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Today I came down with a streaming cold (man flu) to the ladies and am feeling a bit sorry for myself. I spent the last few days preparing to refit my rebuilt engine and geabox but now its all I can do to sit at this computer with a runny nose and streaming eyes. During the summer I was sad enough to film myself painting the wedge over a period of a few days, so having fought with windows movie maker for the past hour check this out. The hardest part was finding the right piece of music but I hope you will agree, its perfect!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kMDqLU1N7Y


If it doesn't fit you obviously need a bigger hammer.

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1980 Californian import converted to right hand drive V8. Under construction.

Nice paint, great music.
You could have had the Rolling Stones "Paint It Black".
Cheers
Chunk

1979 TR7V8 FHC 3.9 Litre
19 years of tinkering and tuning...... So Far!
Laying down a rubber road to freedom.

One of my favorite pieces of music. Sounds great cranked up and burning rubber from first to second...or second to third in my black car.



Paul

Making a movie of yourself painting your 7? Samco you have way too much time on your hands.[:)] But I'm glad you did. Did you rub it down by hand or by machine?

TR7 Spider - 1978 Spifire - 1976 Spitfire - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra

Thumbs up all round

I love Black good film good music where's the popcorn

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry


John

. hey samco cool Movie - black is alsways a good TR7 color ..

.. .. I would like the white bicycle seen in close-up[:D]

Hello from Switzerland

Frank

It was rubbed down by hand with 1200 wet and dry paper then hand polished with Farecla G3 and then finally T Cut. Takes about 4 hours to do each panel at which point I cannot feel my fingers. I must wheel it out on the drive and post some better resolution piccies.

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1980 Californian import converted to right hand drive V8. Under construction.

what i really must do Samco is get off my ass and come down and see your hotel and car in person, let's hope next year the weather is a little kinder to us all

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1981 Black FHC
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry


John

Samco, what is your setup: nitrocellulose lacquer, I believe you said? HVLP or high pressure? Looks like HVLP from the limited overspray and narrow pattern? What size compressor? Over here, HVLP is the law in some states but not where I am in Canada, so we still get and see lots of high pressure setups.

I ask, because I currently have no paint equipment, and I'm thinking ahead. Any advice is appreciated.

Very nice to see your technique too! Thanks for putting the video up for us all to learn from!

Launie

Firstly John just give me a call and if there is room at the Inn then you are more than welcome. That goes for all wedge pilots.

Launie, The paint I used is just straight cellulose black with no lacquer. It is a high pressure gun and beleive it or not its a 7CFM compressor. It runs out of air after only one panel so I have to be carefull how I time the painting but the beauty of straight cellulose is that it really does not matter how it comes out of the gun once it is flatted back with 1200 and polished its a show winning shine that you just cant get unless you pay an expert thousands. Cellulose is all but illeagle over here except for classic cars and is becoming increasingly difficult to get. I source mine from ebay and have used about 15 litres (3 gallons) with the same amount of high gloss thinners to give 30 litres of paint. About 10 litres of that ends up on the garage floor as dust or in the polishing cloths. The only parts where I try to get a good finish from the gun are the door, bonnet and boot shuts as they are difficult to polish so the final coats are 30% paint with 70% thinners and on a warm day boy does it shine. If there are any pro painters out there please dont laugh, as I am a carpenter by trade and like most of the rest of us I'm just making it up as I go along. Here is a link to the paint I used.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PAINT-Cellulose-C ... dZViewItem

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1980 Californian import converted to right hand drive V8. Under construction.

Thank you Samco. Very instructive and helpful. We in Canada are in the same boat with nitrocellulose. It used to be widely available hard to find now. (I sprayed it years ago on new kitchen cupboard doors - what fun.)

The trend to HVLP is also strong, having been started by those Californians I suspect! (with respect)

It is difficult to know what way to go as a home garage (non-painter)hobbyist who likes to do everything without sending out or paying real money. I guess I ought to look for a good thread on DIY painting. Any suggestions anyone?

Very nice paint job, samco. You are a pro in my books!

Launie

Hi Samco,

Really great to watch your video. I've been trying to find a film like that and never have, so I can see if what I'm doing is right or wrong!
When I've sprayed paint in the past I've had to stop after a bit because I can't see, theres just too much overspray, so my question is, what air pressure are you using ? and how did you set your gun up ?

Dave

Brilliant video - shame that forums loose stuff to the bottom of the pile. Needs a history section for the best bits -

Nice film. not to long, not to short, and I guess you had the camera on a tripod (I hate the shaky images that typify most of utube...) What was the music??....Its bugging me, I know I know it...but can't get it...Please put me out of the misery.

Reminds on the paint going onto mine last year. Which was done by a local body shop here using water based paint, which was quite new for them and a first for me to. It has more or less been adopted everywhere in Europe now as Cyano-acrylate in 2-pack is prohibited and Cellulose requires too much afterwork for the trade... Overall I'm quite happy with the finsh, although they recently redid one side cos the door was painted off the car first time, and the metal flakes seem to have aligned differently, which made it look a different shade in the sunlight (They asusred me it was the same paint batch) But it looks better now... [:D][:D]

1980 DHC TR7-V8 (was an 8V, then a Sprint)
Back on the road after 3 years restoring...

Nitro cellulose is an explosive Launie! I think you just mean cellulose paint. One way to extend the capacity of a small compressor - is to modify an empty LPG cylinder and have that in the circuit to give extra capacity! However - one panel at a time is the way i do my spraying - the thinners starts to affect the brain if I go on too long. I do find it's best to do the spraying outdoors if the weather is favourable - but then beware the paint mist can travel a fair distance - you don't want to 'speckle' another car!