How to Spray BASE COAT and CLEAR COAT at Home With (Professional) Results

I know you said you’re using a 1.3 fluid tip what air cap do you like for base and clear? I’ve always sprayed single stage and used 1.4.

What state are you in? Im in Louisiana and have a1963 Galaxie 500 Its a 9out of 10 but I want to change the color.

What were the mixings?

i think the title is a little miss leading, "at home" does not mean you have a professional Paint Booth with Air circulation and everything, maybe its just me and we dont have that kind of stuff in Europe for our Home :D

Also are you using 1.4 tip

What kind of paint gun is that I never saw a black one

Gorgeous! Great job! Thanks for the tips.

Gorgeous! Great job! Thanks for the tips.

That's not at home a h

NO disrespect. but when I put that much reducer in clear it does not last. That car probably wont be in the sun very much so it should be fine. but Reducing clear even if you put more coats on there takes something out of it that makes it fail much sooner.

Or I was thinking because the paint code to my car is W A1 30 X pull me over red and I was trying to paint the hood only because of the chips and scratches it has on it The original paint job actually has a little bit of an orange look to it may be because of the sun UV rays for the past nine years. I was thinking maybe I could just put just a little tiny bit of orange in with that W a 130 X pull me over red and mix it up real good and maybe I’ll get just a little tiny bit of an orange tint to it. What do you think?

If I was to paint my car, orange and then put a coat of hot red WA130x pull me over red paint on top of that orange do you think that might possibly give the red just a little bit of an orange tint to it?

What color is that because it looks kind of orange and kind of red? Can I get the paint code? I would like to paint my car to this color

Ac designs what happen of I wait for the next day to add the second coat ?????

Great job and explanation!
What is the temperature range of the DCX61 hardner?
I am waiting for the temperature to be around 70 to 75 to spray a VW van project using PPG 2021 clear with the DCX8 medium hardener.
I’m new to this and hope it doesn’t dry too fast for my slow speed.
I will first spray the bolt on panels and at another day spray the body.
Will be using inflatable booth.
Thanks for the help!

Slight problem at my location. Tack rags are not usual to come by at my retailers. Only one of my local online´s I know carries them and they often come short in supply. What would be second best alternatives for last dust clean ?

Your in a paint booth ! Not at home !

Do you clean your gun after every coat ? also how much time between
coats 1st time that ima try to paint my car sorry for the stupid questions lol

What kind of spray gun do you use sir? I’m wanting to paint my 72 Chevy c10 and a rookie novice so any ideas or tips please share them with me . I don’t want it to look like a backyard science project when I’m done

can you base coat let it dry wet sand then clear coat

The underside of that trunk lid looks factory fresh. In fact, all the sheet metal looks phenomenal. Did the car come to you like that?

never mind I STAND CORRECTED LOL AWSOME JOB

your the only paiinter ( me excluded ) that I have ever seen seen that doesnt do the flip at the end of your stroke I remember my body teacher telling me dont do the f-in stupid flick at the end its stupid and you could mess the paint up

Could you ask Jerry what fans he used building his booth? Thanks

Looks good! What was the flash time between last red coat and first clear coat?

Dig the red 😎, hardly wait to see finished 👀

Hello, I really like that homemade booth. I have some generic questions. How much time/days due you allow the paint to fully cure before you flip the panels over to paint the other sides? You mentioned the hood is getting a flat black color on the underside and the trunk lid is getting the Roman Red. I assume the other sides of those panels are still in primer/sealer? On the trunk lid why put clear on now when you still have to put base on the other side? I would think you would want to get all the base on at one time then clear everything once you feel it safe to flip over. Thanks Dan

Haha you thin your clear as much as I do.....what gun is that btw?