1978 280Z

[oddmanout84]

Hello, new guy here.

I've been on a project for about 6-7 months now, restoring a '78 Datsun 280Z. So far I have almost everything done and its going to be painting time soon. I'll likely be using the hugger orange product, and I'm looking to purchase a paint gun soon (just have to decide what type; gravity fed, HVLP, etc) that I'll be running off my 33 gal compressor. Looking through this forum a few times has certainly eased some of my concerns over the quality of the paint, and the results that can be achieved. I've never done this sort of thing before, so it will be a crash course, not to say that I'm going about it without thinking. I've done some research.

My biggest question is this: How will the Paint Shop products hold up on a urethane airdam? Unlike fiberglass, this thing is flexible, and made of a rubber-like substance. I'm wondering how well the paint will stick (with primer, of course), and also how well will it hold up on a flexible surface such as this?

[oddmanout84]

Bah, looks like I just answered a few of my questions by looking a little further. I'll have to find a Sherwin Williams for this "flex agent". Still, any input would be appreciated.

I was also hoping that I would not have to reduce my car to bare metal before applying the PS paints, but its starting to look otherwise... :(

Here are a few pics, hope they show up.

First, before I got my hands dirty on the car. Used to be a metallic brown color, ick.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l276/meat164colgs/sprayedlicence2.jpg

And this is the most current picture of its current state, after the mad scientist (me) got to work.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l276/meat164colgs/Zproj015.jpg

I was going to wait until spring until I painted this, but with people here saying that its possible to paint at lower temps (30's-40's here now) I may just give it a shot sooner.

[Dupli-Color-Specialist]

Bah, looks like I just answered a few of my questions by looking a little further. I'll have to find a Sherwin Williams for this "flex agent". Still, any input would be appreciated.

I was also hoping that I would not have to reduce my car to bare metal before applying the PS paints, but its starting to look otherwise... :(

Here are a few pics, hope they show up.

First, before I got my hands dirty on the car. Used to be a metallic brown color, ick.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l276/meat164colgs/sprayedlicence2.jpg

And this is the most current picture of its current state, after the mad scientist (me) got to work.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l276/meat164colgs/Zproj015.jpg

I was going to wait until spring until I painted this, but with people here saying that its possible to paint at lower temps (30's-40's here now) I may just give it a shot sooner.

Odd man thanks for the post. Nice progress so far. I am going to suggest right off the bat to wait until the temps get to at least 60 degrees. The paint will not turn out as well as you would like if you apply it in these colder temps. Also try to paint on a day with low humidity when it is sunny out. You can wet the floow of the area down where you are painting to keep the dust down but that is about it. The paint will adhere to the urethane plastic but you will want to use our adhesion promoter CP199 first then the Paint Shop system using the flex agent in all steps. Just mix up a small portion of each step for the spoiler. I hope this helps.