https://instagr.am/p/BNs6_MjlCCU

Google the rustoleum car paint job. Worked pretty good for that guy so far.

Id be shocked if you find someone that will let you bring in a prepped panel and agree to shoot it.

Paint is about prep. And the $100 or so they might make on it, isn't worth the headache of dealing with a customer complaining about a paint job that didn't last.

Duncan Idaho said:

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Id be shocked if you find someone that will let you bring in a prepped panel and agree to shoot it.

Paint is about prep. And the $100 or so they might make on it, isn't worth the headache of dealing with a customer complaining about a paint job that didn't last.

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I agree, which is why I'm asking for a recommendation on a place or person that may do this on the side that may not be easily found via more conventional search methods

Get some 2x4s, plastic sheeting and a few fans and do it your self.

plastidip

What was your process for painting yours? Did you sand down the body to bare metal or just get the existing paint dulled out a good bit? What kind of spray equipment & paint did you use?

sorry, what was the question again?

will.mcg said:

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What was your process for painting yours? Did you sand down the body to bare metal or just get the existing paint dulled out a good bit? What kind of spray equipment & paint did you use?

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I blasted some. Chemical stripper on some. Sanded on some. It was all taken to bare metal a piece at a time.

I'd strip it, do any hammer and dolly work (harbor freight set), expoxy primed it (hf purple gun and Eastwood/kirker paint) and then sit it aside and work on the next piece the next time I was between projects.

Then when I finished every panel and the tub, i put it together and did the filler (mostly rage gold but some lead in certain spots) work.
Took it back apart and put down another coat of epoxy and shot the hidden areas with the single stage top coat.

Put it all back together with seam sealer. Scuffed it with a grey scotch pad. And then shot it with the hf professional guns.

My compressor didn't have enough cfm so I had some really bad orange peel. So i laid an extra two coats and sanded it back. The small pieces (hinges and brackets) I shot by themselves looked great, so I wasn't a gun or paint flow issue, it was an air flow issue.

All in all, it looks great, I get a lot of compliments on it but Ican see the mistakes I made.

Awesome. Yeah your pictures the paint looks great. I have a project that I don't want near that quality at this stage in life but it would be nice to have some fresh paint on it. I have access to blast & paint equipment but not sure if I want to blast it. Currently I am thinking sand the exterior body on frame & shoot it as is. What media & size did you blast with?

Used sugar sand for the body, regular sand for the frame and glass beads for every thing that fit in the cabinet.

If I did it again, I would have paid to have it soda or dry ice blasted by a mobile guy

What pressure were you at with the body?

I was 90 at the air tank. But zero idea what that would be at the blast tank and even less of an idea what that would have been at nozzle.

You kind of have to find what works for your equipment.
Just make sure you keep the nozzle moving all the time.

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Just make sure you keep the nozzle moving all the time.

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And since someone had to say it
That's what she said.

I am picturing you using some sort of Harbor freight type machine. I'll be using an industrial type deal with a 5/16" nozzle. So I'm thinking I'll drop the pressure to 50 psi & stand a ways back to start.

Highly recommend this place for a primer.

http://www.southernpolyurethanes.com/

Their epoxy primer is a great product.

The blasting stuff I used was all commerical. But you are right to start off as low as you can and work from there. You can really **** up a panel if you do it wrong.

And that SPI stuff is great.