Finally got some paint on today, and it looks like it will Pop..
 

Well it is finally day for color, and here is the process and outcome for today.. We will be exploding the car again next week, so we can do the jambing, trunk, and under hood, but the exterior came out great.. We put a sealer down before the Black Base Coat, and here is how the black base looked.. I know alot of guys might have stopped at black, because it would have been just fine, but I wanted something just a bit different..

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Here are some pictures of the first and second coats of the Liquid Metal finish, and we ended up finishing with 6 coats of the Liquid Metal...

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Here are some pics of the 6th coat of Liquid Metal, before the clear coat..



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Here are some pics with the final clear coat involved, but there is Sealer, 3 Coats of Black Base Coat, 6 Coats of Liquid Metal, and then the Final Clear Coats.. I tried to capture the affects of the Liquid Metal Color with the camera, but it is very hard to capture, but it goes from a bright metal/silver appearance to a straight up Black color at the extreme contours, with more a Graphite mid range for the softer contours. And you can see the example of the extreme black appearance in the grille openings, because those have just as much coverage as the rest of the car.. LOL



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man thats nice. bet it really pops in the sun...

:drool: Wait that's a Volvo ..... Hmmm well Nice :drool:

Wow definitely unique. Looks awesome.

Sweeeeet!! Coming together nicely. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

The color came out nice.

Been watching the build on this car, looks great!

Looks Good Robert! Going to be a nice car when it's done.

Looks killer Robert. I bet she will pop out in the sun. Good job.

I love it!!

that really is a cool car,sure should pop in the sun,body and paint look slick and straight,good job

who's product line is the "liquid metal?"

Have you had a chance to take it outside to check for blotches under natural daylight?

We got the chance to open the doors afterwards, and all looks good, but not outside yet.. We also practiced painting on old fenders and doors, so we can gather the necessary amount of coats, along with used a few different spray patterns during the process on each coat, so we could be sure that all the various contours were hit at as many directions as possible.. Between coats, we would also walk around the car looking at about every angle we could, and would look at it with different lighting..

Once you hit the correct number of coats, the blotching really disappears.. All the way till about the 4th or 5th coat, there was some blotchiness, but once you hit the 5th and into the 6th, it really just disappears and becomes a uniform color.

That looks very cool!

I open the doors of the shop, and I tried to catch the color changes the best I could, and I was caught a bit off guard. As you can see, with natural sunlight, I have alot of graphite color in it, with major flat areas in the bright silver/metal color, depending on where you are standing.. Artifical lighting does not have this affect, and it wasnt really as noticable with the smaller test parts, but it is pretty dramatic as a complete paint job. We have complete coverage with the liquid metal, and you can see complete coverage in the dramatic darker color shift areas at close up inspection, eventhough it appears to be somewhat blotchy in the pics.. This color does some strange things, and I am even assuming that the Wet Sanding and Buffing is going to make even more difference, due to the potential affect of Direct Lighting that basic Orange Peel of the Clear Coat, because this color is very sensitive to direct or indirect light and angles of light.

We plan on getting the car outside tomorrow, because the jambing should be completed later tonight, so we can get it back together tomorrow. More than likely wetsanding and buffing will also start tomorrow, so I will be able to see if there are any changes after that is completed.




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(Door Open, but from different views of the rear quarter, so you can see some of the transition)



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It looks SWEET Robert. Nice work.

Here are some pictures of the underhood and jambing process, some of which we had to redo again, do to some sort of odd clear coat reaction. We are using the Suggested PPG clear coat for the PPG Vibrance paint line, which is a pretty fast drying clear, but had no idea it was necessary to recoat within 5 minutes, or it would eat itself? I dont know how we didnt get the reactions with the overall paint, because we waited way longer between each coat, so I guess there is a before and after window for coats.. Called the PPG rep, and they just said that is the way it is, and they cant believe that we are painting the whole car with this color and process.. LOL My painter is a DuPont guy, so he wants to wetsand the PPG Clear already applied to the exterior, and then apply an overcoart of the DuPont Clear system that he likes to use, because he said it is a much better system, and would rather work with it on the exterior for buffing and finish work. We sprayed some DuPont Clear over the wetsanded PPG clear on some previous test panels, and all looks good, so we are going to go this direction.

The Trans Tunnel and Center Underside of the Hood will have an Insulation/Covering on it, so all you will actually see it the hood bracing in the Liquid Metal color. The Center Underside of the Trunk will have an upholstered insulation panel, so they may not appear to be finished as well as the rest of the area's.


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Very cool.. and that is a HARD effect to capture on "film"...

Super nice, and very unique!

Thanks Steve, and you got it right about being hard to capture on film, because only about 70 percent of the affect is demonstrated by pictures. I will definitely need to hire a professional photographer after it is completed, so if you know anyone in the Dallas Texas or Oklahoma City area, I would definitely be interested in contacting them.

Well I got the car out in the natural light today, and it is blinding. I cant catch it all in the pics, but the glow will make you see black spots for awhile if you look directly into it. There isnt any relfection in the Glow, so I guess I got a Satin Finish and a Gloss Finish at the same time.

Here are some pictures compared to an original Amazon, and a Delorean I have.. LOL The doors, hood, and trunk still need to be final lined up and ajusted, so the gaps will get better, and the car still has not been wet sanded or buffed yet..

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The Delorean has alot of the same glowing properties the Liquid Metal does, but the Liquid Metal is much more intense..


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Ok I'll take the same thing in a wagon. Let me know when it's ready.....:D

I'm going to guess you're pretty happy with the results? It looks great in the pics, has to be much better in person. :thumbsup:

A LS* powered wagon does have potential! :yes:

I'm sorry. I meant Wagon less drivetrain. :D

The car looks awesome. :thumbsup: I see the wagon in the back just waiting for it's turn.

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A Ford would be way too exotic for sport utility vehicle and........wait for it.........way too big, heavy, and expensive. :D

Awesome. Looks great.