Flow Coat VL Body

[@robertspicer3716]

I've been a painter's painter for 35 years. Own a painting company that does high end residential new construction and industrial as well. Painted everything from stamping presses to cabinets and furniture. My favorite is autobody been doing that for fun since I was a teen. Love your videos. I've picked up all sorts of nice tips from your videos Thanks Mate!!!

[@jamesgreen9954]

Hey Gunman,I like the new style of the way you did this vid.It's kind of the best of both channels mixed,you explain what your doing and just jam some tunes and let us watch you laying that clear on showing your mad skills as a painter.I hope I have the same success later this upcoming week doing the same thing,we've had several cool days of rain with high humidity so I'm waiting until we get back to 75 to 80 degrees,sunny and low humidity.I seem to be able to get a better finish off the gun in those conditions.Thanks for answering all my questions this past month it's helped me out alot.You the man,the Gunman that is.Keep up the good work mate.

[@jimmyers2543]

A beautiful example of top line professional work. A class a job

[@lawncuttingplusdelta]

U da man, gun man! I love seeing u stoked about doing your own car...... Perfect example of practical and right at same time !!! Keep up the vids ... Your friend paul from Canada, inspired and I'm learning !!

[@rupertpatience8893]

Am going to try it on mine when I get the time to paint it. Looking great 👍

[@terryusher242]

Thanks Gunman, your videos are fantastic, I am an enthusiast in Melbourne almost ready to paint my own 72 Mach 1 Mustang in Silver, you tips will help me get a better job, I have pages of notes from your videos and now feel more comfortable to get the job done. Best videos on You Tube by Far.

[@Iswhatitisssss]

How did you go ?

[@JBIRD575]

Great video glad you hung in there bro to help us out!!!

[@randalphrhule8805]

Hey you are doing an amazing work and your making a lot of sense because I appreciate what you're doing

[@davidweston9115]

NIce to see how he appreciates at the end. I heard some real emotion in his words, and very conspicuously absent was the use of the word "yeah" peppered in dozens of places for no reason. Just Oh, and a minute of silence, and there you have it. Well done Gunny nice to see a bit of real emotion. Have heard pro and con about flow coating but this one made me decide to do it on mine.

[@MarceloSantos-ld5ho]

straight from Brazil, São Paulo seeing your videos, and learning from them.

[@raypencosky8296]

Diamond! Beautiful finish. Well worth the extra time & materials!

[@arnierock9558]

Incredible quality one of the best in the trade my friend

[@malone6t6]

you have mastered your trade for sure ! Well done !!

[@jaxturner7288]

Love yer videos, i enjoy doing body and paint on my own projects but it's awesome to see someone that really knows what he's doing.

[@closerthanabrother9703]

Man I sure appreciate your videos bro!! Great stuff and God bless you 👍

[@wicks154]

i had my ute sprayed earlier this year i picked on a few things over the last few months the painter is willing to fix. After seeing this ill be paying him to flowcoat it too. awesome work man. 👌

[@robertgomez7229]

To the gunman u r very talented and knowledgeable good qualities for a good painter and yur videos r apreciated thanks!

[@masturavince]

On the final coat,you were lovin it....

[@boomn247]

Awesome work as always gunman the music makes it during longer paint vids as it shows ur skills

[@SprayWayCustoms]

Nice work Gunman!!!!!!

[@Robert5540]

Excellent video and fantastic job. I have a Countach that I have been restoring myself and I will also be paint the car as well. I have painted many cars before but I haven't flow coated so.... I will be attempting this on my Lambo. Wish me luck.

[@boujeePerformance]

mustve watched this vl series 10 times since you uploaded them gunny smashed it out so quick and nailed it

[@deanofromdownunderrandomsh898]

I like the new style Gunny, as long as you say where to skip to, which is a great idea. I'd like to see you airbrush a little moped bike or pinstripe it just for something different.

[@normanmendonca2834]

Another quality finish. Thanks gunman. Regards from Gippsland. Merry Christmas to you.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Merry Christmas mate, thanks.

[@sacooper802]

wish me luck i shoot my first flow coat tomorrow, went to 880 grit wet, that is the nicest shoot of clear ive ever seen..great video. thanks for the inspiration and tips. a 10% thinner perhaps and heat with hot water to 100f, substrate 70f, got it

[@sajh4280]

Beautiful job. I'd be very proud to have a job like that on my car 👍

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Cheers mate ✌️ I'm looking forward to doing this to my Mercedes one day 😃

[@Smoovindecat]

Thanks for all your efforts dude! Amazing finish ! Ive been doing this 20 years and it’s great to hear you learnt the same gun technique as me ! Wind it right out:/ until that guy gave you a few tips! Now you’ve passed them on to me! Im gonna try it tomorrow! 2.5 turns ! Last time I sprayed some max Meyer clear it looked a bit too thick🤣👌🏾 just getting used to my new GTI PRO LITE too. Been using truck guns forever:/ The tips are epic! Thanks! Keep it up!

[@hacke12345]

thats perfection in my view! sick paint excellent work body!!

[@allnatural7749]

Absolutely awesome!!! Job well done!!!!

[@rinsepiddle]

What a finish man looks awesome

[@jrmathes6567]

Amazing finish mate well done

[@tabbott429]

Great video. I'm getting ready to do this on a couple panels on 58 chevy belair. Now I may do the whole car!

[@canadianmarauder1923]

OMG I was blown away how slow you were going on the roof. I’m gonna hafta to learn to slow down

[@omg1994ful]

That's an amazing finish 👌👌

[@arianamariefernandez1302]

I love the gun show man!!Cool..

[@MrAjfish]

Just beautiful work.

[@vtecpowergt]

i love how you say f#cking amazing you can tell how proud of it you are and so you should be I was in the trade spraying for almost 13 yrs and I am sorry to say never had a job turn out like that much respect to you any chance of a video to show the paint booth filtration and vents if possible before you leave the shop behind you good work.

[@vwdarrin]

looks Bad Ass , that is why you are the gun man

[@fuzzy5101]

Real nice finish!! The gun man!!

[@gregorysanford1610]

Great job

[@duniet]

Wow great work yet again, I just painted my old Cadillac in my garage, couldn’t have done it without all the videos you upload, thanks all the way from Denmark. Btw your wet flors I imagine is to keep the dust down, but can you turn on heat in the booth with all that water on the floor?? Best regards, and thanks yet again 🙏🏻

[@MrChuckynator]

Shit man that was a mean as effort this is like the third time watching this vid of yours just love it, real inspiration to amateurs like me. Practicing on a couple old cars myself before getting into resparaying my FG wish me luck Gunny

[@TheGunmanChannel]

I will wish you luck but this trade it's 90% experience, 9% tools and equipment and 1% luck. 🤘

[@MrChuckynator]

@@TheGunmanChannel Thanks mate, I might need more luck than most as I do my spray painting in my driveway as have no garage, hangin out for summer!

[@excavator31]

I made a shelter from roofing batoning and painters dust sheets, otherwise you're gonna get loads of bits in it for sure.

[@DarrenBoxhall]

Hi mate, I have something to say about this. I have noticed that doing a flow coat, finishing in 800 is a must. I have seen what different grades do with my own eyes. I fliw coated a Bonne, had it all wizzed in 800 with a soft Pad, messed around doing something else, then came back to it and noticed a bit of a spot with some orange Peel, grabbed the wizz and gave it a quick buzz,had a look and I had buzzed it with 500 accidentally. I said "she'll be right" cleared it, and in the Sun, you could actually see the little area I hit with the 500 was actually slightly cloudy compared with the rest that was sanded in 800. I would love to see you wizz a bonnet in 800 then mask half of it and then wizz with 500 then flow coat it and then compare it in the sun

[@sociopathicnarcissist8810]

How long after the original paint job is complete can a flow coat be applied? I understand (perhaps incorrectly) that there is a time limit on applying a further clear (flow coat) over the original paint job.

[@TheDoug9901]

Add a taste of reducer to the clear it will flow out nice. Damn straight high-end clear all the way I still use Montana or upol inside doors and under hoods.

[@larrysullivan6536]

Brilliant he is so good and well explained love it

[@mcats8]

The nicest, deepest finishes are the one's that are flow coated

[@ryanwooster4477]

your videos are great learning lots and your music in long parts are fine.where is your paint shop?

[@rubenshartman]

Outstanding performance bro

[@lutra7670]

Hey Gunny. What is the best temperature Celsius to heat the clear in cold conditions ? Thanks

[@TheGunmanChannel]

I find 30c to be perfect. No need to go any higher.

[@lutra7670]

Thank you gunny. All those little hints hiding in your videos make me Look them more than one time. Keep up the good work and big greets from Germany where we have -10 Celsius at the moment ☃️

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@lutra7670 wow now that's cold!! Thanks for watching and stay warm.

[@mr.themac9956]

Never heard of a booth that will give u a 100% dust free environment it sure helps but I’ve even seen dust on brand new cars coming fresh off the line.

[@kristievanthul7086]

So sweet,impressive

[@bencrosbie6003]

Love that second coat. Plow it on!

[@pktillidie]

I love the iwata supernova evo. It's a guy on KZbin who paint's exotic cars with one and he loves it so much he got it tattooed on his arm. You should try one.

[@johnwest5523]

Do you ever mix up the clear coats? Like the clear on the base being different from the flow coat clear?

[@fatherboardcomputers2212]

ok a technical question i can not find and I do not want to ask my ppg rep. do I have to staty brand specific for base and clear? I see so many jobs pealing and drying out that have been repainted.

[@joes1953]

Man I bet you wrap a good Christmas present.. I need to work on my masking neatness

[@TheGunmanChannel]

+Joe S 😂😂

[@michelgarcia7111]

Gracias maestro

[@TheGunmanChannel]

:-)

[@SP330Y]

@The Gunman Will you flat down and buff up any of the flow coat you did or just leave it as is,what will you do for the little bits in it,just flat those areas off and buff just those? Excellent killer wet look shine to it

[@setthehook4me]

I have a vinyl backed DA, and was wondering if there is a soft interface pad that attaches to that. Please let me know where to purchase one.

[@dimensiondali]

Fucking beautiful man, congrats on your finish. So happy to have found your vids, they taught me a lot. Thank you!

[@xjs2]

can you pls tell me in details what is heyding the clear out is?

[@GaryRubino]

That looks beautiful!

[@craigarcher7034]

Hey mate what temp is the car at when you start painting and does it impact on heating your clear up

[@moonwolf3624]

Great job!! Luv the channel

[@Demondal]

When doing the flow coat. How easy is it to accidentally put a paint run in as the gun moves very slowly across the panel. Awesome finish.

[@killadelphia215]

What is the difference between a flow coat and control coat?

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Flow coat is where we apply the colour followed by 2 coats of clear, then allow it to dry, sand it and re-clear it, it gives immense depth and gloss to the colour. A control coat is the last coat of colour we apply on a metallic colour before clear goes on, lower pressure to 20psi or below and the colour should land nice and even without any mottling or uneven colour dispersion.

[@killadelphia215]

The Gunman thank you so much for the reply. So lowering the PSI is the secret for laying down silver without mottling?? No wonder I have such a hard time with metallic.. I would turn up the pressure and give a dust coat.. but still got cloudiness and mottling..

[@TheGunmanChannel]

@@killadelphia215 I've found these days yes, lowering the pressure on last coat helps a lot. I must admit I used to up the pressure for the last coat but it also worked so really I just recommend trying a few different methods and seeing which works best for you. But for me the key is even application, high or low pressure as long as you're spraying each pass at the same speed and distance you're usually pretty good.

[@Scottie20998]

gunman do reviews of sandpaper and the sandpaper that you use!

[@seasonedtoker]

those are some excellent masking skills! to me masking an object is more dreadful than sanding it by hand. I just get completely nervous when I cannot follow the edge equally from start to finish.

[@robertgomez7229]

Why is 600 used instead of 800 isnt there a chance of scratches showing?

[@racediagnostics]

Hi GM, great results again, I plan to have a go at this. Can you say what sandpaper you use, I have found that when I dry sand clear with a DA and fine paper I get corns forming which end up putting in course scratches so I reverted to wet sanding. So maybe I need to change my paper.

[@alandawson8665]

just like to ask if I wanted to color sand and buff how many coats of hs clear would I need to apply I would like to 1200 1500 and finish with 2000 car is all ready painted and cleared need to repair some small defects thanks mate

[@partisanguerrilla3167]

Marvelous! Good tunes btw. Do you pay much attention to how clean the outside of your air hose is? That certainly can drop dusty things on your job if not.

[@jcchapman7383]

Man I'm not spraying base coat clear coat, I am spraying the spray wrap, Proline and Autoflex express, u think I can achieve that finish, what gun settings again, amazing stuff

[@tonypooi9017]

Class work bro

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Thanks mate 🤙

[@tonypooi9017]

To easy lad ive watched your videos for years im floor layer by trade. And i start tomorrow first day in the shop 1 year spay painting tomorrow im rapped

[@mathiashennig3278]

Yeah thats really nice! I see you skipped the front window pillar, is it for avoiding an edge against the inside?

[@danawick9817]

you did the same to the doors ?? awesome job bud

[@emiliakoupov3211]

Hello Gunman, do you know if i can do this over single stage white paint?

[@darrenbaker3895]

How do you warm up the clear ??

[@raybraud2947]

Is this something that is a good idea on a brand new gun metal grey car?

[@andreypostnik4163]

as thiner added to paint?

[@paweldeptula284]

What the latest time I can put flow coat on my fairings, for example I left my final clear Wednesday? Thanks in advance for any advice

[@oldschool823]

hi gunman. will too much clear dull the paint? thanks. wow smooth wet coat. nice work.

[@brianvincentgrech]

Thanks for Upload.Hi from Malta alot of Maltese downunder. Cheers

[@Riffnugget]

Great walkthrough, thankyou for the time you spent to make this video. One question though, if the 1st coat sat so nice and flat then why did you put on a 2nd coat?

[@ARIASPHIL123]

Hi gunman do you has to use type clear. From original spray and flow coat

[@danielsumpter5441]

wow awesome brother

[@dogbone1677]

So stupid question but what is a flow coat is it just clear over sanded clear. Looks mint

[@TheGunmanChannel]

+RobloxBoy,TheGamerTuberandMore/The pals 2 yes that's it, it gives extra depth gloss and shine 👌

[@dogbone1677]

The Gunman cheers mate appreciate you getting back to me

[@damianramdass3886]

Love how you explain step by step along the way , wonderfull job thanks man 👍👍

[@stevejanka361]

Enjoy your videos. How do you heat the clear that you spoke of?

[@adamg133]

Great job man looks bloody mint! Love watching your vids mate and always have good advice. Got any videos on dealing with clear coat with that orange peel effect in it?

[@farukkarabag2251]

hi gunman How many micrometers of sandpaper you use

[@ARIASPHIL123]

Can you use different clear coat to flow coat

[@TheGunmanChannel]

You definitely can, I did exactly that in this video

[@ARIASPHIL123]

Thank you for replying. All your videos are excellent tutorials b

[@JBIRD575]

Does plastic cause static?? Is paper better???

[@MichaelRogersJesusrules]

awesome

[@Jahrome3278]

Bruv could you let us know what's your gun settings please... 🙂

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Full fan full fluid and 30 psi generally, adjust as necessary

[@Jahrome3278]

@@TheGunmanChannel thanks bruv ! 👍🏽 Your a Legend...

[@canadianpainter8344]

Hi Gunny. What air cap did you use? Thanks

[@KM-uw4ez]

Question: I sprayed my clear over a base coat with pearl in it. It sagged in a few places. I color sanded and buffed it out, but even though the sags are "gone" , you can still see the sags from certain angles. I'm guessing because the density of the clear in those areas is different so the pearl refracts the light differently. In your opinion, would flow coating fix this or do I need to totally recolor and clear? Thanks for the video! was extremely informative.

[@troychambliss9861]

what's the finest grit sandpaper paper you can use to flow coat over

[@TheGunmanChannel]

+troy chambliss I wouldn't bother going finer than 1,200 grit

[@MrFireman164]

Very nice !!

[@tomharrell1954]

How has SAND PAPER improved so wet sanding is no longer necessary?

[@TheGunmanChannel]

From what I know the old paper used to get clogged up very quickly when dry sanding, I guess a big part of it is that the 2K paints don't clog as much as the old acrylics did so that's probably more a factor than the paper itself.

[@tomharrell1954]

The Gunman Thanks Aussy much appreciate. Like you very. Much. Learning everything. I could. Not understand you at first the Aussy accent. Ha ha After listening closely for a little bit I picked it up no problem. Much appreciate your video work. You're a great mate. Your answer sounds right and makes sense. The clogging is why I go to the water. I use a trickle from a hose. Works well but I'd definitely a pain in the butt.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Thomas D Harrell No worries mate, what country are you from out of interest, I am thinking of having my videos translated into a few languages (English included) so more people can benefit, is English your first language and is it just the accent you struggled with or is it English also?

[@tomharrell1954]

The Gunman No mate I did not explain well. English is my native language, but I am from the "south." The "south" is a part of the USA that tried succeed from the Union. The Civil war or War Between the States ensued. This ancient history is relevant because the Rebels from spoke English but in a quite different dialect than the Yanks from The North. So my English is so different from yours it took several videos to acquire your version of English. No worries mate well worth the effort for all the education. I like the Aussies, they seem laid back but able to get things done too. We are similar and different too. Your freedom is good like ours but I like our gun laws better.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Thomas D Harrell I must admit I think you guys will be in a better position when shit hits the fan, at least you guys have ways and means to protect yourself. I see what's going on in Europe and they need guns to protect themselves from the Islamic invasion.