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Nowak1981

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  1. I decided to try again, i sanded quite a bit on the hood to get as much of the orange peel off as i could. This time instead of a bunch of light coats, I went full blast. It turned out considerably better, but i still have some orange peel. I also went out and bought the .5mm needle upgrade, Im gonna try that and prolly thin the paint a little more. Here's hoping things get better rather then worse.
  2. here is my workshop, finally finished building the spray booth after getting tired of breathing in the fumes....pretty happy with it. The small containers on the table are water, one is my sanding tub with a small pump and hose, one with water and soap, another with just clean water. I have no water near this room, so have to have containers for everything. The box next to the paint booth is a drying box =( Turned out pretty good i thought
  3. I wish i could get the same results some of you get, this last body is really giving me trouble. I messed up the body and the hood on this charger, left it in Super clean for about 3 weeks, eventually it managed to get through the paint, but its barely touching the primer. I had it soaking int 91% alcohol for a few days and it didnt even discolor it, Same with Brake fluid. I still have the hood soaking in it. The white blotch on top was an Easy off test. Didnt even get a speck off after rubbing it. I ended up just ordering a new body and hood. But it would be nice to figure out how to clean this up.
  4. I just have the needle that came with the airbrush which is a .35 I tried practicing on a sheet of paper with some black and some of that orange and it didnt look all that fine, If i held the brush within an inch of the paper the line was still pretty thick compared to others I have seen on youtube. As far as the paint goes It is a fast drying Arcylic Enamel, ,which i didnt know until i just looked at the label, and its already pretty runny, i barely get any build up on the tooth pick. So at this point things i should prolly try are: find a larger needle? spray on spoons is simple enough i can try bumping up the air pressure to 20ish spraying closer to the object
  5. Some time last year I purchased an Iwata HP-CS airbrush. I remember trying it on a couple bodies, but i ended up stripping one (I don't remember why) and I beleive I ended up finishing the job with rattle cans. Fast forward to today and Im ready to start painting a body. I couldnt find the color I wanted at the hobby store so I went to the local Auto paint store and purchased some single stage paint. The body itself was primed and sanded with 44 micron(340g I believe). For the most part it was smooth, It was the same as the body i did earlier. the finer grits, I can never tell if they are cutting. As a person that is still learning how to use an airbrush, I decided to just paint the hood. The paint shop had already thinned the paint. The air Compressor I have is just a Porter Cable pancake, I installed a water trap and regulator and the pressure is set to about 17psi with the trigger depressed. The issue im having is that I started with smooth surface and ended up with a surface that felt like 80 grit sandpaper. here is what i started with here is what i ended up with This was the result of my last build, I was pretty happy with the how the paint came out, overall, i wish i would have changed the line i used for the seperation of the two tone Im trying to figure out where i went wrong. Ive been watching tons of video's but im not finding much on technique. I started out with a really light spray and just keep going over different parts. My thought is that the paint might be drying before it reaches the surface. I dont know if my air pressure might have anything to do with it either. I havent found anything that can suggest how to figure out what pressure to use with different thicknesses of paint. Im also have trouble spraying into the little nooks and crannies of the hood scoop. I basically had to blast it until it was covered. With the Charger i showed earlier, I would start with a mist coat and gradually put on more and more, In addition to sanding between coats. So in closing, Im hoping someone have share some insights and some possible solutions I can try. Thanks for everything!
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