) before it sprayed. At that point it looked to these unsophisticated eyes like it was cooking right along.
4. I tried to keep the gun about 4" away from the surface. Is that too close? ... too far??
On the other hand.......now that dingy old hood has a nice light gray coat of primer and (from a distance) looks great!!
Thanks for your advice!!
Dave
My questions:
1. Does primer/sealer just not get very flat??? Somehow I doubt this is true...
2. It was warm today (maybe 90F) -- did I use too much catalyst? I noticed that it seemed to dry pretty quick; by the time I had cleaned up all the bugs were happily dancing across it without sticking!!
3. The gun calls for 23 psi at the handle. When I set it at that there isn't enough pressure to spray. I dialed it up to almost 40 psi static (without spraying...it drops to zero when I pull the trigger anyway) before it sprayed. At that point it looked to these unsophisticated eyes like it was cooking right along.
4. I tried to keep the gun about 4" away from the surface. Is that too close? ... too far??
On the other hand.......now that dingy old hood has a nice light gray coat of primer and (from a distance) looks great!!
Thanks for your advice!!
Dave