Yea. This wasn't too expensive. It was $215 for paint, primer, reducer, activator and all the other stuff needed. And I bought enough paint to do 3 skis and have extra left over. As far as experience, this is my fist time painting with a spray gun like this. Honestly it was really easy. Just had to make sure everything was dust free, and the gun was set correctly. I was worried about getting orange peel, but I didn't. I'm very happy with how it turned out.
98' RN Restoration
- Thread starter Kyle Chandler
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Yeah single stage is not hard and turns out well. How big of an air compressor do you use?
It's a 20 gallon, 6.3 cfm @ 40 psi.
I was worried it wouldn't be enough, but it worked fine. My spray guns recommend 10 cfm or something like that. But it didn't seem to matter.
I was worried it wouldn't be enough, but it worked fine. My spray guns recommend 10 cfm or something like that. But it didn't seem to matter.
Just wondering because I only have experience with it with a giant industrial compressor. 20 gal isn't that big, did you go slow on purpose?
Not really. I don't think I could've really gone any faster. I think it worked so good just because you're not spraying huge panels at a time. Just small little sections of the jetski.
Nice well it looks really good, I don't think you can go wrong with white. Are you gonna put any graphics on it?
Thanks. I'm gonna get it all put together, then see how it looks. See if it needs graphics or not. I usually am not a big graphics fan but we'll see. I always peel most of the graphics off my dirt bikes.
Big Kahuna
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- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
I found doing about 2 light coats until fully covered. The a slow wet coat for the final. Used the same paint. Very durable. Uh, why do you have a Sea-Doo top deck?
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Good to hear it's durable! The other half is outside on a trailer. It's one of those big seadoos with suspension. Just another project I got for a good price. Lol
Got the exhaust figured out. I ended up cutting down a blaster long hose. Also rebuilt my midshaft.
Working on the carbs now. Gonna have to try and find a throttle shaft and butterfly for one of them. Throttle shaft is stripped out and butterfly is messed up.
- Location
- Winter Park
Working on the carbs now. Gonna have to try and find a throttle shaft and butterfly for one of them. Throttle shaft is stripped out and butterfly is messed up.
38mm? You got extra parts laying around? Might be easier to just replace the carb. Either way hit up JetManiac, he's got parts for dayssss
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Its a 44. Im going with dual 44's. I pm'd him. I dont know if he has just the shaft and butterfly though. I don't need an entire throttle shaft rebuild kit.
The440Dude
I'm broke
- Location
- Hudson WI
I'm looking forward to get a review on that motor set up. Too bad I'm running a 61x/61x so i doubt stroking it is logical.
Yep. Definitely will write a review when I get it all done. Im coming from a full 61x and a pipe so we'll see how it compares to that.
- Location
- Winter Park
How many coats of paint did you lay? And did you happen to cover with a clear coat? I changed my mind I'm going with SS now...
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I did 3 coats. 2 medium coats and then a bit heavier coat for the final one. I didn't do any clear. I'm super happy with the shine and how it turned out. I think you will be happy with a urethane SS. Before I painted I sanded the primer with 400 grit by hand, then wiped it all down with tack cloth until the cloth would show clean after a swipe.
- Location
- Winter Park
Good to know, and you obviously didn't have issue with runs or orange peel. Do you remember your gun settings? I use Nason as well
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Nope no runs or orange peel. I'm using a devilbiss starting line hvlp. 1.3 needle, around 22-25 psi inlet pressure, wide open on the fluid adjustment. To set the fan/spray width I tested on a sheet of paper before spraying. Set it for about 7" wide. Nice long looking oval.
- Location
- Winter Park
