G'day from the UK. I worked out this Technic of using a blending clear like you do on my own before I saw your excellent vid. I can't take full credit because that's how we used to blend when I first started spraying in the late 70's when it was all cellulose. Back then metallics, even 2k when they came out were direct gloss. No clear coat back then. It was a fine balancing act to get the flake to lay flat and even with out floating about and tram lining, so you had to spray on the dry side one way and the other but wet enough so you got shine. You couldn't buff or colour sand much either because you went straight though to the metallic flake. Great fun on a respray I can tell ya!!
I'd really like to see you do a full vid explaining the blend into the old paintwork and various methods, it would be a great help. Keep up the decent work mate cheers
Hmm never thought of using the 599 for blender. I never had a problem with blending anything with my Spies Hecker paint without it. Learned something new today.
I thank you and am learning more from you then my own dad lol. And he worked for George Barris Custom Rods and helped build the Munsters Mobile and the Pink Panther cars and many others and I have pics to prove it. So naturally I am a decent painter and sorts. But I really appreciate all your tips. My dad never taught my much unless I asked. And I asked so much they muted me lol. Kinda shitty but whatever I'm stronger for it lol.
Our manager quit last week so I have bigger shoes to fill so I've been watching a ton of your videos and Subcribed and gave a like but I'm still not an expert lol. I do all the color matching usually in gelcoat but our car painter guy said buy buy. I've done a few RV's and some bikes and a few cars but I'm getting all these silver and gold RV's in metallic's and the paint that comes never matches these days since covid layoff so I've been a learning lol. Luckily I'm decent at chemistry and pulled a rabbit out of a hat so to speak last week luckily.
How will the color turn out if you put extra coat of pearl?let say white base with 2 pearl coat vs white base wif 1 pearl coat.will it produce diffrent color?
Nice work for sure .. looked great ... just curious why you didn't start with the wet bed as step one .. I noticed you didn't put it on till you were ready to blend the pearl.. .. I know the white blends easier than the pearl .. just curious
I have built and restored cars my entire life as my hobby, Done plenty of decent body work. but I was never able to master the painting. I don’t know why. As such, I have great respect to those that can lay it on.
Bloody trouble Iv had trying to blend these 3 stage pearls, the Ford ST models with the bright green and orange are such a bugger to do that I turn them away now because I don't want the agro. It seems very critical to get the base colour just right and then not to put to much pearl over the top otherwise it totally fucks the colour or am I doing something wrong ? Either way when you are charging £90 a corner for a smart repair there is to much to go wrong so I find it's easier just to stick to straight or metallic colours.
Nice video Gunman!! Merry Christmas... Have a few question,im using devilbiss flg4.can i use it for spot repair?if yes,what is reccomended air preassure and gun settings.thanks
Hi great vid! I'm a competent amateur here in the UK mainly with rattle can experience. I was thinking of starting a mobile smart/spot repair business. whats your view on these? Not sure if you have these in oz!
Hi, Nice looking job on the Mercedes. Thanks for this video, it's super helpful. I'm new to this and am wondering why you put the clear coat underneath the pearl coat. Others do not indicate doing this. I have a small bumper repair and really want to get the tricky blend of the pearl right. Any help or tips are much appreciated. Thanks!
Could really use you this week lol hating my first tri-coat blend get it finally but dirty so need to buff and while pulling tape where the door handle goes in I accidentally peeled the paint into the door 😢
Excellent ! So what settings did you crank the big gun down to just to do a spot repair? AND do you subscribe to the American idea of "walkin' the sides" when doing candy paint? Cheers !
TresMamboMusicSchool Dial the fluid in a little when doing spot repairs, I just did a 3 stage custom paint job and I didn't walk the side, I just get it in the flick of the wrist.
Great video, got a MB with designo diamond white! Which the MB dealer failed in making nice repairs on (warranty thing) but also get these small chips in the paint from flying stones/ sand/studs - any chanse of repairing these by myself or using a professional, wihtout repainting the whole front? your result looks fantastic. Petty you are not based in Sweden :)
Same thing happened to me today. What does a job like that usually run the customer?! Great job by the way I've heard pearl white is pretty hard to spot match.
So after your third coat of base (3:30 - 3:44) flashes off, you then take a gun with blending clear (if I'm using PPG that would be DBC500), and you put a coat of that over your final coat of base after the final coat of base flashes? Then, without really worrying about the blending clear flashing, you just hop on and do your mid coat? It confuses me if that's what you did, for the gun at 4:30 isn't the same as the gun at 9:30. I guess what I'm asking is, what did you do from 4:29 to 4:44?
@@TheGunmanChannel They did this same exact repair on my car, spot matched the scratches and cleared the whole bumper. The problem is, the clear seems to have lessened the pearl effect to the point where it looks like 2 different panels. The painter said that the clear will lighten up in a few months and if it doesn't, then he'll try to match it. Is this true?
@@naughtysauce4323 it's an excuse, he just wants you to go away. He'll have another excuse next time. 3 stage pearls should be blended. You'll pay a bit more for the blends but you shouldn't see the colour difference after blended.
@@TheGunmanChannel So he should paint the entire bumper? He only did 2 little spots and then cleared the rest. The actual color is actually pretty good, but it just seems like the pearl effect is less than before. I'm going to wait a month then bring it back.
Gunman! please help! I have a BMW 135i that unfortunately some asshat drove a shopping chart into the wheel arch in the quarter panel. I tried PDR but they didn't get it where I need it. it's about a 3-4 inch issue point no chipped paint but the dent is still there and its wavy/dimply. I found a highly rated body shop that said they can repaint just that section of the quarter panel and blend the paint.. its black sapphire mettalic.. can they really replicate the stock finish and make any color difference unseeable by human eyes? if they had some1 as skilled as yourself? this is killing me!
+Alex Garcia My BMW has black sapphire metallic. The body shop did an excellent job on my hood. Cannot tell the difference between factory and his work
Nice finish mate. Just one question.. after ground cote...what did you spray...some blending agent? Is it like binder(transparent basecoat) or its some special stuff u using?
The Gunman Hi Gunman, i am learning spray painting for living, i really need to ask few basic things which may be easy for you and others, whats is pressure required to use spray gun for color spray and clear? Kindly answer. Can you also please write list of things required to do small touch ups. Sorry i really need help and sorry for asking so many questions
Ok so pressure settings will vary drasticly depending on what gun you are using but usually be around 20-25psi unless you are using a hvlp gun which requires more pressure about 27-29psi this is a great video Spray Painting For Beginners
This is the type of repair I was after but when I went for a quote was told no it cant be done with pearl whites, even when I asked for a car yard job still no go and the just under $2K quote stands. Any suggestions as to how ask for such a job?
Hi Gunman, i see some painters spraying a transition coat, which is a mix of 50% base and 50% pearl. They spray this after the base layer and before the final pearl layers. You never did this?
Why didn't you R&I the bumper instead of leaving bumper on car and running the chance of the not getting edges scuffed properly and having paint lifting up?
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G'day from the UK. I worked out this Technic of using a blending clear like you do on my own before I saw your excellent vid. I can't take full credit because that's how we used to blend when I first started spraying in the late 70's when it was all cellulose. Back then metallics, even 2k when they came out were direct gloss. No clear coat back then. It was a fine balancing act to get the flake to lay flat and even with out floating about and tram lining, so you had to spray on the dry side one way and the other but wet enough so you got shine. You couldn't buff or colour sand much either because you went straight though to the metallic flake. Great fun on a respray I can tell ya!!
Wish you were here to blend or Toyota! White pearl! Good work!
Standox really gorgeous paint ,better then Spies Hecker
Came out nice pearl is tough to blend if you don’t do it a lot as I haven’t. Any other tips plz share!
I'd really like to see you do a full vid explaining the blend into the old paintwork and various methods, it would be a great help.
Keep up the decent work mate cheers
+andrew truzzi only trouble is, his competitors are probably gonna watch that too lol
so you sprayed base coat white then the pearl metalic then clear is that correct please or did you spay a clear coat before the pearl as well
Hmm never thought of using the 599 for blender. I never had a problem with blending anything with my Spies Hecker paint without it. Learned something new today.
I thank you and am learning more from you then my own dad lol. And he worked for George Barris Custom Rods and helped build the Munsters Mobile and the Pink Panther cars and many others and I have pics to prove it. So naturally I am a decent painter and sorts. But I really appreciate all your tips. My dad never taught my much unless I asked. And I asked so much they muted me lol. Kinda shitty but whatever I'm stronger for it lol.
Our manager quit last week so I have bigger shoes to fill so I've been watching a ton of your videos and Subcribed and gave a like but I'm still not an expert lol. I do all the color matching usually in gelcoat but our car painter guy said buy buy. I've done a few RV's and some bikes and a few cars but I'm getting all these silver and gold RV's in metallic's and the paint that comes never matches these days since covid layoff so I've been a learning lol. Luckily I'm decent at chemistry and pulled a rabbit out of a hat so to speak last week luckily.
Hello,i am writing from Gukyana(South America), love work,this will help improve my blending.
I'm glad it can help
How will the color turn out if you put extra coat of pearl?let say white base with 2 pearl coat vs white base wif 1 pearl coat.will it produce diffrent color?
Nice work for sure .. looked great ... just curious why you didn't start with the wet bed as step one .. I noticed you didn't put it on till you were ready to blend the pearl.. .. I know the white blends easier than the pearl .. just curious
@The Gunman your work is flawless
Hi gun man I keep getting my clear coat blend lines rolling back as I flat and polish it's not over spray from colour any suggestions
I have built and restored cars my entire life as my hobby, Done plenty of decent body work. but I was never able to master the painting. I don’t know why. As such, I have great respect to those that can lay it on.
Bloody trouble Iv had trying to blend these 3 stage pearls, the Ford ST models with the bright green and orange are such a bugger to do that I turn them away now because I don't want the agro. It seems very critical to get the base colour just right and then not to put to much pearl over the top otherwise it totally fucks the colour or am I doing something wrong ? Either way when you are charging £90 a corner for a smart repair there is to much to go wrong so I find it's easier just to stick to straight or metallic colours.
Nice video Gunman!! Merry Christmas... Have a few question,im using devilbiss flg4.can i use it for spot repair?if yes,what is reccomended air preassure and gun settings.thanks
Hi great vid! I'm a competent amateur here in the UK mainly with rattle can experience. I was thinking of starting a mobile smart/spot repair business. whats your view on these? Not sure if you have these in oz!
great video gunman . normally I wld clear the whole bumper after .I did a one last week
Would be nice if you can redo the video with this same 799 paint with better audio, footage and detail. Thank you for effort anyway.
Dude where are u located in oz
Hi, Nice looking job on the Mercedes. Thanks for this video, it's super helpful. I'm new to this and am wondering why you put the clear coat underneath the pearl coat. Others do not indicate doing this. I have a small bumper repair and really want to get the tricky blend of the pearl right. Any help or tips are much appreciated. Thanks!
It’s to make the base and pearl melt into the old paint more of a smoother transition so you do not see the blend
Could really use you this week lol hating my first tri-coat blend get it finally but dirty so need to buff and while pulling tape where the door handle goes in I accidentally peeled the paint into the door 😢
Great work
Excellent ! So what settings did you crank the big gun down to just to do a spot repair? AND do you subscribe to the American idea of "walkin' the sides" when doing candy paint? Cheers !
TresMamboMusicSchool Dial the fluid in a little when doing spot repairs, I just did a 3 stage custom paint job and I didn't walk the side, I just get it in the flick of the wrist.
Great video, got a MB with designo diamond white! Which the MB dealer failed in making nice repairs on (warranty thing) but also get these small chips in the paint from flying stones/ sand/studs - any chanse of repairing these by myself or using a professional, wihtout repainting the whole front? your result looks fantastic. Petty you are not based in Sweden :)
You are the best man) Where is your mask my friend? Good health to you, be care.
I've said that before Gunman.. its a real PITA but guard your health friend : )
Hi gunman
Is it true clearing a spot on a car will peel off in a couple of years?
Not if you do it properly
Nice tip man
Eh You need to do what I did and download this video then go into your editor and turn the gain up for this section. What editor are or did you use?
Same thing happened to me today. What does a job like that usually run the customer?! Great job by the way I've heard pearl white is pretty hard to spot match.
So after your third coat of base (3:30 - 3:44) flashes off, you then take a gun with blending clear (if I'm using PPG that would be DBC500), and you put a coat of that over your final coat of base after the final coat of base flashes? Then, without really worrying about the blending clear flashing, you just hop on and do your mid coat? It confuses me if that's what you did, for the gun at 4:30 isn't the same as the gun at 9:30. I guess what I'm asking is, what did you do from 4:29 to 4:44?
From what can tell, he applied blending clear from 4:29 to 4:44 to prep for the pearl coat blend.
Great work gunman, especially your point of getting the base coat right , what do you use for the blending reducer
AK350 Cromax
good question! :)
Difficult kind of job for me...
I always end up getting my blend area to large with those tri-coat colors. You make it look easy. Nice work!
Thanks mate. I've had a lot of practice
@@TheGunmanChannel They did this same exact repair on my car, spot matched the scratches and cleared the whole bumper. The problem is, the clear seems to have lessened the pearl effect to the point where it looks like 2 different panels. The painter said that the clear will lighten up in a few months and if it doesn't, then he'll try to match it. Is this true?
@@naughtysauce4323 it's an excuse, he just wants you to go away. He'll have another excuse next time. 3 stage pearls should be blended. You'll pay a bit more for the blends but you shouldn't see the colour difference after blended.
@@TheGunmanChannel So he should paint the entire bumper? He only did 2 little spots and then cleared the rest. The actual color is actually pretty good, but it just seems like the pearl effect is less than before. I'm going to wait a month then bring it back.
@@TheGunmanChannel Thanks for the reply btw
Gunman! please help! I have a BMW 135i that unfortunately some asshat drove a shopping chart into the wheel arch in the quarter panel. I tried PDR but they didn't get it where I need it. it's about a 3-4 inch issue point no chipped paint but the dent is still there and its wavy/dimply. I found a highly rated body shop that said they can repaint just that section of the quarter panel and blend the paint.. its black sapphire mettalic.. can they really replicate the stock finish and make any color difference unseeable by human eyes? if they had some1 as skilled as yourself? this is killing me!
+Alex Garcia Yes it can be done by a good tech
+Alex Garcia My BMW has black sapphire metallic. The body shop did an excellent job on my hood. Cannot tell the difference between factory and his work
Great to hear man, good tradesmen are out there :-)
Nice finish mate. Just one question.. after ground cote...what did you spray...some blending agent? Is it like binder(transparent basecoat) or its some special stuff u using?
Yeah mate just clear basecoat, in Standox we use the tinter 599
Cheers mate. Greetings from UK.
Tk you for this
Glad it helps
Thanks gunny have to shoot a mirror on Toyota with 070 first time with 3 stage
which would be more compatible, mixing clear with pearl or doing the tri steps for it base, pearl then clear?
Tri steps
I always like paper next to my spary jobs but seeing you not use it maybe I could save more Denaro
Fantastic
do you sand down the entire panel ..or does the base coat stick to the clear ?
The base sticks to the clear
Nice profile pic by the way 😆
How much do you thin the pearl down to?
thanks for the info tGM!
Cool vid thanks
That Guyana, South America.
Nice work
Thanks
The Gunman Hi Gunman, i am learning spray painting for living, i really need to ask few basic things which may be easy for you and others, whats is pressure required to use spray gun for color spray and clear? Kindly answer. Can you also please write list of things required to do small touch ups. Sorry i really need help and sorry for asking so many questions
Ok so pressure settings will vary drasticly depending on what gun you are using but usually be around 20-25psi unless you are using a hvlp gun which requires more pressure about 27-29psi this is a great video Spray Painting For Beginners
This is the type of repair I was after but when I went for a quote was told no it cant be done with pearl whites, even when I asked for a car yard job still no go and the just under $2K quote stands. Any suggestions as to how ask for such a job?
+PhatPizza just find a shop that'll do it, I'd do this job for you for $350 if you were in Perth.
I am in Perth and would much rather the money went in your pocket than someone else. Wondering how to contact you, no rush on the work btw
A tech that cannot blend pearls is no real painter in my book. I have done many of them myself.
PaganSunburn I now believe it was a case of the shop only wants to do insurance jobs, I'm positive the tech is able to blend pearls
I'm curious. How much would a job like this actually cost?
$150-200 but I didn't quote it so I can't say for sure.
Why you ain’t use in your respirator
Does the pearl go into a layer of base or clear ?
+sypher0101 transparent basecoat
+The Gunman How many coats would you do (or can do) with the pearl coat (as with metallic)?
always do spray out cards and see what matches sometimes 1 sometimes 3
Hi Gunman, i see some painters spraying a transition coat, which is a mix of 50% base and 50% pearl. They spray this after the base layer and before the final pearl layers.
You never did this?
Why didn't you R&I the bumper instead of leaving bumper on car and running the chance of the not getting edges scuffed properly and having paint lifting up?
Did you say 30 degrees spray temp? Where on earth are you............Lol
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600 is too deep. 800 is best
hello gunman can tell me that air pressure I have to use hvlp paint and clear coat
So when you lay down your base coat do you sand it or do you just go straight to clear coat
Straight to clear
The Gunman I appreciate it ♥️