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Anzafin's "SPRING RENOVATION 2010" - Part 4

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Old 04-18-2010, 11:35 AM
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Things go on as I painted the quad exhaust tips today .

The process was the same as last year with my OEM tips, except that now I used a different paint that didn't need warming after painting.
Last time I used a heat resistant paint that tolerates up to 600°C temperatures, but now I satisified to go with a paint that tolerates "only" 400°C, but I believe that's enough for tips.

So, it was:
1) Sand 120 --> 400 --> 800
2) Cleaning with turpentine
3) covering areas that didn't need any paint
4) Painting: 4 thin layers with few mins between them --> 30min drying -->4 thin layers again --> 30min drying --> 5 thin layers


Here are some pics of the process.

"Foxy, foxy..."


One sanded, the other one to go:


Both sanded and covered for painting:


My little paintshop :


Afters:






I had to tease myself a bit :






At least Eric was impressed...

What do you think?

- Antti -

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Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 1
Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 2
Anzafin's "Spring Renovation 2010" - Part 3
Old 04-18-2010, 11:46 AM
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Nice !!!
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Looks great man!! The coat is so even!

Nice paint booth!! Wasn't Eric there to inspect your work??
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Originally Posted by Krozi
Looks great man!! The coat is so even!

Nice paint booth!! Wasn't Eric there to inspect your work??
Thanks man!

Eric has been suffering a very bad hangover all day!
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Originally Posted by Anzafin
Thanks man!

Eric has been suffering a very bad hangover all day!
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AWESOME!!!
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As usual, an outstanding job Antti.
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Nice work. Can't wait to see these on the car.
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That paint looks flawless, Antti. Nice work.


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