Mate...can't believe I have a tip for you especially since I've learned so much from you over the years... the scraper...best way to clean them up is to spray a little break cleaner on it, the filler will fall off super easy... cheers mate...J
Hi Gunman. Best to sand within 2 days. I use it for wooden kitchen cabinets. Also best to thin it out more and just add more coats to build it up. I like the poly because it sands easy and does not srink like P.U
Honestly Gunny if you want to keep your spray guns clean while doing restoration work buy one of those cheap shit Chinese mini guns put thinners in the pot set it spot and crank the pressure up to 8 bar and use it to jet wash your spray gun out it clears everything out and keeps your gun really clean
Polyester spray filler is a life saver when you've been bogging a panel and can't get it quite level and perfectly straight. I normally put 2 coats on and leave it to dry overnight then block with 80's after applying a guide coat . The panel usually comes out pin straight then its time for some high build . Good work Gunny 👍👍
Polyester spray with a 2.0 tip is used mostly for bare panels. If not I'd just use a spread type polyester then a body shaped curved to fit sand blocks the soft sanders.. then go from there good luck
Hey gunny, I restore cars for a living and polyester is great if your after a super straight finish, it does shrink a bit, blocking it immediately is easier but let it shrink and then block it for better results and better hold out, yes it gets hard but that's the trade off, thanks for the cool vids
Good day Gunman. I am enjoying the series and this one causes me to ask you for an explanation episode. I bought a spray gun from Ebay with the gun coming from England and it had a 1.4 tip. I hear you many times mentioning wht size tip you are using when you are doing your spraying but as I am not a spray painter, I have no idea what the various sizes are used for. The other part of my query would be what parts do you change on the gun to fit a different tip? I bought the gun because I would like to repaint my 6x4 trailer when I get the confidence. As a matter of interest, I purchased the gun through Ebay as I did not get one reply from sellers when I sent a question.
Hi Gunman, I'm currently using the Resto Finish polyester from Melomotive on my dad's '66 Mustang. I got the black version and it seems to lay down with a semi gloss finish which makes it very easy to see any spots that have been missed in the initial body prep. The bits that i've sanded sofar have sanded pretty easy but the car's not finished yet so I can't tell you if it's worth it or not, first time i've tried the polyester. I did get the block/spline kit from Melomotive, it's come in quite handy sofar on this job, well worth the $$
Hi Gunny, looks like you were chilling out in your garage today mate and why not as you are making good progress. I've only used polyester spray filler once and even then I had to ask you for advice on using it and you sent me an audio message via Insta which was a big help, it did the job and went on ok but cant say I want to use it again as it stinks to hell and made the walls and floor in my little booth sticky and it stunk for a week🤣horrible stuff but I left it for a few days and it sanded down really well👌👍John UK
So if you use fiber glass with the curved to panel sanders you don't really need polyester don't know why but the fiberglass the short hair one is epic.. and wear long sleeves when painting n water your floors for an amazing job. Some trucks we do in our carribean NYC body shops. Great jobs your doing your motivating us
Fun fact about polyester spray fillers - they leave a nasty edge if applied in patches, not full panel. Supposedly has something to do with thin edges not drying properly.
Gunny you need to find some afs sanding blocks with the rods in them they are the ducks guts i use them everyday at our shop unfortunately they are no longer made but if you can get some they are life changing when sanding down cheers glenn
As usual, another awesome video. Gunny could you do a video in painting plastics? There is a lot of info in painting new plastic bumpers etc but I can't find much on painting prepping or repairing plastic bumpers and rear spoilers, skirts etc. Wanting to paint my BF XR6 Falcon but not sure on how to go about the plastics. Cheers legend!
My paint rep always tries to sell me a 1ltr of reducer when I buy a primer kit or an epoxy primer kit but I always insist on buying a 4ltr...clean your gun with gunwash the best you can, then when it curdles clean it again with the same reducer for the primer and you'll get it clean. Then save the dirty reducer for cleaning next time.
Hi Gunny, Love the cruisy home job vids! What do you think of Cams glazing putty? It seemed to be half the effort to sand but I haven't ever had access to the stuff you do though
Yea mixing body filler on cardboard does not affect the body filler,the time it takes to mix body filler and hardner together,is so short that cardboard won't suck nothing off the body filler,only cardboard not to be used is waxed cardboard.
Use polyester brother. Red putty sinks too much. We stopped using that decade's ago 3m makes a great polyester got a polyester patch on my ride for 5 Year's un sanded and it never dipped
Mate...can't believe I have a tip for you especially since I've learned so much from you over the years... the scraper...best way to clean them up is to spray a little break cleaner on it, the filler will fall off super easy... cheers mate...J
Thanks, I actually have a couple of cans
Idk if they buy the wrong brands @ my shop but the one's I've tried don't clean worth shit compared to nc thinner.
Good call … I use brake clean for handy , Quik prep or clean
I like a good old fashioned thinners rag lol
Gunman I really followed toy for ages but really like these home garage. Fabulous!!!!!!
Hi Gunman. Best to sand within 2 days. I use it for wooden kitchen cabinets. Also best to thin it out more and just add more coats to build it up. I like the poly because it sands easy and does not srink like P.U
Honestly Gunny if you want to keep your spray guns clean while doing restoration work buy one of those cheap shit Chinese mini guns put thinners in the pot set it spot and crank the pressure up to 8 bar and use it to jet wash your spray gun out it clears everything out and keeps your gun really clean
You've put in some hours and it's getting there! Happy 40 for a couple of days ago too Gunny!
Great vid mate. Agreed regarding dolphin glaze.
Polyester spray filler is a life saver when you've been bogging a panel and can't get it quite level and perfectly straight. I normally put 2 coats on and leave it to dry overnight then block with 80's after applying a guide coat . The panel usually comes out pin straight then its time for some high build . Good work Gunny 👍👍
That's what I've been doing on the entire car and yeah, it's coming out very straight
I've been using filler spray on my restoration work for over 30 years.
It needs to completely dry before sending.
2 or 3 weeks in the sun
Polyester spray with a 2.0 tip is used mostly for bare panels. If not I'd just use a spread type polyester then a body shaped curved to fit sand blocks the soft sanders.. then go from there good luck
Coming along well keep up the good work 👍
Hey gunny, I restore cars for a living and polyester is great if your after a super straight finish, it does shrink a bit, blocking it immediately is easier but let it shrink and then block it for better results and better hold out, yes it gets hard but that's the trade off, thanks for the cool vids
For cars I think waiting is fine. Could knock the top off in the first 2 days then guide coat again and sand again after a few days and/or heat lamps
Good day Gunman. I am enjoying the series and this one causes me to ask you for an explanation episode. I bought a spray gun from Ebay with the gun coming from England and it had a 1.4 tip. I hear you many times mentioning wht size tip you are using when you are doing your spraying but as I am not a spray painter, I have no idea what the various sizes are used for. The other part of my query would be what parts do you change on the gun to fit a different tip? I bought the gun because I would like to repaint my 6x4 trailer when I get the confidence. As a matter of interest, I purchased the gun through Ebay as I did not get one reply from sellers when I sent a question.
Hi Gunman, I'm currently using the Resto Finish polyester from Melomotive on my dad's '66 Mustang. I got the black version and it seems to lay down with a semi gloss finish which makes it very easy to see any spots that have been missed in the initial body prep. The bits that i've sanded sofar have sanded pretty easy but the car's not finished yet so I can't tell you if it's worth it or not, first time i've tried the polyester. I did get the block/spline kit from Melomotive, it's come in quite handy sofar on this job, well worth the $$
Hi Gunny, looks like you were chilling out in your garage today mate and why not as you are making good progress.
I've only used polyester spray filler once and even then I had to ask you for advice on using it and you sent me an audio message via Insta which was a big help, it did the job and went on ok but cant say I want to use it again as it stinks to hell and made the walls and floor in my little booth sticky and it stunk for a week🤣horrible stuff but I left it for a few days and it sanded down really well👌👍John UK
So if you use fiber glass with the curved to panel sanders you don't really need polyester don't know why but the fiberglass the short hair one is epic.. and wear long sleeves when painting n water your floors for an amazing job. Some trucks we do in our carribean NYC body shops. Great jobs your doing your motivating us
G'day Mr Gunman,
Slowly but surely.
✌️ Peace from Melbourne 3810.
That filler flowed out nice 👍🏻
Good lord Gunny. You don’t even need a cup with that gun adapter. Just fill the adapter and do a full spray. 😂😂😂
The BOG cans state do not mix on cardboard the resin soaks into the paper. i use aluminum for mixing plastic
Fun fact about polyester spray fillers - they leave a nasty edge if applied in patches, not full panel. Supposedly has something to do with thin edges not drying properly.
Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely keep that in mind.
Gunny you need to find some afs sanding blocks with the rods in them they are the ducks guts i use them everyday at our shop unfortunately they are no longer made but if you can get some they are life changing when sanding down cheers glenn
As usual, another awesome video. Gunny could you do a video in painting plastics? There is a lot of info in painting new plastic bumpers etc but I can't find much on painting prepping or repairing plastic bumpers and rear spoilers, skirts etc. Wanting to paint my BF XR6 Falcon but not sure on how to go about the plastics. Cheers legend!
Use a bit of thinner put it in some kind of cup and clean with brush after bondo...
My paint rep always tries to sell me a 1ltr of reducer when I buy a primer kit or an epoxy primer kit but I always insist on buying a 4ltr...clean your gun with gunwash the best you can, then when it curdles clean it again with the same reducer for the primer and you'll get it clean. Then save the dirty reducer for cleaning next time.
Great video bud, hey what's that long black metal sheet call for spreading the filler ?
Called a spline from melomotive.com.au
I use lechler green ti high build primer
Do u have a link for the spray out cards you use?? Ty
Did I use spray out cards in this video?
No but I follow you and I need some but I can't find the video you did with a spray out.
@@tedc9306 these guys ship fast worldwide spraygunsdirect.co.uk/?s=Spray+card&post_type=product&dgwt_wcas=1
@@TheGunmanChannel thank you
how much does your devilbis dv1 cost for the base?
Around $700 but have a look at Spraygunsdirect.co.uk
The cut at the end re the other panel beater 😂
People are saying to use the UV glaze , which doesn't shrink or Crack
When you have to restore a whole car and skim fill the entire panel I don't think it's the right product.
Hi Gunny, Love the cruisy home job vids! What do you think of Cams glazing putty? It seemed to be half the effort to sand but I haven't ever had access to the stuff you do though
I haven't used that stuff. I mainly use UV these days
Cam glaze is good. I use it for work. A bit more money than light weight filler like 3M though. The Cam would not self level haha, it is thick
You have talked me out of using upol primer 2 gallons to go and we will go something else
Yea mixing body filler on cardboard does not affect the body filler,the time it takes to mix body filler and hardner together,is so short that cardboard won't suck nothing off the body filler,only cardboard not to be used is waxed cardboard.
WHAT FILLER ARE YOU USING MATE
Car Finish is the brand, sponsored by Sprayguns Direct.
guess use what you got small work area
Use polyester brother. Red putty sinks too much. We stopped using that decade's ago 3m makes a great polyester got a polyester patch on my ride for 5 Year's un sanded and it never dipped
followed You {toy!!!) its true I cant spell but should check what I have typed before sending.
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