webmaster said:You could try reducing the pressure a bit, also narrow the fan slightly so there's less overspray.
Another tip I've seen is not to thin the material too much, HVLP guns are designed to spray heavy materials, so try it with much less thinners, this will help prevent it drying mid-air.
The whole point of HVLP is that there is less overspray, so something isn't quite right.
Phil Robson said:Well done James - it's looking great! No doubt you'll have a broad grin when you think about what you've achieved
Looks like another generation is getting interested in P6s too..
James, it looks like you have done a great job. One problem with doing DIY jobs is you know where the odd rough bit is, so your eye is drawn towards the 1% you are not happy with and it's all too easy to forget about the 99% that is perfect. I sometimes also work on theory that something may not be perfect but is now several factors better than it was and this equals, "job done". I know what you mean about knocking and chipping things on reassembly. I recently had some panels off, touched them up a bit and had a bit of bother putting things like wings back on without chipping edges/corners. Two things I decided was (provided your paint has hardened) put masking tape on corners/edges to prevent/limit damage and, if someone is around, get them to help line up things as you lift them into place. Keep up the work and hope you get finished soon.rottenlungs said:Thanks very much, Warren.
I have had to be realistic about the final quality of the respray. To be honest it has come out better than I thought it would, though there are certainly a few rough areas. I think I could spend an indefinite amount of time on preparation if I didn`t accept a certain level of imperfection. There are one or two areas which I might revisit in the future if they annoy me too much. I have also found it infuriatingly easy to knock / chip panels during reassembly.
Someone else on this forum has said that "as long as it looks better than when I started". I`ve certainly achieved that.
It`s nice to be at the end of the constant prime / fill / sand / paint merry-go-round. I had a happy evening last night rebuilding the number plate lamp and rewiring the rear light clusters. By nature I`m a mechanic, not a panel beater!
Cheers
James
v8guy said:Great work there James, just been reading through your thread. I feel its always nicer if you can turn your hand at achieving a job. It gives you that good feeling of knowing you done it yourself. One of my sayings is "its better than it was" may not be upto the pros standards yet but you can only get better with practice . Look forward to seeing it back together and on the road again...
:idea: Could be that the fuse holder contacts in the fuse box for that beam's fuse are a little loose? There are seperate fuses for left and righthand main beam. I had this on mine and it does seem to be a very common problem as the fuse box warms up and the contacts work loose. Sometimes you find the main beam on doesn't work but the main beam flash does (or vice versa) as one contact on the supply side of the fuseholder suppplies the main beam permanently on switch and the other supplies the "pull to flash" switch?1) One main beam unit has died - not sure if it's connections or a failure.