DIY clear coat spot blending step by step tutorial. LVLP mobile set up

spot blender by spray max
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clear coat AmTech product of ProSpray
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Base blender/wet bed
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Compound
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3M machine polish
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Presta Fast Wax
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Prospray spot blender aerosol can
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[@OldBondoBilly]

Hand polish the blend and send. Nuthin’ to it the way we do it. If your blender leaves it invisible, it’s a true blender and it won’t fail😉😉

[@thetriggerman954]

That's right Billy I see too many guys wet sanding and polishing a blend I'm like wtf 😳

[@hidesertdave6166]

That was smooth Trigger Man. Great Job

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you Dave 🤗

[@bosshawg7427]

STRAIGHT SKILLZ! Brought that bumper back to life. Keep bringing them tips Trigger! 💪🏾

[@thetriggerman954]

Yes Sirr BossHawg you already know 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@IEatMedia]

Good job! I've always wondered how this is done. Thanks for making this video Trigg! 🙏🏾

[@thetriggerman954]

You got it man. Glad it helped 🤙🏽

[@UndergroundPaintKing]

Another great video Triggerman 💯

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you Champ 🏆 💯

[@nickross2423]

Been enjoying the tutorials man!! 👍

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you Nick. Glad you're enjoying 🫡

[@billl2431]

Very nice job Trig. that blend was on point

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you Bill 💪🏼

[@joewolf4483]

Great content ... valuable info ... I figured you were trying to hi-lite the compressor otherwise the intake was awful close to the intake ... great video Trigger ... as usual ...

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you Joe hopefully it helps some guys out there. Seems a lot of guys are having issues spotting in clear. 💪🏼

[@TheHumblePaintSprayer333]

Great video and great job man, this little tutorial this will help a lot of people Good to show you can get top results with minimal set up your a great teacher Your blend is top notch I sometimes over cook my blend I’m a bit inconsistent with my fade outs Have a blessed one ☝️ 👍🙏

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you man, hopefully it helps guys I get lots of comments from guys saying this is their most challenging part of painting. Pretty simple yet effective. That little bit of bite from the paste helps the blend last longer. Thank you for watching sir much appreciated 🫡

[@TheHumblePaintSprayer333]

@@thetriggerman954 Your video are great 👍, i never thought of using scuff paste on a rag I’m gonna try it, I normally heavy cut hand polish in the blend area and grey scotch it wet before it but I sometimes get a peel back in the scotch area, blending out has never been a strong point in my painting so thanks for sharing this man

[@thetriggerman954]

@@TheHumblePaintSprayer333 you got it my brother. Have a blessed weekend 😎❤️

[@davidharrison8397]

I don't know how I missed this....that turned out really good trigger.

[@thetriggerman954]

😎 c'mon David we can have you skipping days here 😂 sup bro thanks for watching 💪🏼

[@SawShotShared]

Trigga u the paint GOAT!

[@thetriggerman954]

😎🤙🏽 just doing my part to teach guys the trade. Thank you sir 🫡

[@SawShotShared]

@thetriggerman954 you're teaching a man how to fish bro, for real! I ain't never painted shit in my life b4 and now I'm out here doing my own rims, my bumpers, 2K on the headlights and all them goodies and saving a TON of money by doing it myself

[@thetriggerman954]

@@SawShotShared good shit my man. Saving that 💰💰💰💰💰

[@davidevans212]

Great work Sir!............. .💪🏽

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you David 🙌🏼💪🏼

[@srodgie]

Fantastic work, Trigger! Have a blessed day, Brother, Steve 😎🤙🙏

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you Steve you have a blessed weekend ❤️🙏🏼

[@lesliwells5433]

I HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT 👍🏿 DAY, THANKS FOR THE NEW VIDEO ❤

[@thetriggerman954]

You got it. Old video I filmed 3 months ago 😅🤷🏽‍♂️ see the old hat 🤠

[@trolllibtards2604]

Nice job.

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir 🫡

[@bradleyyounger8499]

Damn! Love that color. Thought it was black until I saw it in the light

[@thetriggerman954]

Has some nice looking pearl in there

[@mississippiwrenches295]

This is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 nice man I definitely need that scuff paste

[@thetriggerman954]

Yeah man I keep a tube of that shit around. This is how I was taught to do blends and it hasn't failed me yet. Gives it a little etch so less likely to peel off later. Thank you for watching my man. 💪🏼🫡

[@Snip59]

Nice work Trigger up to your best in the Lab yes indeed

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir. I try I try ❤️🙏🏼

[@Snip59]

Good to see how to blend from start to finish and the steps u must follow thank you so much from Sydney Phil.

[@thetriggerman954]

@@Snip59 you got it Phil 🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@Snip59]

@@thetriggerman954 So look forward to your clips helps me so much 👌

[@Snip59]

Trigger if u did not use the scuff paste could u use 1200 wet & Dry at all.

[@paulnewton943]

Looks great man. It looks like a hard colour to match too. I thought it was black inside, but turned out to be green in the sunlight.

[@thetriggerman954]

With blending any challenging color becomes easy 😉😅 thank you for watching 💪🏼

[@wrightsrrt871]

I just got out the surgery at 2 this evening and I couldn't wait to check out you and upk video as well! Dam prepers lol

[@thetriggerman954]

Dang man. Wishing you a speedy recovery my man 🙏🏼

[@wrightsrrt871]

@thetriggerman954 it's all good I just had 3 hernias but all good now can wait to heal an get back to painting!!

[@rockycaruso387]

It's the one and only Triggerman, Just got a chance to sit and watch your video.. Nice topic and great instructions.. Maybe you could explain in a video one day , how long after putting down your sealer, base and clear coat can you drive your car? There's lots of speculation out there.. Keep it solid 💯💪

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir 🫡 and I'm driving my car home the same day 😁 but I'll see if I can come up with something. It all depends on the material you use. They have speed clears out there that are 10 minutes. You can unmask that sucker and drive home in 30 minutes. But I'll try to cook up something. I'm back logged on videos This one was actually recorded 3 months ago. 😅

[@rockycaruso387]

@@thetriggerman954 Wow.. Didn't realize the time required. I'm sure in time you'll be able to put together another awesome informative video.. as the Triggerman does

[@leviscott8519]

Nice spot blend brother! I will have to pick up some spraymax blender. Have had the same issues with other blenders like UPOL #9. Its okay but can definitely react and funk up the blend edge on cooler days or if put on a bit too heavy. Thank you Trigger for another great video with REAL Solid advice!!

[@thetriggerman954]

You're more than welcome Levi glad you enjoyed. Let me know how you like it once you try it 😎🤙🏼

[@leviscott8519]

@@thetriggerman954 will do Trigger! I wish I had a can on me for this spot job I'm on at the moment. Will have to finesse some Upol #9 until I get some of that spaymax blender in. 😎👍

[@thetriggerman954]

@@leviscott8519 luckily you guy the skillz to make it happen captain 🫡

[@JohnWD40TC02]

Amazing job as always Trigger but the problem is you make it look so easy😅just goes to show that you don't need all this fancy gear to do a professional looking job👌great work young man👏🙏👍John UK

[@thetriggerman954]

Heyyy what up John thank you sir, and that's right you don't need all of that fancy shmancy stuff to get a professional job anyone can use this set up make make some money 💰😉 Thank you for watching John 🫡

[@JohnWD40TC02]

I don't think my little Merc SLK would be big enough to use as a smart repair vehicle🤔😜🤣 Have a good weekend Trigger🙏👍

[@thetriggerman954]

@@JohnWD40TC02 😁😁 thanks John you as well my man have a blessed one 😎

[@2koolforyou88]

Looks good even with a small setup 👌

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir, sometimes that's all it takes 💪🏼😎

[@aceinyourfacebcm259]

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!! Easy Money.

[@thetriggerman954]

Yes sir 🫡💪🏼💪🏼

[@aceinyourfacebcm259]

@@thetriggerman954 don’t for get to tell your lady ACEINYOURFACE says “HOW YOU DOING” 😂😂😂😂

[@davutyalcin-]

Nice job trigga ,came out very well

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir. 😎❤️💪🏼

[@clist9406]

Nice work , Great tips

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir 💪🏼🫡

[@lorettapiper]

Let's do it 😁😁😁

[@thetriggerman954]

My LooooLo ☺️

[@user-vj3wd3ge4l]

Damn man you do the best work.

[@thetriggerman954]

Awww shucks 🥰 thank you. I appreciate that

[@Stingyduce]

Nice blend! I do blends everyday I always back polish the blend area paint area 800, closer the the blend zone 3000 , my first coat of clear dose not go to the blend zone last coat goes the the blend zone , right after I spray my upol #9 blender I turn my air pressure down dry my blender I get no haze, no polish is needed

[@thetriggerman954]

Sounds like you got that thing down ✊🏼

[@joblo2299]

I wish that gun had a bigger fan.but its good for small jobs

[@thetriggerman954]

Can't have it all 😅😅 if it has a bigger fan then it would have a higher cfm. 2.2 CFM is basically a bicycle pump 🥳

[@joblo2299]

@@thetriggerman954 u ever tried that lph300?.

[@thetriggerman954]

@@joblo2299 I have a video coming shortly on that 😉

[@BLACKRAIN390]

What about the tape line, do you have to buff that area, great video

[@thetriggerman954]

No tape line left. That's why the tape is so far away. There's nothing to buff. But you an always hand polish it if you see any mist near the tape area. But shouldn't be anything especially if you're using a small gun or a gun with low overspray.

[@BLACKRAIN390]

@@thetriggerman954 bet, 👍🏿 thanks fam

[@gregoryjowers3629]

Looks like magic

[@thetriggerman954]

Abracadabra ✨🔮🪄🧝🏼‍♂️🧙🏼‍♂️

[@ptours99]

dammit trigger that was excellent

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir 🫡 glad you enjoyed 💪🏼

[@treysterthepainterturner8404]

U should try the Lph-300. It’s a bigger mini gun.

[@thetriggerman954]

Got a video on the way with it. 😉 Just wanted to get this here out of my system and plus I wanna see if this little compressor can run it with ease. 🫡💪🏼

[@treysterthepainterturner8404]

@@thetriggerman954 oooh ok bet bet. I have 2 LPH-300 guns. One for base and clear.

[@The88katana600]

looks great!

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir 🫡

[@davidray4655]

Great work triggerman. Is there a reason your carry your blending clear so far past the edge of the blend edge? Thank you sir

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir. That's just the way I learned and and have done it for the past 28 years. Why is it normally done shorter? It's the only way I know how. And I never need to buff my blends so works pretty good for me. But I'm open to hear your opinion.

[@davidray4655]

@thetriggerman954 now that I've watched you, there's no other way but I've always just sprayed to disolve the edge and just a few inches past. I've only done a few cause I'm afraid the texas sun is going to bake it off and someone going to come looking for me, lol

[@thetriggerman954]

@@davidray4655 🫣😄😄😄 that's all of our fear

[@OldBondoBilly]

Pepper didn’t listen? Nuh-uh!..😂😂

[@andrewybarra2304]

Bondo!

[@thetriggerman954]

Got damn preppers 🫠

[@luxe-kustoms]

I hear the voice now " Trigger, No water seperator, No Paint suite, No Gloves...Trigger Whats wrong with you? UNSUBSCRIBE !" HAHAHA LOVE IT MAN!!.. Again killer work, like ALWAYS!

[@thetriggerman954]

The Trigger Troll 🫣 he must have been taking a nap thanks Bama 🫡💪🏼

[@RickysmobilebodyworkinLaPuent]

🤩🤛

[@thetriggerman954]

💪🏼🫡

[@josesanchez4231]

Another great video. Quick question do you shoot your blender as soon as you are done with the clear or do u give the clear some time and then shoot your blender?

[@myblkz]

Looks great triggerman do you happen to know that color code I really like that color

[@thetriggerman954]

Thanks man. And no I didn't remember. I did this video 3 months ago lol see the old hat. I forgot I had it sitting. Sorry about that 😐

[@myblkz]

@@thetriggerman954 all good trigger thank you for videos and knowledge you drop

[@nickcrill7718]

I always like before I watch, immediately drop the video down to like it towards the end… then I have to like it again.. idk if KZbin can show you that much detail 😂 awl grip has a base coat and top coat blender. Will run like crazy but I have found if it doesn’t run into the fresh clear it evaporates and I can quickly 3000 it and buff it away. What brand of paint are you spraying again?

[@thetriggerman954]

Sanding and buffing your blends? 🫣🫣 Lol we use ProSpray at the shop. And no KZbin doesn't show all that lol if you like once then hit like again it takes the like away 😳😳😳😳

[@nickcrill7718]

@@thetriggerman954 only if I ran my blender just right.. I’ve messed it up though and just wiped it all off with thinner and restarted 😂 pro spray I don’t think I’ve heard of that brand. Oh ok lol I make sure I re-like the video but that every time. 😂

[@thetriggerman954]

@@nickcrill7718 😂😂

[@3rekoatskustoms929]

You say you used 800 to sand, Could you have used a maroon stuff pad, or would that be too ruff?

[@thetriggerman954]

Probably could. But it is pretty rough. I usually only use maroon pads on areas I plan to put heavy base coat. Just not the ideal method in my opinion. Maroon=base Gray=blend area

[@That_Red_Omni]

So I was just down in Honolulu and visited the Ferrari/Lamborghini/Masi dealer near Waikiki. Was walking around looking at the factory paint jobs. Tell me how you are laying better quality paint than factory super cars that cost $300,000+. For real, saw a Lotus with so much orange peel under the clear, it was ridiculous!

[@thetriggerman954]

Robots aren't so perfect aye 😅 looks like us technicians won't be being replaced by robots or AI anytime soon 😉🙏🏼

[@dandee28]

ive been following your advice you gave me man and no more runs the past two weeks. went through those crappy hiccups. adjusted all my guns to higher pressure and theyre laying down smoothly! Please make how to mask quickly video for collision work. I feel my prep and masking is taking up most of my time. I can only paint about 2-3 cars a day now and it should be higher for the type of repair it is. My black widow seems to give off alot of overspray. whats your pressure at with that and fan ?

[@thetriggerman954]

I'm trying to get a masking vid done. My pepper masks the cars. And she's fast as hell so I'm hoping she calls out sick or something so I can have the opportunity to mask something. She masks like 5 cars a day and nice size jobs too. But I'm trying to get something I have a lot of requests for that. And on the BW gun I'm at 28-30 psi full fan full fluid.

[@dandee28]

@thetriggerman954 thanks brotha hopefully you do. I suck at masking. Way too slow lol

[@richardblanke5521]

💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰

[@thetriggerman954]

👊🏼🫡

[@Gegsite]

3:16 just like myself... 😂

[@thetriggerman954]

😅😅 just as long as there is no thinner on there 🫣

[@justice5699]

Great work as always. In and out...Hey Trigger, I've always sprayed with solvent base, and I wanna start learning to spray waterborn base. All the shops around spray solvent as well. Or is it better just to stay with solvent base due to very hot and humid days. I really don't know how to work with waterborn and there's very little info on this. Maybe you can shoot a video on this subject. I only see painters just say it's waterborn and that's it. Thanks brother....

[@thetriggerman954]

They've you sir, man I haven't the slightest idea about waterborn paint. I left the dealership in 2010 and they were installing all of the fans to switch over to water, only thing I know are the few questions on my ASE Recertification tests. And it's only like 3 questions. And everyone that I personally know that sprays it says they like solvent base better. Sorry I'm no help on that one man. 🤷🏽‍♂️💪🏼

[@justice5699]

@@thetriggerman954 No problemo bro. I'll just stick to solvent man. I'm assuming one needs to have a special fancy booth with all the bells and whistles which I don't have lol. Hey Trigger, thanks for keeping it real, simple, and easy to learn from you man. I've been painting for over 20 years and still learning. I dropped airbrushing and jumped to car painting and stuck with that, love it. Take care bro and have a great weekend.

[@boostgaragebuilt1363]

Love the content bro! I’ve been painting for quite a while now but I’ve had so much trouble figuring out prices is there anyway you could point me into the right direction?!

[@thetriggerman954]

Thank you sir, prices vary on location. Might want to look into an estimating software The one I used is a bit expensive made by Mitchell but they have so many different types out there I will You just type in the job you're doing and it calculates it for you based on the rate you set. Or you can come up with your own method say like excluding materials if you charge $300 per panel etc...

[@boostgaragebuilt1363]

@@thetriggerman954 what about material wise ? I’m sure when you buy a gallon of clear you don’t charge that whole gallon to the job do you?

[@thetriggerman954]

@@boostgaragebuilt1363 materials you just want to come up with a figure and apply that to the size of the job. Say a fender,front door, rear door, quarter panel so that's a complete side. So let's say you charge $200 per panel for your labor. Now that's $800. And our material you could say $100 per panel so that's another $400 which is now a $1,200 job. Look at the job and see if that works for you if that seems a bit cheap adjust. Now let's say you charge $300 per panel Now you're at $1,200 in labor. Now add your $100 per panel in materials so that's another $400 Now you have a total of $1,600 for the complete side of a vehicle. Write everything down then look at different cars and see if it's worth it to you If it is then good If not then adjust. Then the more body work you have to do then you'll know to just tack on an extra from there.

[@boostgaragebuilt1363]

@@thetriggerman954 appreciate the help triggaman, I’ve tried asking so much painters the same thing and all they would tell me is charge what feels right but I don’t want to charge too much and have a customer walk and I don’t want to charge too little and not make enough for myself. Thank you again 🙏🏽

[@thetriggerman954]

@@boostgaragebuilt1363 Anytime and you're more than welcome. But looking to those estimating softwares even if you just tried it out for 30 days and it'll give you a good idea. 💪🏼

[@killadelphia215]

What’s good homie… is ur IG still active?

[@thetriggerman954]

Yo yo, Yes it is still active