Melon's E30 Thread.

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Amazing work :melon:
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Amazing work dude.
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I done seen a beautiful orange trunk lid on social medias.


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Calvinball wrote: Tue May 29, 2018 8:39 am I done seen a beautiful orange trunk lid on social medias.


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I test sprayed some color over the weekend. I thinned the paint too much and had runs, but, the gun sprayed really well, I'm pleasantly surprised.

Going to keep working on finishing up on the detail body work, just a few dings and dents here and there to fill, then I'll shoot the whole car with primer.

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Much excite for the Jagerbomb to be sprayed!
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I know its spread out in a bunch of posts. But im lazy.

What equipment are you using for all of the body work?

Sprayer: Earlex HV5500 spray station.
What about everything else? Im trying to convince my brother not to plastidip his entire dodge ram.
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All of this is incredible.
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Barnes93cb wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 12:49 pm I know its spread out in a bunch of posts. But im lazy.

What equipment are you using for all of the body work?

Sprayer: Earlex HV5500 spray station.
What about everything else? Im trying to convince my brother not to plastidip his entire dodge ram.
Correct, painting is done with the Earlex 5500.

Paint was all stripped with a Ridgid orbital sander (I've burnt up two already, on number three, thanks warranty)

I've been using Bondo, the regular shit, with regular spreaders.

The green primer is Duplicolor self etching, great for over existing paint, or POR-15, since it acid etches.

The light tan, beige primer is epoxy primer. Max Spray available on Amazon. It's good for over bare metal and makes a hard surface, so it's great for places where rock chips may occur.

Don't spray etch primer over epoxy, pro tip, epoxy over etch that's fully dried is ok.

That's pretty much it so far.

Paint:
Was all supplied by Paintscratch.com
They were the only ones who had the color.

Primer:
PCL Speed prime

Paint:
PPG Envriobase

Clear:
Idk off the top of my head, I'm pretty sure it's PPG, it's a 1k clear.
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I've been supper busy with work, so I haven't had any time to work on the car in three weeks. I'll try to get back at it this weekend.
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Desertbreh wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 3:29 pm All of this is incredible.
Davestr wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:21 pm Hole -eee fkn restoration Batman!!! :like: :like: :like: :like: :like: :like:
Thanks fellas!
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I'm still waiting to scroll down this thread and have my monitor blaring out orange bursts like it's Simple Orange ad on steroids
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Thank you melon for the writeup. I appreciate it.

Also get back to the car. I dont care how busy your life is. Sleep isnt important.
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Barnes93cb wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:54 pm Thank you melon for the writeup. I appreciate it.

Also get back to the car. I dont care how busy your life is. Sleep isnt important.
I had to negotiate a weekend off after three weeks straight.
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Melon wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:28 am
Barnes93cb wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 11:54 pm Thank you melon for the writeup. I appreciate it.

Also get back to the car. I dont care how busy your life is. Sleep isnt important.
I had to negotiate a weekend off after three weeks straight.
Ouch. I think youve earned a little break.
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Trying to see if I can get the week of the 4th free, Work Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and Take the 4th through the 8th off.
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Melon wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:43 am Trying to see if I can get the week of the 4th free, Work Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and Take the 4th through the 8th off.
Get that Sunday off and come tear it up with me. From what I think I remember the last Cajun Field event had nearly 80 cars
Then again, getting that day off and doing absolutely nothing is good too.
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Acid666 wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:51 am
Melon wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:43 am Trying to see if I can get the week of the 4th free, Work Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and Take the 4th through the 8th off.
Get that Sunday off and come tear it up with me. From what I think I remember the last Cajun Field event had nearly 80 cars
Then again, getting that day off and doing absolutely nothing is good too.
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updates?
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Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 1:10 pmupdates?
I'll make a full post in a week or so.

Some big things have happened, some good, some not so good.
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Melon wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 1:39 pm
Big Brain Bradley wrote: Wed Jul 18, 2018 1:10 pmupdates?
I'll make a full post in a week or so.

Some big things have happened, some good, some not so good.
The good: The car is completely orange now.

The not so good: The orange is because it's completely engulfed in flames.

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I shot some clear, didn't do it right, and it came out bubbly.
Doing some digging into the type of paint I purchased, and the primer and clear are total shit, while the color is some super expensive shit.

So, I got good clear, and good primer, and a gallon of color, at a larger cost than I imagined.
Last weekend I stripped most of the primer off, and am awaiting epoxy primer to put on there this weekend, followed by the surface primer.

Next weekend I should have color and clear on it.

The parts that are painted with clear are staying bubbly, it sucks, but it's the underside of the trunk, hood, and the backside of the doors, not items you'll see.
Purchasing more paint to re-spray them would be a cost I'm not willing to take on.

One gallon of U92 PPG Envriobase is $950.
Two gallons of clear with hardener and reducer was another $1,000.
2k Primer surfacer was about $300 with hardener.

Expensive, yes, but still cheaper than starting over with the level of materials I want.
Also, the PPG materials I'm spraying on the car are OEM quality. With the epoxy primer I'm putting down, it should last another 30+ years.

Sure, there are cheaper systems out there such as Tamco, but, I didn't know all the :fax: until recently.
I chalk it up to the price of my auto paint education.
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Next weekend as in this one or next after this weekend?
We'll be in Nola for the class on Sat and the autoX on Sunday. If we're not too tired I wanna pass by and see it.
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