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Originally Posted by trapin
Jody, that sucks. Sorry to hear about it. I'll be painting my car in July and hearing stories like this makes me cringe. I have no desire to have my car in Paint Jail so I will be shooting the car myself. I've been reading a ton of tech articles on painting with these new base/clear systems and have purchased several videos on the internet that were recommended to me by some folks over at Camaros.net. I'm curious as to why the car was blocked between clear coats. I thought with the new systems in use today this was not necessary. Or is this the secret to achieving a 'smooth-as-glass' finish?
Oh, and in regards to the color....I personally liked that Orange color you were going with in the original rendering. It was a Chrysler color...wasn't it?
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Tony,
There really is no reason to do that in my opinion. He insists that the final product will be flatter even if you color-sand both ways. Makes no sense to me but he's the pro. To me it would make the color-sanding a little easier as the clear would be flatter; but once you color sand it either way it should look the same.
The color in the rendering is Kris' fault!
I actually was trying to get him to match a solid orange truck we saw at SEMA the year before and he kept coming back with this burnt orange which on his monitor looked the same as the pic of the truck I sent him. Not very long after I started liking his color a lot more than mine! Problem is it's a made-up color by the program he uses to do the modeling. I wish I could find something that wasn't full of pearl and I'd do it. I guess I could go with the orange on the truck, I had tracked down the shop that did it. Here's the pic of the color I wanted originally as this Camaro is a Hugger Orange car. To me it's a modern version of Hugger Orange and I was going to keep the black Hockey stripes. What do you think of this color?
