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PostPosted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 2:51 pm
And, we are sanded up, wiped it down with some alcohol, surfaces are looking good. Put it in place for a test fit.....yep, now I can go ahead and fab. my mounts and......wait......
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Sanded out to 400 grit dry on a random orbit sander, changing paper often, final alcohol wipedown....
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Carries over the profile of the cab quite a bit....best part you don't even see in the rear view mirror.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:21 am
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Yes, it takes a lot of stuff even to paint something as simple as this piece....
So just giving the wing a little more cure time. Honestly though, nothing has moved a bit on it and the surface is very hard. Got everything out and warming up in my shop. The plan is to put down Tamco 2104 clear. Let that just set for a few day and sand/level that. I'll be moving on to the special effects on the edges and pearl effects with Tamco Intercoat clear, then a further coat of 2104 and then...... I'll see if we are doing a gloss, semi-gloss, or matte final effect. How I'll go will depend a lot how the pearl reacts to light....
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 12, 2021 10:57 pm
So I'm going in for the "kill" on the wing this weekend. I've now put 3 coats of the Tamco 2104 clear on it.....let that cure for just about 4 days under infra-red. I've now dry machine sanded with 600 grit sandpaper. I then put 1 coat of Tamco 895 intercoat clear (this is just clear basecoat) on to "eyeball" how things were looking. And, we are good. I have now taken Tamco's Jet Black and done a "halo" fade around my edges. The idea here is to give the chameleon pearl more "pop" at those edges compared to the areas of carbon fiber that will also have that pearl on them. So another coat of intercoat sealed that black in for now. Tomorrow I will do the pearl coating and move back into another coat of the 2104 to see how we are looking. If things look good I'll finish up with the Matte clear.
Just a side note I'm going to share some interesting things about doing this all with turbine finishing. I'll be putting that over in equipment here in a few days. Those of you using 4, 5, or 6 stage turbines should check that out.
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Getting a good even look to everything, pretty pleased so far.
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All about getting the edges to black and blend into the carbon fiber surfaces.
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Doing this final spray work in my furniture spray booth. Should be moving on to pearl tomorrow.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:07 am
Great job. Looking forward to see it with the pearl on.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:49 am
ME TOO! Did I say that loud enough? I enjoy finishing so much I might rush something like this but nope, got to slow down and keep eyeballing the "look." I really want this to look like "part" of the truck and not just a novel add on.......
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:39 pm
And into the pearl we go.... This is about a half teaspoon of the Chameleon pearl powder added to 10 ounces of the mixed intercoat (mix ratio on intercoat is 1 to 1 with reducer). I started with the wing upside down to "practice" my color stroking. What I like to do is set my turbine gun to spray about the size of about a half dollar. I still like the full air pressure, just dialing down the fluid and click stopping the air cap for a round pattern. I then stroke that into the black edges I had done previously. I then go back to a full fan with my fluid supply about 1/2 open to do full coats of the pearl. After getting that "under wing" area looking good. I ended up shooting about 2 ounces of that pearl mix underneath and 4 ounces on the outside. I used more of that pearl to especially get those edges to highlight better in full sun.
Okay, so where I am at now is 2 full wet coats of Tamco 2104 hardened clear. I think we'll call that a done session and do the matte clear coat separately. I have to just wait a 12 hour minimum before wet sanding and going into that final matte clear.
Now something I was hoping with this effect is already happening. When you are starting to walk up to the wing you see these intense colors and just a little of the underlying carbon fiber. When you get on top of it boom!.... the colors kind of draw back and you see the full carbon fiber with it's own colors underneath. Darn, makes me want to do a whole car like this! Uhhhh.....I didn't say that outloud did I????
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Starting with the wing upside down to work on technique....
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Always somewhat amazed at how subtle this stuff is until you clear it....
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I know it is hard to see but check out those edges as they color morph....
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If you never really used a "high solids" clear I would highly suggest this one. This pic. was taken after just 1 full wet coat of this clear. And it just flows and flows.... great stuff...
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:58 pm
So I let the last coat of the 2104 euro clear set for about 20 hours. These are pic.s with nothing done any further. My next steps will be 600 and then 2 to 3 coats of the Tamco Matte Clear. Couldn't resist just running it out in what little sun we had here today. Also got a few good inside pic.s.
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Angled ends catch sunlight quite differently.
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Things go a little crazy when you introduce sunlight.
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Definitely changing as you move.....
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This is another inside pic. down on my shop floor. Color is constantly changing as you move around it.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 7:23 am
Great "pearly" look! Where did you get the chameleon pearl?

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 8:45 am
I've been dealing with Paint With Pearl for about 12 years now. As far as dry pearls go I think their stuff disperses the best in pearl/intercoat carriers. Also, if you've never tried the Tamco 895 intercoat it has now become my favorite pearl carrier. If you look at a clear cup of the mixed intercoat you can see the pearl staying "up" in the mix.
I'm using this specific pearl.....
https://www.paintwithpearl.com/shop/cus ... ls-4779bp/
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 11:22 am
Are you using a full 25 grams per quart of intercoat clear?

I have some pearl that I bought from these guys but it is still sitting in my cabinet.
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