This dude answered every question, like explained 10 things that I never knew, but you have to really hear what he's saying. I had to rewatch 5 times to totally get what he's saying. The wet clear bed at the sides, to prevent halo, makes so much sense.
I just started my first DIY paint job around couple weeks ago and was spraying “scared”. That lead me to waste money and time because I had to re-do the whole thing over again. I wish I would have seen this video before I started painting. Thank you.
Well done my man...before I give my thoughts...let me just say first and foremost( for everyone else)in the world of auto body we’re held to certain parameters such as insurance non payment for necessary items,it’s a customer self-pay, the boss doesn’t get it,mostly monetary....but the way I like to do a lot of these repairs is to just straight up zone paint the side....and I’m sure you would agree...it gives a much nicer result...it sucks that painters who actually care like us can’t always dictate how we paint a car...but w a color like this you still managed to make an invisible transition and beautiful paint job.... everyone take note of this and follow through w what he’s saying...he is no imposter...and genuinely wants to help...nice job dude
Thanks so much and yes so many times I’ll take one for the team and just go down the whole side. Just makes things much easier. I know I can blend this color so I had confidence but you hit the nail on the head with this comment.
There are so many poor tutorials out there with bad results passed off as a great job. Brian, this the one stop shop for the right info on how to do the job properly. #1 by far.
"This is what works for me. If there's a way that you do it, leave a comment below so I can learn from you". Wow, what a humble guy! I love your channel and have learned a lot. Thank you:)
Man I really appreciate your videos, I am getting ready to paint my first vehicle in a few short weeks and I've been watching your videos for advice and expertise and I've gotta tell ya my confidence is growing every day as I watch you go in detail about what to do and what to avoid and how to correct mistakes. Thank you! Keep the videos coming!
I also appreciate you sharing your knowledge, a lot! I'm restoring a 74 Alfa GTV and using a midnight green pearl. I am by no means an expert and had one section I wasn't happy with and needed to blend that uhO into the rest of the car. The details you included as well as what to use (the clear base, etc) saved my fanny and I now have my best paint yet. Many thanks!
Hey beautiful job! Painter here for 8 years, in the trade for 10 from NJ. I've never used basecoat colorless but you really want to make me try. We have it in our system (Standox solvent) I've just never used it because I'm so used to just blending without it, yes silvers too but that blend edge can work it's way down the panel lol. My blends are pretty solid but for some reason it never clicked to me that it would be so much easier to blend into a wet bed. I'll give it a shot, seems really logical to put it on in between coats also to obtain a wet bed blending surface each time. also and maybe more importantly I just wanted to say thanks for the videos. I've recently felt a bit unenthusiastic about painting and the grind but I've been watching youtube videos of painters and watching others do what I do, most of which the same, but something reignited in me. It helped me find the passion for this trade again. Watching videos in this trade is actually like working at a new shop for a moment. You pick up on things like you would if say you switched the shop at which you work at and its extremely valuable! Thanks for the passion re-ignition
I am professional painter but watching your videos ,I love people that helping people , you are one of them , thanks for all that effort and time . Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Hello Brian this might be a duplicate comment, but if it is, you deserve it twice anyways. Obviously your work is fantastic, but you are an absolutely wonderful teacher. I mean that’s why I said, everything I have done my entire life including build my business from the ground up and feed a family of six with it, I have done self taught. The hardest of all those things is change. Your videos have taken me from $3500 car work to work acceptable on a $20,000 car. Thank you so much
I’m glad I found this Chanel. I started doing small repairs and this channel helped me a lot.not need to go to a class room when you found peoples like this.just great 👍
I just subbed yesterday and watched your blending videos. You have the best ones out there! Thanks for spending the time to read and answer questions. I’ll post another comment on my questions.
The most important thing I have learned so far is to be in charge, thanks Brian I have really done this since watching your tutorials thanks as always,yourchannel honestly is great
Have watched a few of your videos now Brian and I've got to say your tutorial breakdown is awesomely explained and shown in each and every video you post.
Can I suggest that during your edit you state what is in the gun? You did this in the prior video, it really helps especially since you cut in with the next shot with something else in the gun. Like at 12:00 you are doing clear base, but then at 12:11 you go to base coat. If someone didn’t understand the process you could only kinda tell by looking at the cup. I could see someone thinking you’re laying down clear base in that area. This is all new technique for most of us.
@@PaintSociety I was gonna mention this too lol. I had to rewind the video a couple times in some parts cause it threw me off , so then I had to look at your cups and then it when it made sense as I saw the clear base and then a darker cup with basecoat.
Beautiful video man, tomorrow i have silver toyota coming in and I am empowerd by watching this video and has mademe confident to face metallic silver. Thank you so much!! People like you make life easy to live.
I've been with Brian via video school now for 6 months. My neighbor works for a body shop and he said I'm showing him impossible blends, I told him I watch these videos of Brian
thanks brian i have never done any cars ive done mower this year im going to see a 02 blazer extreme and ive learned from you by watching your videos so when im done ill post it im just trying to mix paints.
Just painted my dodge 3500 bright silver a few weeks ago, then had a tire come apart and right up the side of the door and got part of the fender as well, I was wondering how to address this, and this video pretty much answered all the questions I had on how to get the paint to blend and how to use a blending agent. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
You are a beast sir, that blend is awesome. I have a blend coming up in a few days chevy blue granite metallic I'm gonna try this method love the way you spray. Thanks for the tips.
Hobby Painter myself in Germany I like how you explained things and compared to women. With black it is too easy to blend. Silver is way more complicated. Fear is always man´s biggest enemy... Thanks a lot :)
Brian you make it look so easy and after your help I’ve found it is easy the one most valuable lesson I’ve gotten is don’t rush it! Thank you guys so mush you have Taught me many lessons and made me a much much better painter
Brian, I think some people don't understand about clear base blender is that not all basecoat systems have the clear blender. So in that case, I heard guys using basecoat binder which also sprays clear to achieve the same effect. Great job as always.
Works the same way I hear. Even if it the blender doesn’t come in through system they can still get away with using one from another system. Thanks for for commenting on the video with great advice!
I want to thank you that clear base is what I was always missing the wording was what I couldn't understand with other videos this video really summed up what I was doing wrong thank you again
Yo PS, I know its a old video but you explain everything so well. Been following all your videos and was able to get the knowledge to knock out a silver paint job. Your videos and teaching given the confidence to do an RV next. Thank you for the knowledge transfer. Have a pleasant day. Cheers.
Hi Brian , thanks for all the great videos !! Have learned a lot from you. I’m a DIYer and working to fix some body damage to a silver metallic car, so this one hit home. Man … blending that paint without the proper equipment is tough, even if the paint is a decent match spray cans just can’t spray it very smoothly. 2nd attempt will be with a spray gun. I won’t be able to buy that sun gun though (very expensive), and I can see how that would be super useful . I couldn’t tell how bad the paint transition was until I was out in the sun !
4:37 is exactly what happen to me when I painted a bumper cover with a metallic! The metallic flakes were sitting in the some of the 600grit sand scratches on the bumper. Thank you for the tip to use a 800 grit before painting 🙌🏽🤙🏽
So you are a good painter, that's super obvious, but you also have a major gift when it comes to teaching and presentation! Super blessed gift - not many have it. I subscribed. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. I'm just getting into painting and its super uncomfortable for me. feel like i'll learn a lot from you
I was like you once ,this was happening to me. at the end of my work day my eyes felt like they had dirt in them even with safety glasses. it took a long time to get use to my full face respirator helmet . like your work, good videos
I am going to paint my silver cts after a t bone repair and i know i never could have even tried to do this without your help. Thanks for these video's
Thanks for the tutorial. Using your blending technique from another video I got an amazing result. But instead of using base coat blender I used the normal clear coat and a slow reducer while spraying in a garage with 42 degree Celsius temperature outside. Many thanks for sharing the knowledge.
I have been working on cars for 24 years. Teaching myself and listening to paint for about 20. You have a passion for this and I admire that. Very few have that. These paint shops and insurance paint shops cut corners at every turn. I just started redoing a paint job that was poorly done on a car I bought about 8 months ago. As I am sanding it I easily got through the paint. Looks like they put a very thin layer of primer on. Maybe 1 coat. Pathetic. So sick of these assholes who want all this money and do a crappy job. They think that fake smile is what we are really buying. I have not taken my car in for repair in 20 years and will not. The last time I did was to get electrical work done 17 years ago. When "I" went under a few years later I noticed they had crimped other wires that go to the ECM. So they corroded and I ended up having to replace them. This was a Good Year shop to. Just goes to show you they put the big name on to trick you into thinking they are better then the gas station mom and pop places. But they are not.
The car looks fantastic. I'm trying correct a clear coat problem on the hood of my car. I think I may have to use 3000 wet and hopefully that will hide the border of the old and new. Thanks again. Cheers, Chris.
Awesome video.. love the anti-static gun part lol. Ur blends are on point! Even for a painter with over 20yrs experience I still enjoy ur videos. Thanks for sharing
Brian love your content on blending silver I've always dreaded silver or any light Metallic to do a blend . I have one coming in that is silver and it's a blend .
My Accord is going into the insurance bodyshop next week.. Its Albaster silver.. With a carpark dent and scuff to my wing. I just hope to God they do a good a job as you do and I get it back all matching and not mismatched.. I love the car and if it comes back poorly done I will be gutted to say the least.. My car had hardly a mark on it before some old lady bumped it with her 2020 BMW convertible.. At least she gave me her details for the insurance.. Great work by the way. 😎👍👏
negative is a new word for loser,,,i always try to be positive,,,but im positive when i make a mistake, no one can beat it,im positive of it,,,,but putting all of that behind me ,the internet is a learning network for me,,,ive been playing around cars most of my life, i am self train, but since i have been watching your videos ,damm my paint jobs are starting to exstight me,,,i have learned a few things from you ,and i havent watched all your videos yet,,and im still learning from ya,,,yes keep the videos comeing,,,,,short cuts no, doing it the right way is always the way, and the right way im getting it from you,thank you,,,,,thank you for shareing your wisedom. i believe even alittle bet of knowledge can go along way....i know because your helping me alot
A blend to me is a optical illusion.I never liked using a blending clear because I felt that it was just another substrate to break down long term wise.Sometimes my blends turned out great but some times they would show maybe the paint didn’t match had good bad I thought it looked beforehand. I have always felt more confident using a slower reducer doing blends and allowing proper flash times. The other guys in the shop thought it was stupid (they would turn the heat up in the booth and get the fastest thinner in the shop on blends.I tried their way and didn’t like it the paint was almost dry coming out of the gun) I have also liked getting the new parts covered as close as possible before hanging on the vehicle and doing a blend.Keep up the good work and positive attitude.
I've found with metallic colors, if you look closely you can see the droplet size and how much they flow together. This translates to your air pressure and how wet/ dry you spray. Metallic colors that seem to dance in the light as you walk around are usually sprayed with large droplets that sit independently instead of flowing into a sheet. I try to replicate what I see on the car. Also the intercoat for your pearls (well reduced) makes a descent wet bed for blending. You also want to make sure you don't have issues with your door handles matching. Sometimes I use the features of the vehicle to help with the transition of color. That's a complecated idea to try to explain here though. I like how well you break down the lessons here. I wish this channel was around when I was getting started.
@@PaintSociety I can't say it's really a good idea to spray metallic dry or you're going to get a Halo. I like to spray with an iwata lph400 or lph80. If I can get away with using it the light weight of the lph80 makes spraying a piece of cake.
@@PaintSociety that's what I like about what you're doing. The only people who really get good at this actually love it and soak up as much knowledge as possible. This is a great way to share it with like minded people.
Hey Brian repairs to a metallic bonnet would you do 1 full coat of clear base coat then let it flash off. Then apply base coat blender to blend areas before each coat of base coat? Regards Gary (Australia)
A couple questions for you: (a) Your explanation around 15:45 about why you stop spraying clear half way into the door is not apparent to me. I'm assuming that you let the first coat of clear flash off before clearing the entire side?. (b) I notice that in the beginning of the video when spraying clear base that you don't spray the entire panel to lay down the wet bed. You stop above the rear quarter panel. Yet, for some reason (which you do not explain) you apply clearcoat to the entire area that is not masked off, including the roof line pillar (above the doors), which are not part of the repair area. (c) I noticed that in this video you do NOT apply a reduced basecoat (1:1 basecoat to blending additive with slow or extra slow reducer). Yet, in your previous blending video (shot one month prior to this one), you apply this reduced basecoat. However, in this video you do not explain WHY you do not use the reduced basecoat blend here. (d) can the blending techniques you show here be applied to spraying solid colors or do you change certain things up (obviously no control coat for solids)? (e) In this video you do NOT use any tinted sealer. Yet in a previous video of a spot repair, you use a tinted sealer to cover up the repairs. The basecoat hiding is not as good as a sealer, so do you lay down lots of dry coats around the repair area first and then (after that flashes off) apply normal medium-wet coats. Hope to hear from you! Thanks
A) Stop in the middle and not at the end of the panel so you’re not continuously building up the edge with clearcoat. Clearcoat is thicker so it will build up the edge and start to run. B) clear coat and clear base are two totally different materials. Clear base is only sprayed where the base is being blended into. Clearcoat is the top coat that is glossy and shiny and is sprayed on the full panel. C) this color blended out and did not need to be reduced extra with clear base. Each job is situational and depending on how the job goes will determine as a painter what steps you need to take next. D) solid colors are much easier to blend so you will not need clear base for a wet bed. E) there is no need for sealer on this job because there is no primer. On this job I pre painted the door and then put it on the car. From this point it just needed basecoat to blend the door and the quarter. Hope this clears up your questions.
@@PaintSociety Hello Friend, Damn good answer/explaining AND work/results!!! Im with You I never liked those poly metalics some are just a bitch to blend. too grainy too much color heavy/sag, no orange peel when ya need it too much when ya need glass.. im 58 and still learning many thanks ,Keep it flowing!!!!!
Awesome video, thank you for taking time and explaining every little step your doing, especially with the clear base that was used for blending because I had heard that method before but wasnt confident about doing it the way it was quickly explained. Now i feel like I can do it. You couldnt be more right about having confidence that you can do it, i was scared to do my first paint job on hood of my "new to me 2016 audi a6" the rest of it is in pristine condition. Thanks to your videos i was able to base and clear my hood. Didnt come out like your paint jobs but i am very happy for my 1st time and with some wet sanding and compound to get rid of orange peel its gonna look really good for a beginner. Your videos are the best on here.
Great video Brian. Great explanation on the clear base. You do a great job! Love watching your videos. Keep them coming. Again thanks for taking the time to teach us.
Thanks Brian. My repair will mean prep followed by a white base coat colour, then a fine metallic cover coat and finally a clear coat. It will be in acrylic. My paint shop advised base coat followed by fine metallic coat, rather than the two mixed together. Have you any advice for this slightly different approach
You painters are artists. Nicely done. I have done some rust cutout and bondo repair on vehicles with metalic paint and I used matching spray can (I know it's not as good as using a gun) paint to paint the patch. I never seem to get the same gloss depth. Where does the reflective property come from, the base coat smoothness or the top clear coat?
I amazingly admire and respect your courageous, determined, humble, fun excellent work, and am sure your coworkers do the same as well, thank you sir🎩✌❤
I've been having real problems with getting metallic silver looking right. I think clear base is what I need. I think I got a nice substrate ready for metallic, but no turns out looking real bad. Seems like I got imperfections in the primer layer or deeper. Despite trying my best on the prep. So far they've all been cars I don't care about but soon I will be doing some rust repairs on a car I do care abot and it has to look good!
Damn i wish i had found this sooner. Im having a heck of a time blending lunar mist grey on a toyota. Bout to just paint the whole side that was sun faded lol. Thanks for the video
Thank you so much Brian, you are undoubtedly one of the best teachers in any subject I've ever encountered my life. So I have a question can you use the same technique to do a medium sized repair in the middle of a panel and blend all the edges?
I really enjoy watching your channel you really take the time to explain what you're doing without talking down to us but I have a question when you unmask your car's is the paint completely dry or still a slightly tacky
Beautiful, every blend job you have done is just amazing, great video, thanks again , and as always with these videos i am always learning, so glad i found your channel
Very much helped out & thank you for explaining the clear base for me better, tried to understand but now I do, thank you so much again & keep up the awesome work brother! Amazing job with the videos🙌🏼
wow I cant say in words how intriguing this is! thank you for taking us inside and showing the tips and tricks of the pros this is something that Is invaluable. One question I have though is, if you are blending be it new fender door hood, how do you determine how big the blend area is?
Every day stuff for you guys who do this all the time, but to those of us who don’t know how to paint this looks like pure magic!
This dude answered every question, like explained 10 things that I never knew, but you have to really hear what he's saying. I had to rewatch 5 times to totally get what he's saying. The wet clear bed at the sides, to prevent halo, makes so much sense.
Nice way to start off a Saturday, with a cup of coffee and Paint Society on the screen!
Enjoy your weekend Brian.
SUV came out nice!
Hell yes!
I just started my first DIY paint job around couple weeks ago and was spraying “scared”. That lead me to waste money and time because I had to re-do the whole thing over again. I wish I would have seen this video before I started painting. Thank you.
Well done my man...before I give my thoughts...let me just say first and foremost( for everyone else)in the world of auto body we’re held to certain parameters such as insurance non payment for necessary items,it’s a customer self-pay, the boss doesn’t get it,mostly monetary....but the way I like to do a lot of these repairs is to just straight up zone paint the side....and I’m sure you would agree...it gives a much nicer result...it sucks that painters who actually care like us can’t always dictate how we paint a car...but w a color like this you still managed to make an invisible transition and beautiful paint job.... everyone take note of this and follow through w what he’s saying...he is no imposter...and genuinely wants to help...nice job dude
Thanks so much and yes so many times I’ll take one for the team and just go down the whole side. Just makes things much easier. I know I can blend this color so I had confidence but you hit the nail on the head with this comment.
There are so many poor tutorials out there with bad results passed off as a great job. Brian, this the one stop shop for the right info on how to do the job properly. #1 by far.
Dude u are the best. I painted my whole truck in my backyard watching you and it's a head Turnner. Thank you bro .
"This is what works for me. If there's a way that you do it, leave a comment below so I can learn from you". Wow, what a humble guy! I love your channel and have learned a lot. Thank you:)
Thank you!!!
Man I really appreciate your videos, I am getting ready to paint my first vehicle in a few short weeks and I've been watching your videos for advice and expertise and I've gotta tell ya my confidence is growing every day as I watch you go in detail about what to do and what to avoid and how to correct mistakes. Thank you! Keep the videos coming!
I also appreciate you sharing your knowledge, a lot! I'm restoring a 74 Alfa GTV and using a midnight green pearl. I am by no means an expert and had one section I wasn't happy with and needed to blend that uhO into the rest of the car. The details you included as well as what to use (the clear base, etc) saved my fanny and I now have my best paint yet. Many thanks!
Hey beautiful job! Painter here for 8 years, in the trade for 10 from NJ. I've never used basecoat colorless but you really want to make me try. We have it in our system (Standox solvent) I've just never used it because I'm so used to just blending without it, yes silvers too but that blend edge can work it's way down the panel lol. My blends are pretty solid but for some reason it never clicked to me that it would be so much easier to blend into a wet bed. I'll give it a shot, seems really logical to put it on in between coats also to obtain a wet bed blending surface each time.
also and maybe more importantly I just wanted to say thanks for the videos. I've recently felt a bit unenthusiastic about painting and the grind but I've been watching youtube videos of painters and watching others do what I do, most of which the same, but something reignited in me. It helped me find the passion for this trade again. Watching videos in this trade is actually like working at a new shop for a moment. You pick up on things like you would if say you switched the shop at which you work at and its extremely valuable! Thanks for the passion re-ignition
how do you do it? do you spray clearcoat down first for a wet bed, then the base or do you just start with the base?
FINALLY - A METALLICS BLENDING VIDEO THAT MADE SENSE TO ME!
I am professional painter but watching your videos ,I love people that helping people , you are one of them , thanks for all that effort and time . Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Thanks for staying humble. I love that about the veteran painters.
Hello Brian this might be a duplicate comment, but if it is, you deserve it twice anyways. Obviously your work is fantastic, but you are an absolutely wonderful teacher. I mean that’s why I said, everything I have done my entire life including build my business from the ground up and feed a family of six with it, I have done self taught. The hardest of all those things is change. Your videos have taken me from $3500 car work to work acceptable on a $20,000 car. Thank you so much
I’m glad I found this Chanel. I started doing small repairs and this channel helped me a lot.not need to go to a class room when you found peoples like this.just great 👍
I just subbed yesterday and watched your blending videos. You have the best ones out there! Thanks for spending the time to read and answer questions. I’ll post another comment on my questions.
Welcome!
The most important thing I have learned so far is to be in charge, thanks Brian I have really done this since watching your tutorials thanks as always,yourchannel honestly is great
It’s so true! As soon as you let the car get the upper hand. You’re done!!
Have watched a few of your videos now Brian and I've got to say your tutorial breakdown is awesomely explained and shown in each and every video you post.
Can I suggest that during your edit you state what is in the gun? You did this in the prior video, it really helps especially since you cut in with the next shot with something else in the gun. Like at 12:00 you are doing clear base, but then at 12:11 you go to base coat. If someone didn’t understand the process you could only kinda tell by looking at the cup. I could see someone thinking you’re laying down clear base in that area. This is all new technique for most of us.
Absolutely will do on the next video.
@@PaintSociety I was gonna mention this too lol.
I had to rewind the video a couple times in some parts cause it threw me off , so then I had to look at your cups and then it when it made sense as I saw the clear base and then a darker cup with basecoat.
Another great video! Clear base is a game changer for edges. 👌🏼
Beautiful video man, tomorrow i have silver toyota coming in and I am empowerd by watching this video and has mademe confident to face metallic silver. Thank you so much!! People like you make life easy to live.
Good luck !!
I've been with Brian via video school now for 6 months. My neighbor works for a body shop and he said I'm showing him impossible blends, I told him I watch these videos of Brian
this one definitely turned out better than the lexus you blended recently great job
thanks brian i have never done any cars ive done mower this year im going to see a 02 blazer extreme and ive learned from you by watching your videos so when im done ill post it im just trying to mix paints.
Thanks for taking the time to teach us Brian, very well explained. Look forward to more 👍
Love how you explain it so anyone can understand how it works.
Just painted my dodge 3500 bright silver a few weeks ago, then had a tire come apart and right up the side of the door and got part of the fender as well, I was wondering how to address this, and this video pretty much answered all the questions I had on how to get the paint to blend and how to use a blending agent. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
You are a beast sir, that blend is awesome. I have a blend coming up in a few days chevy blue granite metallic I'm gonna try this method love the way you spray. Thanks for the tips.
Brian you inspire me bro to be the best I can be with humility. Your a great teacher thanks man!
Hobby Painter myself in Germany I like how you explained things and compared to women. With black it is too easy to blend. Silver is way more complicated. Fear is always man´s biggest enemy... Thanks a lot :)
Brian you make it look so easy and after your help I’ve found it is easy the one most valuable lesson I’ve gotten is don’t rush it!
Thank you guys so mush you have Taught me many lessons and made me a much much better painter
Brian, I think some people don't understand about clear base blender is that not all basecoat systems have the clear blender. So in that case, I heard guys using basecoat binder which also sprays clear to achieve the same effect. Great job as always.
Works the same way I hear. Even if it the blender doesn’t come in through system they can still get away with using one from another system. Thanks for for commenting on the video with great advice!
I want to thank you that clear base is what I was always missing the wording was what I couldn't understand with other videos this video really summed up what I was doing wrong thank you again
Brian. You are a legend for all these tips and help
Yo PS, I know its a old video but you explain everything so well. Been following all your videos and was able to get the knowledge to knock out a silver paint job. Your videos and teaching given the confidence to do an RV next. Thank you for the knowledge transfer. Have a pleasant day. Cheers.
Hi Brian , thanks for all the great videos !! Have learned a lot from you. I’m a DIYer and working to fix some body damage to a silver metallic car, so this one hit home. Man … blending that paint without the proper equipment is tough, even if the paint is a decent match spray cans just can’t spray it very smoothly. 2nd attempt will be with a spray gun. I won’t be able to buy that sun gun though (very expensive), and I can see how that would be super useful . I couldn’t tell how bad the paint transition was until I was out in the sun !
4:37 is exactly what happen to me when I painted a bumper cover with a metallic! The metallic flakes were sitting in the some of the 600grit sand scratches on the bumper. Thank you for the tip to use a 800 grit before painting 🙌🏽🤙🏽
So you are a good painter, that's super obvious, but you also have a major gift when it comes to teaching and presentation! Super blessed gift - not many have it. I subscribed. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos. I'm just getting into painting and its super uncomfortable for me. feel like i'll learn a lot from you
Thank you so much !!!
Love your channel man , I’m not a painter but your info is very inspiring !!!
My names Brian....Luke Bryan 😂
Thanks to paint society I’m about to try to spot fix my navigator. Thanks for answering questions. New favorite channel
Maybe I’ll sing in my next video hahah.
I was like you once ,this was happening to me. at the end of my work day my eyes felt like they had dirt in them even with safety glasses. it took a long time to get use to my full face respirator helmet . like your work, good videos
I gotta find a better option for myself. You’re right.
I am going to paint my silver cts after a t bone repair and i know i never could have even tried to do this without your help. Thanks for these video's
Thanks for the tutorial. Using your blending technique from another video I got an amazing result.
But instead of using base coat blender I used the normal clear coat and a slow reducer while spraying in a garage with 42 degree Celsius temperature outside.
Many thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Oh wow. Glad it worked out !
I have been working on cars for 24 years. Teaching myself and listening to paint for about 20. You have a passion for this and I admire that. Very few have that. These paint shops and insurance paint shops cut corners at every turn. I just started redoing a paint job that was poorly done on a car I bought about 8 months ago. As I am sanding it I easily got through the paint. Looks like they put a very thin layer of primer on. Maybe 1 coat. Pathetic. So sick of these assholes who want all this money and do a crappy job. They think that fake smile is what we are really buying. I have not taken my car in for repair in 20 years and will not. The last time I did was to get electrical work done 17 years ago. When "I" went under a few years later I noticed they had crimped other wires that go to the ECM. So they corroded and I ended up having to replace them. This was a Good Year shop to. Just goes to show you they put the big name on to trick you into thinking they are better then the gas station mom and pop places. But they are not.
The car looks fantastic. I'm trying correct a clear coat problem on the hood of my car. I think I may have to use 3000 wet and hopefully that will hide the border of the old and new. Thanks again. Cheers, Chris.
Awesome video.. love the anti-static gun part lol. Ur blends are on point! Even for a painter with over 20yrs experience I still enjoy ur videos. Thanks for sharing
Juan always a pleasure when you comment on my videos. Thank you!
I like how you explain things in every videos you've made. easy peassy...thanks bryan...keep up the good work.have a great day
From one painter to another: Excellent job!!!!
Thanks Mike!
dude your videos are great showing painters how to blend problem colors like silver
Brian love your content on blending silver I've always dreaded silver or any light Metallic to do a blend . I have one coming in that is silver and it's a blend .
Hope you use this video to help!
Greetings from Sweden to a very good silver blending job 👍
Such a great teacher at the top of your game. Watching from Cornwall uk 👍
Hi Brian after looking at this video Im more confident in the booth working with the blender product. Thanks your videos are awesome!
Great stuff, you’re truly are a gifted teacher!
Brian - Thanks for taking time to make these, I know what a blag making videos is
Cheers
You make the best paint videos man. Glad I found your channel
My Accord is going into the insurance bodyshop next week.. Its Albaster silver.. With a carpark dent and scuff to my wing. I just hope to God they do a good a job as you do and I get it back all matching and not mismatched.. I love the car and if it comes back poorly done I will be gutted to say the least.. My car had hardly a mark on it before some old lady bumped it with her 2020 BMW convertible.. At least she gave me her details for the insurance.. Great work by the way. 😎👍👏
Good luck!
negative is a new word for loser,,,i always try to be positive,,,but im positive when i make a mistake, no one can beat it,im positive of it,,,,but putting all of that behind me ,the internet is a learning network for me,,,ive been playing around cars most of my life, i am self train, but since i have been watching your videos ,damm my paint jobs are starting to exstight me,,,i have learned a few things from you ,and i havent watched all your videos yet,,and im still learning from ya,,,yes keep the videos comeing,,,,,short cuts no, doing it the right way is always the way, and the right way im getting it from you,thank you,,,,,thank you for shareing your wisedom. i believe even alittle bet of knowledge can go along way....i know because your helping me alot
So glad that I can help you with your painting! Keep watching and learning and stay positive. It only gets easier!
This channel is a treasure
A blend to me is a optical illusion.I never liked using a blending clear because I felt that it was just another substrate to break down long term wise.Sometimes my blends turned out great but some times they would show maybe the paint didn’t match had good bad I thought it looked beforehand. I have always felt more confident using a slower reducer doing blends and allowing proper flash times. The other guys in the shop thought it was stupid (they would turn the heat up in the booth and get the fastest thinner in the shop on blends.I tried their way and didn’t like it the paint was almost dry coming out of the gun) I have also liked getting the new parts covered as close as possible before hanging on the vehicle and doing a blend.Keep up the good work and positive attitude.
You’re right! When using faster the paint is just about dry before it hits the panel. Makes no sense at all! Thanks for your positive comment !
I've found with metallic colors, if you look closely you can see the droplet size and how much they flow together. This translates to your air pressure and how wet/ dry you spray. Metallic colors that seem to dance in the light as you walk around are usually sprayed with large droplets that sit independently instead of flowing into a sheet. I try to replicate what I see on the car. Also the intercoat for your pearls (well reduced) makes a descent wet bed for blending. You also want to make sure you don't have issues with your door handles matching. Sometimes I use the features of the vehicle to help with the transition of color. That's a complecated idea to try to explain here though. I like how well you break down the lessons here. I wish this channel was around when I was getting started.
Very interesting. And I agree. What gun are you using for base and are you spraying metallics wet? Would love to learn more from you.
@@PaintSociety I can't say it's really a good idea to spray metallic dry or you're going to get a Halo. I like to spray with an iwata lph400 or lph80. If I can get away with using it the light weight of the lph80 makes spraying a piece of cake.
@@PaintSociety that's what I like about what you're doing. The only people who really get good at this actually love it and soak up as much knowledge as possible. This is a great way to share it with like minded people.
Hey Brian repairs to a metallic bonnet would you do 1 full coat of clear base coat then let it flash off. Then apply base coat blender to blend areas before each coat of base coat?
Regards
Gary (Australia)
Cant thank u enough for all your videos! So much knowledge.
2.52 uk time.once again.nice job Brian.
Y’all going to have something nice to wake up to!
Paint Society sorry Brian.it was 14.52 in the UK. 👌
A couple questions for you:
(a) Your explanation around 15:45 about why you stop spraying clear half way into the door is not apparent to me. I'm assuming that you let the first coat of clear flash off before clearing the entire side?.
(b) I notice that in the beginning of the video when spraying clear base that you don't spray the entire panel to lay down the wet bed. You stop above the rear quarter panel. Yet, for some reason (which you do not explain) you apply clearcoat to the entire area that is not masked off, including the roof line pillar (above the doors), which are not part of the repair area.
(c) I noticed that in this video you do NOT apply a reduced basecoat (1:1 basecoat to blending additive with slow or extra slow reducer). Yet, in your previous blending video (shot one month prior to this one), you apply this reduced basecoat. However, in this video you do not explain WHY you do not use the reduced basecoat blend here.
(d) can the blending techniques you show here be applied to spraying solid colors or do you change certain things up (obviously no control coat for solids)?
(e) In this video you do NOT use any tinted sealer. Yet in a previous video of a spot repair, you use a tinted sealer to cover up the repairs. The basecoat hiding is not as good as a sealer, so do you lay down lots of dry coats around the repair area first and then (after that flashes off) apply normal medium-wet coats.
Hope to hear from you! Thanks
A) Stop in the middle and not at the end of the panel so you’re not continuously building up the edge with clearcoat. Clearcoat is thicker so it will build up the edge and start to run.
B) clear coat and clear base are two totally different materials. Clear base is only sprayed where the base is being blended into. Clearcoat is the top coat that is glossy and shiny and is sprayed on the full panel.
C) this color blended out and did not need to be reduced extra with clear base. Each job is situational and depending on how the job goes will determine as a painter what steps you need to take next.
D) solid colors are much easier to blend so you will not need clear base for a wet bed.
E) there is no need for sealer on this job because there is no primer. On this job I pre painted the door and then put it on the car. From this point it just needed basecoat to blend the door and the quarter.
Hope this clears up your questions.
@@PaintSociety Hello Friend, Damn good answer/explaining AND work/results!!! Im with You I never liked those poly metalics some are just a bitch to blend. too grainy too much color heavy/sag, no orange peel when ya need it too much when ya need glass.. im 58 and still learning many thanks ,Keep it flowing!!!!!
Simple comment, Bless you and your family keep doing what ur doing ❤
Awesome video, thank you for taking time and explaining every little step your doing, especially with the clear base that was used for blending because I had heard that method before but wasnt confident about doing it the way it was quickly explained. Now i feel like I can do it. You couldnt be more right about having confidence that you can do it, i was scared to do my first paint job on hood of my "new to me 2016 audi a6" the rest of it is in pristine condition. Thanks to your videos i was able to base and clear my hood. Didnt come out like your paint jobs but i am very happy for my 1st time and with some wet sanding and compound to get rid of orange peel its gonna look really good for a beginner. Your videos are the best on here.
best paint channel... period!!
Great job Bryan, I can tell you that I learned something new every time watching your channel.💪
Good breakdown of the blending process. Just getting into painting and trying to grasp all the info i can, Thanks!
Great video Brian. Great explanation on the clear base. You do a great job! Love watching your videos. Keep them coming. Again thanks for taking the time to teach us.
Welcome Dave!
Your a good teacher. Appreciate your time making these vids. Topman.
That's bloody brilliant! Thank you so much Brian.
Thanks Brian. My repair will mean prep followed by a white base coat colour, then a fine metallic cover coat and finally a clear coat. It will be in acrylic. My paint shop advised base coat followed by fine metallic coat, rather than the two mixed together. Have you any advice for this slightly different approach
You painters are artists. Nicely done. I have done some rust cutout and bondo repair on vehicles with metalic paint and I used matching spray can (I know it's not as good as using a gun) paint to paint the patch. I never seem to get the same gloss depth. Where does the reflective property come from, the base coat smoothness or the top clear coat?
I amazingly admire and respect your courageous, determined, humble, fun excellent work, and am sure your coworkers do the same as well, thank you sir🎩✌❤
Thanks Sam!
@@PaintSociety
You're welcome boss
I've been having real problems with getting metallic silver looking right. I think clear base is what I need. I think I got a nice substrate ready for metallic, but no turns out looking real bad. Seems like I got imperfections in the primer layer or deeper. Despite trying my best on the prep. So far they've all been cars I don't care about but soon I will be doing some rust repairs on a car I do care abot and it has to look good!
So do we have to tack rag at all? Seems like you never tack rag idk?
BRIAN THE GREAT 🤗🤗
Another blending wonderful job great job as always. God bless you God bless your family. have a wonderful weekend 🤗🤗🤗🤗👍👍
Thanks so much!
Excellent explanation of blending process 👍
Damn i wish i had found this sooner. Im having a heck of a time blending lunar mist grey on a toyota. Bout to just paint the whole side that was sun faded lol. Thanks for the video
Love this guy's attitude.
Thank you so much Brian, you are undoubtedly one of the best teachers in any subject I've ever encountered my life. So I have a question can you use the same technique to do a medium sized repair in the middle of a panel and blend all the edges?
Blending in the middle of a panel is very hard to do. My advice is to blend in the additional labels next to the one you are asking about.
@@PaintSociety okay thank you so much. The situation is as such, it's on a side of a pickup bed, without a decent stopping point.
Lynn Hooley get the best color match you can.
I really enjoy watching your channel you really take the time to explain what you're doing without talking down to us but I have a question when you unmask your car's is the paint completely dry or still a slightly tacky
Completely dry. Always.
Beautiful, every blend job you have done is just amazing, great video, thanks again , and as always with these videos i am always learning, so glad i found your channel
Glad you are here!
Thanks for teaching me I’m getting better on my cars now , keep up with the good job
Really great, I have part of a BMW motorbike fairing to paint.. so great guidance
this is your most informative video
Great content, Brian 😊 My advice for viewers is to check this pressure everytime, especially when painting silver. Keep it up 😉
I agree !
Thanks for all these advices!! Especially on metallic Colours. I’ve been improving on my paint jobs . Thanks once again. 🤓👍
Very much helped out & thank you for explaining the clear base for me better, tried to understand but now I do, thank you so much again & keep up the awesome work brother! Amazing job with the videos🙌🏼
Kurtis I’m glad the video helped you!
Awesome job great explaining on the coverage of it all ...Thank you .
wow I cant say in words how intriguing this is! thank you for taking us inside and showing the tips and tricks of the pros this is something that Is invaluable. One question I have though is, if you are blending be it new fender door hood, how do you determine how big the blend area is?
This help me still having a problem on that silver paint trying to blend it
Thank Brian for your help as well i will be buying a Eastwood Concourse pro 2 gun kit
Have a great week end .
That's my 1st time I've subscribed anyone... chapeau bas ! ;) ... looking forward to learning from you more & more ;) Greg
Welcome!
thanks great show it would be nice if you could show on a drip test or tell us paint, thinner ratio s
Brian I need someone like tou to work with. Awsome teacher💪🏻
You are doing a very cool job worth watching and applying
Thanks so much for trying to simplify things and for transferring knowledge with ease. I'm looking forward to the new video