DrummerDudeNJ
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Decided to tackle this project over the weekend.
Saturday was prep day... lots and lots of masking all the nooks and cranies, weather stripping, and overall areas that I didn't want or should not have the coating. Needed to mask off the underside because I have the CoverKing headliner. In retrospect I should've sprayed first but hey, live n learn.
Then sanding, started out with 320 grit with an orbital and any shiny or hard to reach spots I went over with a red scuff pad. Then cleaned everything with degreaser.
Sunday was paint day. Cleaned everything once more and gave all the panels two coats of adhesion promoter. They say it's not critical or fiberglasd with proper prep but I figured why not.
Layed down the first coat of Raptor 18in. away @ 80psi, at least that's what the pressure regulator included with the kit said. It didn't feel right coming out of the Schutz gun (like it was more than 80] but a test panel spray out revealed it was the texture I liked anyways.
There was some striping but was remedied on the second coat using small circular spray pattern.
Now it's dry time. Gonna let it sit for about another hour, touch up any areas with the rattle can and move it into the garage for 3-5 days. Next weekend it'll go on.
Couple of tips if you're planning to do this:
1. Paint inside or in the shade. Do not let it dry in direct sunlight, you'll get more pronounced streaks.
2. Prep prep prep and more prep. The spraying is the easy part.
3. Mask off the door jams so your weatherstripping can still seal properly.
4. Two coats should be plenty and it will take approx. 3 bottles to get full coverage.
5. This stuff is crazy easy to work with lays down heavy, there's virtually no overspray.
6. Go to your hardware and have a couple of small bottles of acetone on hand. When you're done spraying, remove the gun from the bottle, wipe the pick up tube with a cloth soaked with acetone, then stick the pick up tube right in the bottle and spray. This worked perfectly to clean the gun in-between coats.
IMO it looks fantastic. Quite a process but worth it ? Hope this is helpful to ya'll ?
Saturday was prep day... lots and lots of masking all the nooks and cranies, weather stripping, and overall areas that I didn't want or should not have the coating. Needed to mask off the underside because I have the CoverKing headliner. In retrospect I should've sprayed first but hey, live n learn.
Then sanding, started out with 320 grit with an orbital and any shiny or hard to reach spots I went over with a red scuff pad. Then cleaned everything with degreaser.
Sunday was paint day. Cleaned everything once more and gave all the panels two coats of adhesion promoter. They say it's not critical or fiberglasd with proper prep but I figured why not.
Layed down the first coat of Raptor 18in. away @ 80psi, at least that's what the pressure regulator included with the kit said. It didn't feel right coming out of the Schutz gun (like it was more than 80] but a test panel spray out revealed it was the texture I liked anyways.
There was some striping but was remedied on the second coat using small circular spray pattern.
Now it's dry time. Gonna let it sit for about another hour, touch up any areas with the rattle can and move it into the garage for 3-5 days. Next weekend it'll go on.
Couple of tips if you're planning to do this:
1. Paint inside or in the shade. Do not let it dry in direct sunlight, you'll get more pronounced streaks.
2. Prep prep prep and more prep. The spraying is the easy part.
3. Mask off the door jams so your weatherstripping can still seal properly.
4. Two coats should be plenty and it will take approx. 3 bottles to get full coverage.
5. This stuff is crazy easy to work with lays down heavy, there's virtually no overspray.
6. Go to your hardware and have a couple of small bottles of acetone on hand. When you're done spraying, remove the gun from the bottle, wipe the pick up tube with a cloth soaked with acetone, then stick the pick up tube right in the bottle and spray. This worked perfectly to clean the gun in-between coats.
IMO it looks fantastic. Quite a process but worth it ? Hope this is helpful to ya'll ?
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