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I guess the inflatable booth is invisible? Was expecting to see some sort of bouncy house thing. Guessing it didn't fit?

There are a lot of knowledgeable people in the comments already and I'm not a professional painter, but, when doing my own DIY paint job on a track bike I found fixing runs with masking tape to be very effective. Just lick the run with the tape and then do another coat. Feasible when it's not the final coat 😅

Another thing my paint instructor taught me was to drape my air hose over my shoulder. I'm right handed so the air hose would be behind me and draped over my left shoulder. This insures you never drag your hose in your paint I think you're doing a great job for self teaching yourself. I like guys that take the initiative to do things themselves Work on keeping your 6 ish inch gun distance and your spray speed more consistent. I think you're well on your way to being a proficient painter. Keep it up

8:09 what happened to using the inflatable paint booth? Did i miss something

Beautiful white, love it! Any idea what a little ticking noise from the engine would be when letting off the gas?

Dude change your fan angle

no lube on fasteners? looks like your trying to twist the rod when torquing bolts !! LOL!!

You did amazing!!! I agree, you did go too slow for the clear coat. You are always better off doing 7 thin coats then 3 thick. I did the exact same thing the first few times i painted 😅 for the roof i have found it best to do just around the pillars then do the center of the roof after. It can help fix that issue. A weird trick to clear coat is to use a semi gloss base and high gloss clear. You can also smooth and dull the paint and work with the reflection for laying clear. I opted for semi base then high gloss as i found it easier. Also makes the car look different depending on light.

Is there a difference between powder coating and using spray? Seems like both achieve the same results.

Bro… get bodevision to paint it for you… your first paint project is a seam project? 😂

20:47 this thing is gonna be sema bound in no time at all, just take your time and I will eventually stop commenting on you content. I just want the best for you and your build ….. and it’s gonna be amazing

19:00 sheeeeew I thought I was gonna be much worse according to the name of the video, just be careful with the blade when trying to get the runs out. You can sand with wet 1500 and it will take forever but you shouldn’t burn thru, and after that you can run over it with 2000 grit to follow up. After that you can use 2500 and 3000 on a d.a. with a soft interface pad and you will be golden.

12:08 shit….. I hope you re scotch brighted all the parts of the panel you are trying to recover….. 🙏other wise you are either gonna get solvent pop or the base and clear will not stick over time. Damnit I hope you get this figured out before the spot I am at on this video. Best of luck tanner

Sooooo sick man I am gonna buy this for mine thanks for the video

You painted over metal spots 🤦🏻‍♂️

at this point you've pretty much done every single job in the automotive industry to your cars, the only thing left is collision repair. 😅

Ohhhh crap that’s sealer if I am correct, along with the clumps before the setup you gotta open the fan on the spray gun a lil wider. Also when painting, priming, or sealing, you gotta work the panels left to right. You can’t spray the small of a fan up and down, dunno what’s gonna happen but I am always here to watch and who knows maybe help. Like you do every day, you have never ever not answered one of questions of the years.

Don't start or stop your gun on the car. That is where your buildups and runs are happening.

2:12 ohhhhh no, I don’t know how this ends up but the primer not being fully mixed is gonna be a bad time. I hope this isn’t the videos problem….

Your Favorite STI year for fun, reliability, part availability, a true driving car, and workability?

Not me stressing out watching you paint. I think I bit off all my finger nails. Came out great though! Better than anything I’ve done 🎉

So, if I am SC my 8th gen civic si with a kraftwerks kit, then I should go fluid damper? Since the SC blower relies on the crank pulley and belt, would the fluid damper lose power for me, because it is heavier? I was thinking of going lightweight pulley before I saw your video.

I only razor blade out runs in clear and only after it's completely dry. I'm a novice so I like to keep myself well within my skill range when painting lol.

2010 2.5gt legacy *could* make for an interesting sleeper-build? havent seen much done with em

Not gonna lie man, super cool you have the patience to even attempt this. When it comes to body work, I have the patience/attention span of a fruit fly. Keep it up man, you’ll get better every day.

Runs are far less work to correct than an entire car sprayed dry to avoid any runs.

It’s takes about 100 to 200 total hours to completely break in any engine period.

Thats how you learn Bro.

Don't sweat the runs. Wet sand then buff and you'll forget it ever happened. You need to wet sand and buff if you want it to look perfect anyways.

I’m always impressed with your ability to tackle such a diverse array of challenges when it comes to your cars. I’m still proud of myself when I successfully install basic mods 😂 Really enjoying the RX-7 series!

Race cars have flame and pops to cool the exhaust on circuit racing not the streets lol

Godsend. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11:55 Im gonna start my first ever forester build☺️☺️☺️

"SHMOO"

I bet I can make more runs than you

You're doing better than me. I'm still watching other people do everything 😆

Painting a car yourself is one of those things where it's on the line between being too much & reasonable. I don't know how else to put it really. My friend painted his sr20det swapped Nissan NX2000 in his dilapidated garage. It wasn't perfect, but he did it himself, along with everything else done to that car. Aside from the ecu program & dyno tune anyway. He went with a very heavy metallic flake in a dark blue base, reminiscent of bass boats and whatnot. That garage had no business even acting as a temp paint booth. Overall though, the car was very "period correct" for it's era. He also had a 96 Impala SS at the time. That shit looks fine on camera dawg. It's more than up to SEMA quality standards even at this point 😆

You did a killer job for your first time doing an entire body without a full booth and lighting. The fender can be sanded and polished. Every clear gets polished once laid down (atleast the good ones)

It's hard! I laid some epoxy primer for the first time a few weeks ago on my project 1972 Blazer frame. Once I turned the flow down and convinced myself that it doesn't need total coverage on every pass I stopped running paint.

I think you could make watching paint dry interesting, lol. The car actually looks really amazing, I forgot there was an antenna in the back, that delete came out great!

very well done :)

The razor blade trick works pretty slick but only after the paint has cured, then wet sand the spot with 1500, 2000, 2500 and buff out

i think you did great this first time its nothing that cant be fixed. the new setup worked well. in fact i think thats what was part of the problem. you could see it when you laid down your first layer. it covered so much and so fast the paint immediatly looked wet. your old setup was not as powerfull and you had time to slowly apply the layers.

Great job Grasshopper 🔥🪠

So I'm sure you know probably by now but when your spraying hold the gun upright and paint left to right and use full motion strokes and overlap each stroke halfway. Never spray a car body up and down like you were here in this video. And spray a tad bit slower. With more consistency in your strokes.

The problem with white is you can’t see a damn thing! Spray looks like it disappears as soon as you’re done with second coat.

Wax on wax of danni son. You will definitely going to be a karate master by the time you’re done.

Looks great man! Worst case scenario you have to clear coat again. You got this!

With clear coat, I use a head lamp on my head while painting. Another trick with clear coat is multi coating lightly, takes some time to judge tacking and requires very clean room since more layers to trap crap in.

Tysm for your great content. Its helped me so much with my STI!! Question! Im going to get a Cobb AOS for emmisions purposes. How long is an AOS's lifespan and does it need maintenance over time? Like changing lines or cleaning anything??

Looking man im impress tanner u star by modification ,built and now paint whoooooooooooooo ❤❤❤ nice work