:bglasses: A fresh coat of Sandpiper Beige. I used Sherwin Williams 3rd Dimension 5.0 Urethane Enamel. Sprayed with a cheap Harbor Freight special HVLP gun #66222. The weather was perfect! 68* with low humidity and a dewpoints, and a light NW breeze. Even though I bought the paint a year ago, I hadn't noticed until I went to start mixing it that Sherwin Williams only sold me 1/2 the reducer I really needed. It was a 4-2-1 ratio of color, reducer & hardener. Not 4-1-1 like their primer. So, the first several coats were a little on the rich side. The final 2 coats I reduced down to spec. I got 5 good coats on it and have about a quart left for future use. I have a few runs and a little orange peel in a couple spots, but overall I am very happy with it. It'll color sand out nice! The little compressor that could.
It was #'s matching until I used a '72 block for my rebuild. I recently sold the original SF short block to J.W. It will live again in someones car.
Wow, Dale, your Riv looks fantastic! I love that you show how one can use just inexpensive, ordinary tools to do a great job. It's not rocket science! :TU: Love the '70 Riv! GM was nuts back then...spent a ton for major one-year-only body changes that barely sold. ou: But, sure made for a handsome, totally unique vehicle! Sandpiper beige...very nice! David
Thanks! This is what I started out to do about 5 or 6 years ago. It grew into an engine and suspension rebuild.
Ive been jonesing to get some color on my car. Ya gust thew gas on my fire. Someday I'll be there too. Looks great!
That looks great Dale...now get that thing assembled! I like that you achieved those nice results using an inexpensive gun and small compressor too...did you have to wait a lot for the compressor to catch up? What kind of water filters did you use?
Love it! Nothing like doing it yourself and saving tons of $. You'll probably have a better finish than plenty of body shop jobs I see these days, too. How big is that compressor? I have something like that around here, but was always told by those "in the know" that I couldn't spray a large job like an entire car with it. Rudy.
It's a 20 gallon, 4.5 HP. compressor I bought 20 years ago. Rated 6.5 cfm@90psi. 8.2 cfm@40psi. The gun is rated for 12 cfm@45psi. I used one of those throw away filters at the gun inlet. I have a water separator as you can see mounted on the compressor. (That oiler next to it is dry) I know what you mean by many saying it can't be done. I went back and forth as to renting a compressor, but with that who knows what will be in the air. I even experimented with a larger drive pulley on the motor to spin the compressor faster. I had one laying around I tried. :idea2: It worked until it came time to refill and the motor didn't quite have enough oomph to pull it over against the 80psi already in the tank. Boy, did it fill fast though! So in the end I just went for it. While I did have to wait for the compressor to catch up now and then it wasn't that bad. I often forgot about it actually. If the Internet had been around when I was buying a compressor, I would know to buy something with more CFM, but this is proof you can get away with a small one if you have to. Is it ideal? No. But your only painting a panel at a time anyway. I was covered head to toe in a paint suit and used gloves and a good quality mask with charcoal filters. 2 box fans under the grage door drawing air out. Looks better without masking on it. :kodak:
Looking good Dale! Very nice results. Can't wait to see it in person, maybe BPG? Glad you stuck to your guns and figured out a way to do it on your own. :beers2:
Body shops could learn from you about covering the wheels properly! :TU: Besides that, we've all a variety of painted tailpipes!! :laugh: Nice job Dale, can't wait to see the finished product!
looks awsome man. i feel bad for that little compressor. my 60 gallon one works hard enough when im painting a car. thats a darn big car to color sand. im glad to see it has a vinyl top.:TU:
I'm glad I didn't have to paint the top! Leaning over to reach the middle of the hood, and making sure I didn't brush up against the wet fenders was hard enough. If I ever do this again I'm painting the hood off the car. Wish I didn't have to sand and buff it. I am chomping at the bit to put all the trim back on.
