Progress on repaint of 96SS to Millennium Yellow!
08-14-2002, 10:01 AM
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Brent looks killer! The only thing I would do is upgrade to the newer SS spoiler. Those 96-97 just dont do it for me lol.
Plus, since your the king of appearance I could have hooked you up with a killer deal on the 98+ WW SS Spoiler
Kant wait to see the car done
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Plus, since your the king of appearance I could have hooked you up with a killer deal on the 98+ WW SS Spoiler
Kant wait to see the car done
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08-14-2002, 01:04 PM
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That car is going to look SO ****ing sweet man ! ! Is there even 1 other millenium yellow camaro that anyone knows of ? ?
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08-14-2002, 11:30 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ZRAPTOR:
Man,I can't wait to see that bad boy done.There is a canary yellow one here in Waco,but it doesn't look anything like that.I agree with you on the door handles.Kinda makes me want to go road hunting just to get a new paint job
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Man,I can't wait to see that bad boy done.There is a canary yellow one here in Waco,but it doesn't look anything like that.I agree with you on the door handles.Kinda makes me want to go road hunting just to get a new paint job
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In fact, I tend to get bored with the same look... hence the reason I've got a few sets of wheels and took off the 97 style stripes I had and put the 35th style stripes on there. Then, when this happened, I saw it as an opportune time to change the color. There is no way I could justify spending this much money to change the color of a perfectly good car. However, if about half of it is being painted already anyway, hmm... might as well just get the rest of it painted and change the color while I'm at it. LOL! Opportunities like this don't come up often so I decided to take advantage of it. hahahaa
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ProjectRS:
Brent looks killer! The only thing I would do is upgrade to the newer SS spoiler. Those 96-97 just dont do it for me lol.
Plus, since your the king of appearance I could have hooked you up with a killer deal on the 98+ WW SS Spoiler
Kant wait to see the car done
later
Jonel
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Brent looks killer! The only thing I would do is upgrade to the newer SS spoiler. Those 96-97 just dont do it for me lol.
Plus, since your the king of appearance I could have hooked you up with a killer deal on the 98+ WW SS Spoiler
Kant wait to see the car done
later
Jonel
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Kinda late for the spoiler change idea now!!! I too am anxiously awaiting the completion of the car. It's looking great so far and the color looks good too. Now, I just hope it looks as good when all the panels get stuck back on the car. LOL!
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by pu12en12g:
That car is going to look SO ****ing sweet man ! ! Is there even 1 other millenium yellow camaro that anyone knows of ? ?
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That car is going to look SO ****ing sweet man ! ! Is there even 1 other millenium yellow camaro that anyone knows of ? ?
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08-15-2002, 09:51 PM
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New pictures just added
All panels have been wet sanded and now only need two more coats of clear. The shell of the car is still sitting in the paint booth waiting for the weather to improve. Been raining a lot here
However, they do expect to start putting it back together this weekend!!!
Also, with this being a tint based paint, it is going to take 4 gallons to do this job
This paint costs him over $300 a gallon I'm probably going to give him a little more $$$ because I don't think he was expecting it to cost him this much in materials and he is doing one jam up job!
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All panels have been wet sanded and now only need two more coats of clear. The shell of the car is still sitting in the paint booth waiting for the weather to improve. Been raining a lot here
However, they do expect to start putting it back together this weekend!!! Also, with this being a tint based paint, it is going to take 4 gallons to do this job
This paint costs him over $300 a gallon I'm probably going to give him a little more $$$ because I don't think he was expecting it to cost him this much in materials and he is doing one jam up job!------------------
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08-15-2002, 10:11 PM
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If they haven't sprayed the final paint on the nose, have them do the black on the headlight buckets and grill area first, then clear over it. That way it's all shiny and you can wax right over it all.
Usually a body shop will spray the nose all one color, then tape off and spray paint those areas flat black with rattle can.
Usually a body shop will spray the nose all one color, then tape off and spray paint those areas flat black with rattle can.
08-15-2002, 10:15 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Whistler:
If they haven't sprayed the final paint on the nose, have them do the black on the headlight buckets and grill area first, then clear over it. That way it's all shiny and you can wax right over it all.
Usually a body shop will spray the nose all one color, then tape off and spray paint those areas flat black with rattle can.</font>
If they haven't sprayed the final paint on the nose, have them do the black on the headlight buckets and grill area first, then clear over it. That way it's all shiny and you can wax right over it all.
Usually a body shop will spray the nose all one color, then tape off and spray paint those areas flat black with rattle can.</font>
Both the black and yellow were painted with the base color and now the clear is going on over BOTH of them at the same time. It looks pretty good, IMO, even though several thought I should paint the entire front end yellow. Yuck!!! j/k
08-16-2002, 11:43 AM
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The car looks like it is in good hands, I believe that shop is doing a fine job. My concern is the amount of coats it took to get the color they wanted. I have sprayed cars for 10 years and never had to even spray a tri-coat tint more than 4 coats. He never mentioned a groundcoat for the yellow tint. It sounds to me like they didn't use the correct groundcoat. The Yellow you chose is a tri-coat, the base coat is a bright white, the Yellow being a very transparent tint, it can be shot under-reduced to actually cover, but it would take at least 7-9 coats to do. With a groundcoat, you can get away with only spraying 3 or 4 coats. That color is very poor covering, it is not fun, but 9 coats tells me the groundcoat is not right. It won't be a problem for you, because they are spraying the entire car, but the next painter who has to blend into their color is going to have a tough time.
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08-16-2002, 12:05 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by painterpaul:
The car looks like it is in good hands, I believe that shop is doing a fine job. My concern is the amount of coats it took to get the color they wanted. I have sprayed cars for 10 years and never had to even spray a tri-coat tint more than 4 coats. He never mentioned a groundcoat for the yellow tint. It sounds to me like they didn't use the correct groundcoat. The Yellow you chose is a tri-coat, the base coat is a bright white, the Yellow being a very transparent tint, it can be shot under-reduced to actually cover, but it would take at least 7-9 coats to do. With a groundcoat, you can get away with only spraying 3 or 4 coats. That color is very poor covering, it is not fun, but 9 coats tells me the groundcoat is not right. It won't be a problem for you, because they are spraying the entire car, but the next painter who has to blend into their color is going to have a tough time.
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The car looks like it is in good hands, I believe that shop is doing a fine job. My concern is the amount of coats it took to get the color they wanted. I have sprayed cars for 10 years and never had to even spray a tri-coat tint more than 4 coats. He never mentioned a groundcoat for the yellow tint. It sounds to me like they didn't use the correct groundcoat. The Yellow you chose is a tri-coat, the base coat is a bright white, the Yellow being a very transparent tint, it can be shot under-reduced to actually cover, but it would take at least 7-9 coats to do. With a groundcoat, you can get away with only spraying 3 or 4 coats. That color is very poor covering, it is not fun, but 9 coats tells me the groundcoat is not right. It won't be a problem for you, because they are spraying the entire car, but the next painter who has to blend into their color is going to have a tough time.
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Thanks a lot for the info! The guy painting it has, I think, close to 20 years experience. I know he does some import jobs with the fancy paints so it's odd he wasn't aware of this with this paint. Oh well... I'll be sure to tell him though for next time!
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08-16-2002, 12:10 PM
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Sounds like that is one candy paint job though, with alot of coats ! Might be a good thing !
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08-18-2002, 01:20 PM
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hows da paint goin??
man u gotta update those pictures!
i wanna see how it turned out...
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man u gotta update those pictures!
i wanna see how it turned out...
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08-19-2002, 11:41 AM
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LOL! It ain't turned out yet... still turning out Looking good though! I stopped by there and snapped a few more pictures. They are going to have to use 5 gallons of paint They never expected that... not at $300+ a gallon.
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/ssrepaint.htm
pu12en12g, actually, I believe more coats is worse. The less you can get by with the better... I think. Also, the paint guy was telling me it would be better if we didn't have to wet sand and buff the car. But we are going to have. It will still look great but the clear will just be a little thinner than if it didn't need sanded and buffed.
painterpaul, I mentioned what you said about the bright white base coat. He said basically said that would be a #1. This paint specifically calls for a #2 and he is doing just as it says. Also, it is a Dupont paint... chromo something He told me with a frown that he couldn't recall the last time he used 5 gallons of paint to paint a car.
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Looking good though! I stopped by there and snapped a few more pictures. They are going to have to use 5 gallons of paint They never expected that... not at $300+ a gallon.http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/fbody/ssrepaint.htm
pu12en12g, actually, I believe more coats is worse. The less you can get by with the better... I think. Also, the paint guy was telling me it would be better if we didn't have to wet sand and buff the car. But we are going to have. It will still look great but the clear will just be a little thinner than if it didn't need sanded and buffed.
painterpaul, I mentioned what you said about the bright white base coat. He said basically said that would be a #1. This paint specifically calls for a #2 and he is doing just as it says. Also, it is a Dupont paint... chromo something
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08-19-2002, 08:09 PM
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hey man the car is looking awesome. i probably would have left the roof, mirrors, and door handles black but it is looking really nice. be careful with it and enter some shows when u get it back since the appearance of your car will be perfect, and we all know you dont get very many chances to have a perfect finish on a car.
08-21-2002, 03:28 AM
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woooooweeeeee! cool! you havfta get yellow carbon fiber trim kit for the inside now!!! I saw a cool yellow and black (fake) not long ago.........justa a idea.. 
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08-21-2002, 03:40 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Compstall:
Damn dude you got a lot of wheels.
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Damn dude you got a lot of wheels.
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