Thread: 51 MG restoration.

I am using a solid colour paint by Omni, but may opt for some green ghost pearl in the clear coat.
My gun has a 1.5 tip and is a Neiko. With the larger tip I was going to throttle the flow slightly and move my gun quicker to offset the increased volume. Using the pps 200 micron filtered disposable system as well.
Wear gloves while sanding and washing down, and also have similar snd of line filter installed.
Looks like rain all day up here, but mild. Good day to hit up an old friend for a few more parts.

Thanks for the tips again Ness. Appreciate them all..
Cheers..

Getting closer and a few more questions about actual paint day.
I’d like to use the 2k sealer step, but am curious. You say get on the paint after like 20 minutes or when the sealer is tacky, or when I can use a tack rag on the surface?
Since I’m going two colour I plan on painting the two sets of components in two groups but all at the same time.
Do you tack cloth each piece just before painting each one, or will the slight airborne overspray not be a real issue and just go panel to panel in one go? That’s how I did the primer, but figured I didn’t notice the overspray cause it was matte.
Weather is still cooperating so I took the rest of the week off to get everything done. It’s our Thanksgiving up here this coming weekend too. So I wanna have it done well before Sunday as I’ll be busy, and tired a day or two after…

As a recap, I am using single stage paint, and then clear coat for uv protection, not a base and clear paint.
From what I’ve read, the single stage you don’t tack between coats, paint stays too tacky, like clear coat.
Tack before, and then again before clear, but that’s it. I’ve rearranged things in the shop yet again to try increase the distance between the two areas I’ll be painting the two colours in. My air flow seemed pretty great for the primer stage,, will see how things travel and land when there is pigment involved.

Ohhh….so you doing Single Stage. Today’s single stage paint with activators are pretty nice compared to the old days. No need for a clear coat in my opinion. I don’t even know if a clear coat will bond with a single stage paint…..you bettah look into that ! I assumed you were going BC/ CC. I hope this is a solid color for your sake. So moving forward…..make sure your parts are final sanded with 400 grit. Then wash all sanded parts with wax and grease remover…using plenty of lint free shop wipes. Use gloves and wash and wipe in one direction. Then using a blow gun in one hand and a tack rag in the other…go ovah all the panels. Then apply a coat of the sealer….you may see through it on the first coat…..but by the time you get to the last panel….you can go over the panels with another coat to get coverage….call a wet on wet coat. Let flash for 20-30 minutes….if you can tack it …you can start whacking it with SS. I would do 3 coats …..or 4 coats if you plan on sanding and buffing. I’d skip the clear all together. And yes NO TACKING SINGLE STAGE IN BETWEEN COATS. Make sure that metal is warm to the touch….or be friggin careful and patient when painting. Just remember it’s cooler at the floor than 2-3 feet off the floor.

What’s this 2 color thing ?

Thanks Ness. Appreciate the clarity on tacking.
Yes, she’s going to be solid pigment, non metallic colours.
I’m going woodland green on the main body, fuel tank, and valances, and black on the fenders and running boards, hence two colour.
As per the shop, and the specs, you can clear over this brand.
my plan is to add some green pearl to the clear applied to the black on the mid coat. My hopes, if subtlety applies, it’ll tie in the main body and the wings, while really hi lighting the beautiful curves with the pearl..

So you have a Tri Color going …eh. Color….Tinted mid coat… then clear coat in Single Stage….prayers sent ! Not my first choice….BC/CC would be more forgiving.

I went in asking for that originally, and my auto store guy talked me into this route. Said from what he heard over time from customers spraying in their garages, this was the way to go.
So here I am..
nice thing is, if I chicken out of the clear. It’s still shineable as a single stage. And if I do go for it and screw it up with the pearl, I can wet sand back to the base colour again. So yup laying down 4 base coats, then 3 clear.
At least that’s the plan.

If you plan on doing the Clearcoat…..you just need coverage with the color …maybe just 2 coats…max of 3 . If just going SS alone without clear….go 4 coats. That gives you enough to wet sand and buff any orange peel…dust nibs. Single Stage solid colors wet sanded and buffed look better to me….than BC/CC . If I evah get around to doing my 67 GTO …it’s a solid color…and I would do it in Single Stage.

All this paint talk is a secret code to me and that is why I wouldn't even try it myself.

Unless I had a rust bucket and a spray can and wanted it to pas at 40 ft and 40 mph