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GlassWolf
09-01-06, 11:56 AM
started painting.

http://www.glasswolf.net/charger/door.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/charger/hood.jpg
Bwcad1
09-01-06, 12:05 PM
thats funkin hot!
CaptainPioneer
09-01-06, 12:08 PM
WOW! Gorgeous color selection how many coats is that? and are you gel coating that paint?
solacedagony
09-01-06, 12:14 PM
Yea, details on the paint and everything would be cool. :horse
CaptainPioneer
09-01-06, 12:17 PM
I remember an older thread where he said what he was goign to use at least i think i do... Maybe im getting confused with what Sinister was telling me... but i think he said PPG someing blue crap i hate having no memory
GlassWolf
09-01-06, 05:31 PM
believe it or not, that's just a slightly tweaked factory Chrysler color I used.
I decided to skip the tri-stage paint due to the difficulty in touch-ups later on and color matching, and went with a midnight blue pearl coat.
Those are just a few coats of blue, and a shot of clear. Nothing fancy yet, as the stuff that's been painted isn't stuff you'll ever really see. (Inside fenders, door jambs, insides of doors, trunk lid underside, hood underside.. all the pre-assembly stuff.)
Next the car goes back together and gets shot with the blue and cleared.

I also relined the trunk, as seen here:

http://www.glasswolf.net/charger/trunk1.jpg

http://www.glasswolf.net/charger/trunk2.jpg

that spare tire gulley is just begging for a 15"
solacedagony
09-05-06, 09:09 PM
Did you line the trunk with carpet or is that spray-on truck bedliner?
joeyc
09-05-06, 10:42 PM
What block is that next to the tranny?
GlassWolf
09-06-06, 10:54 AM
lizard skin spray liner, and it's a 440HP block.
That's my next target with the washer and some degreaser before it gets painted.
CaptainPioneer
09-06-06, 04:26 PM
looking good.. Yea i was supprised how much crap a Preasur washer gets off of those parts... I degreased my rear end on my truck and it looks great now!
joeyc
09-06-06, 06:30 PM
looking good.. Yea i was supprised how much crap a Preasur washer gets off of those parts... I degreased my rear end and it looks great now!
didn't that hurt though? ROFFLECOPTERS!!
William from NOLA
09-06-06, 06:56 PM
Talk about a shiny hiny
CaptainPioneer
09-06-06, 07:43 PM
hehehe yea yea yea i didnt think of it that way
tx_vw_bug_man
09-07-06, 09:37 PM
what kind of gun did you use? how bad was the overspray? i have a decent hvlp gun im about to start using it to paint my 64 1/2 karmann ghia project

thanks
andrew
GlassWolf
09-08-06, 06:42 AM
3 HVLP gun set, I think it's a SATA set, I'd have to look.
50% overlap per pass.
it's just a pearl, not really rocket science.
running 4 coats of clear over it, buffing about one back off.
tx_vw_bug_man
09-08-06, 07:33 AM
how bad was the overspray?
solacedagony
09-08-06, 07:57 AM
Are you painting yourself or is someone doing it for you?
MobileAudio219
09-08-06, 11:36 AM
Are you painting yourself or is someone doing it for you?

x2?

Ahh, jamming is fun...
GlassWolf
09-08-06, 06:47 PM
most of it's being done by a guy I know with a full downdraft booth etc, so it's done right.
overspray is pretty minimal. everything is taped up and primed already, and it's a pretty large vehicle.
MobileAudio219
09-11-06, 06:11 AM
most of it's being done by a guy I know with a full downdraft booth etc, so it's done right.
overspray is pretty minimal. everything is taped up and primed already, and it's a pretty large vehicle.

Thats cool... When I paint mine its going to be in my uncles shop, going to tarp me off a little booth with fans blowing out and just wet the floor, sorta ghetto I know... All the shops around here want 2,000 and up to paint it because I want to change the color, the body need fairly little prep work... I really want to pull the body off the frame and paint the frame too, and while Im at it go through and replace all the bushing and alot of the suspension... Oh, and want do the v8 swap while Im at it...

So yeah, basically the blazer is going to be down for a month or two early spring...
GlassWolf
09-11-06, 01:32 PM
at least that long.
get the frame powdercoated instead of just sprayed.
it'll last longer.
also switch to urethane bushings instead of rubber, which will tighten things up some.

in my case, the car took all summer to prep the body because I skim coated teh car, and repaired some damage from dents and rust as well. If you want to shoot that Blazer properly, you'll want to disassemble it, too so you can hit the door jambs, etc you can't reach while it's all together.