more garage painters at work!!, painting Jim's 205WRC parts! finshed pics PG4 Options

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hey all, as most of ya know, i have been working at the local maaco, and have been painting there for the past year or so, well, that has come to an end, but that dont mean i've stopped painting!

it was fun while it lasted, and i got what i wanted out of the job:
i LEARNED.
last night, i preped up and painted jims gt-4 hood and parts for his car, and painted them in my garage.
here are a couple pics i snapped this morning after they were dry.







these last 2 are reflection shots. this is before wetsanding and buffing, since the parts were just painted last night. ill post more when they are done and on the car.





later today i will paint the gt-4 bumper and the forgmann lip.

more pics to come!

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a few more pics to illustrate the diffrence between fresh paint, untouched, and wetsanded and buffed.

here is one before wetsanding and buffing, ignore the spark plug, look at the reflection of the lights, and notice how the reflected image is blurry, and out of foucus looking. this is called DOI, or Depth Of Image, and can be mesured with a set of cards made to mesure the sharpness of the reflected image.

most OEM paint jobs normally come in between a 5 and 7 on a 1-10 scale, with 10 being perfectly flat, and a 1 being like the peel of an orange.
just for refrence, most toyotas ive seen come in between a 5.5 and a 7, most chevys and fords are a 5 or 6, higher end mercedes come in normally a 7-8.5

this first pic is prolly ~ a 7.5, its actually quite flat and shiny, but its definetly not FLAT.
(be sure to open the pics up to full size!!!)


now in these next 2, this has been wetsanded, and buffed, but not polished. (i need to pick some up!!)
notice the huge diffrence in sharpness, and clarity, or DOI.
this is ~ a 9 on the DOI scale, once i get some polish and hand glaze across it, it will REALLY bring out the shine, and depth in the clear.





thats what it SHOULD look like after its cut and buffed!