Project Blue Balls(PBB) gets underway

[ARBOC]

Ok, Ok so I lied. This will not be my last post in this thread. I got 95% of the car done. It looks dusty, and the weather really sucked up here. So I wasn't able to get any good clean pics of the car. I only got 4 pics today, the battery in my camera died. Here it is. Oh yeah, 1 more thing. The side skirts weren't installed when I took the pics. They are on now, but like I said I'll get better pics Monday or Tuesday.
Please, honest opinons!!!!!

 

[ARBOC]

do you need the guns with the bottle over the nozzle? The one i have has the paint bottle below. I am about to paint my car and have a few questions. This is my first time. i just bought some primer, and he said they have the kind that is porous and the kind that has a moother finish? i bought the first kind, do i need to put on the "finisher" type primer before i paint? Next, how many coats of primer should i use, and how long should i wait between coats? i bought it at napa. Then what grit should i use to sand it before the base coat? i am going to paint it black, do you think a gallon of paint and the reducer that you mix it with will be enough for the car? Next, after the base, do i need to sand it, and what grit? How many coats of base and how long should i wait between coats? same for the clear? i would really appreciate any help you could give me, because ive never painted a car before.

The gun above the nozzle is called a gravity gun, and the gun that has the pot below the gun is a siphon fed gun. Both are good guns, but I like the gravity fed gun.

The porus primer is gonna be your high build primer. 3 possibly 4 coats will do. The time between coats is 5 to 10 minutes. Waut about 1.3 hours per coat before you sand the primer. Example is 3 coats, wait aproximently 4 hours before you sand. I would use p400 to p500 grit to sand your primer.

The base coat all depends on the color and type of paint you use. With black I would put 2 to 3 coats on, waiting again, 5 to 10 minutes. You don't have to sand between coats or sand between base and clear. I would use a tack rag between coats and between base-clear.

Now on to clear coat. Wait about 15 to 20 minutes before you clear. Usually 2 coats will do. If you find you have alot of dirt in your clear, go with a third due to the fact your going to want to polish it afterwards so you will have something to polish. Wait about 5 to 10 minutes between coats of clear. After your done clear coating, let it sit overnight to cure, unless you have a booth and bake it at about 160 degrees.

And Voila.....a nice slick black stang.

ARBOC

 

[ARBOC]

Ok this is the end to a wonderful project that I enjoyed very much.
Can you pick out the diffrences?
I got the car all cleaned up and ready to go. I got to drive it home today after about 4 weeks of working weekends and late at night.

Here is a before picture also.

Here is the car today at the shop.

A guy at work goofing off!!

The car at Home sweet home

 

[MysteryMachine]

lol if the cars at home i think she found out. So yup i'm beting the meaning is he's not getting any.

Car looks sweet man good job

 

[AznStanger3v]

car looks great. but for ****'s sake, lower it at least a little bit. that wheel gap looks horrible and kills your car's appearance

 

[mo_dingo]

That is absolutely sick. That color is amazing. I can't say enough good things...

I don't know if this was covered before, but where did you paint it? It looks like you had access to a paint booth. If that is true, do you have a true "dust free enviroment"

If not, what did you do to prevent any dust from collecting and ruining the paint.

Subscribing BTW. Lots of great info.
Scott

 

[Black95GTS]

Nice job... I think once you clean up the interior and shine up the plastic and vinyl the blue contrast will look hot.

- adam

 

[95CobraMike]

looks sweet....you need to slam it like this!!!!!!

 

[RIO5.0]

Nice work for sure.... Tis alot of work but worth the effort...Wish I had access to a booth when I did mine....

 

[ARBOC]

That is absolutely sick. That color is amazing. I can't say enough good things...

I don't know if this was covered before, but where did you paint it? It looks like you had access to a paint booth. If that is true, do you have a true "dust free enviroment"

If not, what did you do to prevent any dust from collecting and ruining the paint.

Subscribing BTW. Lots of great info.
Scott

I actually paint cars for a living. I work at a dealership up here in Canada. I had access to the booth after hours. I did have an insurance claim for the left side of the car, so I figured why the heck not freshen the color up a bit.
I eliminated the dust by blowing the floors off before I put the car in the booth, blowing the car off before going into the booth and after it was in the booth. Then degreasing the whole car. I then wet down the floor and the walls, then degreased the whole car again. Then I used a tac rag to wipe the car down, twice

 

[ARBOC]

I do want to lower it but I don't know what springs to get. I only want to go about an inch due to the fact I'm installing my long tube headers and x pipe this weekend.
What do you guys suggest?
REMEMBER, only around an inch or so!!!

 

[Venom351R]

that looks really nice , what shade/color of blue did you go with?

 

[95CobraMike]

eibach pro kit would probably be my suggestion if you only want to go about an inch

 

[ARBOC]

that looks really nice , what shade/color of blue did you go with?

It's the factory Ford color code "KF" by Standox.

 

[95CobraMike]

btw...that pic on page 2 is my car with eibach sportlines

 

[ARBOC]

Nice looking car mike. I just checked out your car domain site.
How much of a drop did you do?

 

[Venom351R]

It's the factory Ford color code "KF" by Standox.

looks pretty hott. I wanted to paint my car this yr but it just wasent going to happen. I was going to go w/ a cobalt kandy blue base coat and sapphire blue, was going to be real real dark blue. Havent given up on that idea it will just have to come later on.

 

[ARBOC]

A chip foose two tone is in now. I'm still thinking about going witha flat black hood in the center just like the 72 mach 1

 

[TripleBlack95]

Hey Mike what kind of rims are those on your white cobra? You didnt' specify on your site and I'm interested, thanks bro'.

Andrew

 

[mo_dingo]

The rims appear to be Saleen's and probably 18 X 7 is my guess.

What did you use as a degreaser? The stuff I get at work works great, literally eats grime for breakfast, but idk what the best stuff to use is in this application.

And what do you mean by tac rag? I haven't heard of it before. I assume it's a specific rag and I don't want to get it wrong (painting my car in the near future, and if mine came out like yours )

There are 2 colors that I would trade my black car for, and yours is one of them. The other is GM's metallic sunset orange (like the 02 firebirds/camaro's)
Scott