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While waiting for the high build primer to dry, we finished the prep on the rear tire well and rear floor area. Dedicated masking to spray the basecoat and satin clear coat.
Finally some base coat / clear coat progress. I picked up the Glasurit POR 936 basecoat today. The jambs had already been prep'd and sanded. More detail masking as the driver jamb is only a partial jamb to keep the VIN sticker, etc.. Final sanding was with 600 grit cloth. Base coat was first applied with a semi dry coat, then two wet coats with a full flash in between. It was 93 degrees and even then, it took over 20 min for a full matte finish. Then two coats of clear coat. Did both door jambs the rear hatch jamb and the hood jamb. This took less than 1/2 pint of base coat.
Very pleased how smoothly and consistently it went down, without the splotchiness or modelling. This provides some small confidence to proceed and do this on much larger scale in a few weeks.
I used Glasurit 90-line daily for a few years, in very high volumes. Not sure how much base coat I used.. But if it gives you any indication, I used enough of it to burn through 10 liters of 923 series clear coats, so 15 liters of sprayable clear coat application WEEKLY.
You will be at a big advantage by using 90-line versus a solventborne product as 90-line has a wide margin for error. It is as dummy proof as painting metallics gets. If this is truly your first complete respray, you have made a wise choice.
When I used it there were two different "reducers". Our shop defaulted to the slowest of the two for every job no matter its size. 93-E3 was the number IIRC.
We all had the best results by spraying an even light "drop coat" on our final pass. The metallic control was phenomenal, but this technique virtually guaranteed a flawless surface for clear coat application. Our horizontal surfaces looked every bit as perfect as our verticals. When you paint the hood underside, observe the evenness of the metallics after flash off during your coverage coats. You might not notice any unevenness. But, if you have any doubt, try the drop coat. Take what you've learned with you to the exterior panels.
As you cut in more parts of the car and gain familiarity, you will get the confidence you need to take on the exterior surfaces and achieve your desired results.
The high build primer went on on Aug. 4th and 5th. The plan all along was to wait the full four weeks for the primer to completely cure and stabilize before block sanding. It's September 5th and the full crew showed up last night to start the final block sanding.
We burned through on a few areas on the PS door and front fender after blocking with 320 grit using the long block. Today it got a thin additional coat of high build What a beautiful shape for a front fender. The noodle pool float was used again with 320 to shape the concave curve above the wheel arch. 320 grit then 400 using the 3M powder guide coat in between.
Good session last night, always cool to be steep on the learning curve of something new. I learned enough about sanding to appreciate that I don't know S*** about sanding.
The Ultimate (next step) in Hyper-authentic Porsche Repaints
For 01117 we want the most authentic Porsche repaint possible. Not just the correct OEM materials & Processes, but something truly Porsche. More 'Porsche' than the most ardent aircooled owner could ever image.
In a word, we wanted real Porsche DNA in this paint job, as ‘the next level’ in Porsche restorations
Getting Porsche DNA as you can image into your paint is not easy. It involves getting a DNA sample from a Porsche family member. For 01117 we shot high –hoping that some remains of Dr. Ferry Porsche might be available in the marketplace for celebrity memorabilia.
If successful we would get some of Dr. Ferry Porsche’s hair, chop it up into a fine powder and blend it in to the basecoat Silver before spraying.
Don’t worry, we didn’t want anything tawdry or tacky -figuring the Catholic church has been successfully displaying pieces of human remains for centuries with their 9th century Piece-O-Saint program.
The search was 'on' and what a sub-culture we discovered!
First discovery is that this sort of item is not available on the open market and legally frowned upon in most developed countries. To succeed we would have to go on to the dark web.
Yes. That dark web.
For the uninitiated this is how the dark web is organized. Once we got our double encrypted password we were 'in' shopping in the darkest corners of in this whole new world........crypto-retail.
The Ultimate (next step) in Hyper-authentic Porsche Repaints (Cont.)
Wow, there certainly is a lot to items available on the darkweb. We found the following items for sale:
-Marilyn Monroe Hair Sample $331,323.00
-Justin Bieber Hair Sample $40,668.00
-Mick Jaeger’s toe nail clipping $3,349.00
-‘Mini Me’ nasal mucus $49.00
-0.02 oz Elvis Presley’s forehead sweat $6,335.00
After researching over 200 products we made a decision to keep this purchase classy by avoiding the purchase of any human reproductive items, bottled celebrity flatulence, toe nail clippings, and celebrity sweat gland samples.
Watch This Space! We've ordered 4 grams of authenticated Dr. Ferry Porsche hair. Hoping it arrives before we spray base and clear this weekend!
You guys have certainly hit rock-bottom, or top! However...
Curiously, I found DNA hair samples in my #6 928 which match Helmut Flegel... but more curiously also match Rob Edwards!?
After all that sanding, are we really going to sprinkle pubes in the base coat? Seems like they would show.
Pubes?! My good man, this is a classy operation we are running here.. I have been assured by Herr Nebo's grandson that all hair samples are from the head.
The plan is to chop all the hair into a very fine powder -slightly smaller than an individual metallic flake. Small enough to pass thru the Glasurit specified 1.3 nozzle.
You guys have certainly hit rock-bottom, or top! However...
Curiously, I found DNA hair samples in my #6 928 which match Helmut Flegel... but more curiously also match Rob Edwards!?
I think Herr Flegel is frowning in this picture because the spiffy new Porsche jacket he was just given is two sizes too large........
08-30-2019, 01:18 AM
Jambs and rear tire well
. Look forward to the unveiling at Sharktoberfest ? T
