New and Improved
 

Well those of you who were at Reading noticed the most horrible paintjob EVER on my car. The whole from clip was dryand orange peeled and the back half was single satged with no shine. Well i've been doing some resto work to make it ready for the next Reading so here are some pics so far.
In sealerhttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0036.jpg
Basecoathttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0039.jpg
Clearcoathttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0040.jpghttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0041.jpghttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0043.jpg
2-tone tricoat black. The camera doesn't show how heavy the flake really is.
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0033.jpghttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0046.jpghttp://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...1/PHOT0034.jpg

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WOW, Nice Job man!!

How many basecoats and clearcoats have you applied?

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Well I did 3 coat of black, 2 coats of the metallic midcoat, 3 coats of red and 2 good wet coats of clear. I used PPG Deltron 2000 for my basecoats and PPG Concept DBC 2021 clear.

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welcome to the red with black top club!

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Sometimes in the future I am gonna do a paintjob for mine, I will apply 5 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear. I will lightly sand down the clearcoat and will apply two more afterwards (smart technique I read about).

Note that sanding the clearcoat happens only one hour after you apply the clearcoat and you let it dry using the heating chamber ;)

And why 5 coats of paint? the new Rolls Royces do that :evil:

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wow nice car, very clean !! it looks brand new:)

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Red and black are just great together!! Nice choice. How much will all that cost?

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Well the total was about $400 for materials. All i have to do now is paint the bumpers and such FRIDAY AND REASSEMBAL

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I never knew your cars old look but that looks fantastic. What/ where/ how did you do that? Alone in your garage with plastic everywhere and a mask on? Do you just use a standard compressor? (nevermind your a pro huh?)

I want to go white/black two tone on mine. Why do SVXs look so sexy with black tops, Damn! Post some final pictures!

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I painted it at my work in the Paint booth. I think a black metallic 2 tone white or silver would also be awsome.

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very nice! can't wait to see it done!

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Looks great. Can't wait to see it reassembled

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That's awesome, and the same color combo I was looking to do with mine. Congrats on the great job, post final pictures.

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Very nice. I too love the red/black combo. Can't wait to see the final results.

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Looks like new. Can't wait to see final product:)!