Blending / Painting - Pearl White Tri-Coat

[@michaelbodea]

Man i really love how professional all this content is.. Really high end content.. Doing the job right and teaching others how to do it right.. not some half-ass way! Good job love the content!

[@michaelbodea]

Also did a acura tl and that was a pain in the ass to do a tri coat on! Good job!

[@dtaylor2623]

My Dad was a body man and a professional painter. His nickname was "hotplate" as a guy told me after Dad died. It had something to do with his technique for painting. He was the best painter around. Unfortunately he did not wear mask as often as he should have and suffered at end of life. He eventually ended up establishing a school at the Maine State Prison teaching Body & Fender classes. He ended up wearing mask! LOL Thank you for displaying your craft.

[@Petzkec]

Wanted to say thanks for your video. I watched this video about 10 times and took all advice. Painted my first tri-coat and it turned out great. Thanks again for the detailed instructions.

[@user-bu4jy2cm6n]

Excellent workmanship

[@TheGunmanChannel]

6 coats is a long time to get coverage, what basecoat do you use?

[@Refinishnetwork]

The Gunman This was Glasurit 90 line, most colors are 2 1/2 coats over most undercoat values, but white over black would take quite a bit more. If this were RM Onyx production (solvent) it just might cover in 2 1/2-3 coats, solid colors cover really well in that line.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Thanks for the reply Jim, here in Australia we still mainly use Solvent and everyone tells me that waterbase covers in 1+1/2 coats so it sounded weird. I get full coverage in 3 from most solvent ranges 55 Glasurit, Standox Solvent, Dupont and Metalux. Great channel, keep up the good work.

[@Refinishnetwork]

The Gunman Axalta (dupont) waterborne has a 1 1/2 application for basecoat, as far as I am aware every other waterborne is at least 2 1/2 when applied over an appropriate shade of primer. Thanks, you too.

[@frankietrujillo648]

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[@TwentytenS4B8]

Tri-layers are the most difficult to color match and blend. The drop coat is the make or break here but a good painter makes it look easy.

[@aphillips284]

Nice paint job

[@netman88]

Very nice. I'm paying for my used vehicle repainted given the dealer didn't do a good job as a CPO (touch up).

[@rikkaelliott2285]

Hey jimmo glad to see your back, I'm still using the rm diamont an us erm the White sealer for most jobs so I understand where your coming from, keep up the great work 👍

[@Refinishnetwork]

Rikka Elliott #bebraveorgohome I miss diamont, what an awesome paint line that is.

[@Handlehandlebars]

Im going to be doing a complete tricoat.. a porsch olive green metallic with gold peral mid coat..question is when appling the mid coat..would u shoot for somthing lighter then a meduim wetcoat? And of course good overlap ...8 dont wana go to heavy. Using an lph 400

[@theirishman088]

Nice job. The Gm 800j has been a problem for quite a few shops out here. It will show up too white or too yellow. Just a headache! Thanks for the videos.

[@PhillipHall01]

Good to see you back and with a good informative video as well. I am really eager to see what you think about the sata 5000's should be an interesting video....

[@crazyforblues1967]

Very informative. Thanks for your videos! I'll be doing an all over white pearl job soon, and I've never done tri coat before. Doesn't seem too tough, just be a robot right? 😀👍

[@yteezi1]

How did you get a good match/blend from the bumper to the hood when you painted them at different times and locations? Is that just a skilled eye and memory?

[@hondatrix]

Great video, have to do a bumper and this will help me bend it properly, thanks

[@thewiseguy7100]

How long after new body paint is it safe to wash my car. It’s been 3 days and really dirty

[@LuWeiHuang]

Is blending necessary? My Shop is installing new bumper, driver's side fender, possibly hood, and also the driver door is a little scratched (probably just clear coat damage) I'm just really skeptical of them sanding down my door or blending onto my factory paint... Any recommendations on what I should do? My car is 13' GTI paint code LB9A

[@flightmedic7169]

I have a car that they painted but the color didn’t match. I will be repainting it. Do you know how I need to prep for that ? Do I need to re sand, re primer and paint? Thanks.

[@Refinishnetwork]

You would need to re-sand, apply color and clear.

[@bondomerchant]

nice vid jimmo...keep it up an ya might be able to make a living at it...

[@MrDavid12001]

Good job... Keep up the good work

[@jiwandhaliwal2120]

Can I use any solid white as basecoat?

[@cartips5307]

Really awesome vid thanks for the content

[@IMPACTFX]

I know this is an old video, but in alot of blend videos no one talks about the process of how they sanded the car in preparation of a blend, where to sand 800-1000 vs 400-600 in order for base coverage vs clear blend. What was your process here?

[@Michigunner]

If your not painting for coverage(repaired area) 800 everywhere else. 400/600 your primed areas for finish sanding

[@JeffTso]

nice work, iwata is my personal favorite guns also over other brands too!! I noticed you moved your gun pretty quick when spraying the base coats. is it just the way how ppl suppose to spray 90 line or just your way doing the job? ive never sprayed 90 line before. still on 55 line.

[@MrFireman164]

Very nice !

[@kentma7516]

no explanation on the steps needs more details on how to do the blend what you mix in, giving model numbers won't trigger any info, rather confuses. just my 2 cents, if this was for pros and not for new guys, then it would be awesome to mention that from the get-go. thx

[@paintbykevin886]

Why is the whole back of the car not covered

[@Refinishnetwork]

Spray mask

[@Jalvarez2]

Does anyone know what color is the base coat before the 2 pearl coat? Is it a satin white or a pearl/beige white?

[@jake90770]

Nice job!

[@deniszemcov]

exellent job man

[@eversilva6255]

Thanks I love you work

[@MrWenxie]

nice video.. good work man,

[@MD-ww7uh]

What size tip are you using for the ws400? Also what psi do you spray at the wall Great Video!

[@Refinishnetwork]

Michael DeFrancesco The wall is usually between 50-80, the pressure drops depending on the length of the hose so I regulate it at the base of the gun around 27-28 psi.

[@MD-ww7uh]

Not to change the subject. I have a Sata Jet 4000 RP with 1.4 tip digital. What psi should I be spraying at with that gun.

[@Refinishnetwork]

29 psi at the inlet I am fairly certain is what my Sata rep recommended for that gun but I may be confusing it with the HVLP. I don't have much experience yet with that gun although I do have one with a 1.2. I'm sure a Sata painter will be along to tell us.

[@michaelbodea]

Refinish Network Depending on what color you are painting and your set up, and The Rp .. you can run it as low as 22 and high as 26. I stick at 22, comes out nice and especially with metallics lays out nice

[@frankiej.5581]

nice job man hey do you collapse the pps liner or no

[@alexhudson688]

I have been fighting shadows on PPG pearl white 839 spraying Acura NSX. Have you had any experience with this color? I also use a wet bed. It's not really noticeable until the cars are taken outdoors. Suggestions?

[@muhammmedayazur989]

I am working in Dubai as painter but 070parel not maching can you give me some tips

[@mikefigueroa5162]

How would one repair small rock chips in a 3 stage white pearl without having to do an entire panel? Can it be done? Any info would really help!

[@cardiel4]

You will need to do the entire panel.

[@AnteUp34]

Go Justin! Great video!

[@raymondredilla7204]

Nice way to spray hoods start from side work to center center to side. Rays repair

[@angelcaban2387]

Awsome channel

[@respectboss1208]

Wow

[@mudayahmed]

how many minutes to wait between coats?

[@Ryan_1997]

when painting metallic pearl white, what would be best primer to use? black or a really light gray?

[@MK-rb5lp]

Use a light gray or almost white. Will make your spraying easier and save on materials. Make sure to do a 50 percent overlap on each spray pattern and do 2 coats

[@rajeshbeechookrajesh3922]

What spray gun is best to work n..won to buy one ..nn

[@TheKutmastakurt1]

Hopefully this will work for a turquoise base pearl try coat.

[@brandinbrown4445]

Any luck?

[@CaptainKaos755]

What about adhesion promoter before the sealer was applied

[@goudste]

Raw plastic requires it. Primed plastics can use it but not required. Also Glasurit 90 has sealers with built in adhesion promoter.

[@spoolinperformance1]

My iwata ws400 full open has a big dead spot in the middle of the fan pattern. Do you close the fan tighter on yours ?

[@Refinishnetwork]

Philip Yeung I use mine wide open, no dead spot that I've noticed.

[@quocvbien]

likely your pressure is too high.

[@mardegan86]

i took some fender flares to a body shop to get painted, bodyshop owner said he needed the vin number to order right color, it is a pearl white, how ever it turned out slightly different than truck body. is that normal or it could be the body shop who missed some steps

[@mardegan86]

my bumpers are metal too but i looked at a plastic piece on the roof and youre right the color is different, plastic piece is exatly same color as my fenders turned out. thanks tho.

[@chadwickwicky67]

Whenever a part is painted separately without being able to use the exact batch of paint that the vehicle was painted with (even then it’s possible to look dofferent) all you can do is hope it’s not a readily noticeable difference. There’s too many variables that can make a color look different. Doing spray outs like demonstrated in this video and blending is how you get an exact panel to panel color match.

[@britman1856_]

thats very common on metallic or pearlescent paints. it can all depend on how many coats of metallic/pearlescent they did or how thick they sprayed it on. it can change the color

[@MrAsd5200]

gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood

[@uhklixzy]

how much would a paint job like this cost?

[@StainGraffiti]

+Tribal Seems like an insurance job, somewhere around 2500+ being a new car and tri-coat. Id say even more, depends on the shop also. Also I dont know if the car was in a collision or if it was keyed, etc. Collision job would be more. My shop did jobs like this all week, and they werent cheap

[@jairosimbeye609]

Hi

[@7sunsetmaro7]

Paints over black something on door @ 4:04

[@AppleBag1000]

i was looking for paint for my bumper and it is a multi stage pearl, i understand base coat and clear but this calls for a mid coat , what is that?, this is for a 2013 Hyundai Genesis: Casablanca White Pearl YW6, will a quart cover the bumper

[@nawlyns504]

your mid coat is the coat that contains the pearl. So it's your base color (first coat) then your pearl (mid-coat) and then your clear (third coat). It's called a Tri-coat

[@PatrickBateman969]

That does not look like the Nissan's pearl white

[@MrMagee78]

Can you paint right over that black primer on bumper? I thought u could not?

[@Refinishnetwork]

MrMagee78 You have to solvent test it first, if they used a decent primer you can topcoat it directly but most of the time they don't.

[@JoBar12006]

Refinish Network im new into the industry straight outta autobody school, how do you solvent test e-coat?

[@padayaomitch]

Joel Bargas wax and grease remover