MidCoat Customs in Autobody and Paint

10/16/2026

10/16/2026

#1 Thing i see new painters not understanding is how their products work. And that different brands products may be called the same thing, but work much different. For instance Clear Coat, and Reducer. The newer you are at painting, the longer you want your clear to take to dry. Fast curing clears, set up in just a couple minutes. After a minute, their beginning to be setup.

Why this matters is if you're not spraying the clear like "glass" as they say. Then you're likely having orange peal issues. Which is ok, there's a cure for that. Just use a clear with good leveling properties. Use the slowest Reducer the temperature allows. Generally never fast. Reduce your clear about 10%, do a medium wet coat. Which means move a little quicker. This is your tack coat, to grab your next coat, and prevent runs. Give it 10 minutes, gets tricky if you have left over clear and you mix more in. But you want to reduce this time 20% . And go slower pace this time. Getting good overlap. People use percentages. But it's easier to look at your spray pattern. It around 8 inches on my guns. I use the middle 4 inches, so every pass i move up 4 inches. And if you do a 3rd coat. Which id recommend but not required. Reduce 25% go a tiny touch slower. Flash times. 10 first coat 15 second coat, 20 third coat.

The clear during these Flash times will start leveling. And the Reducer helps keep the clear wet, so it can level before it begins hardening. The longer its wet, the more it will level and smooth itself out.

10/02/2026

10/02/2026

Next project. New floor from firewall to rear bumper. New quarter, add a hood scoop and fabricate the hood concave towards the inlet.

10/02/2026

38 Chevy in a Custom Blue created at our shop. We call it "Between Wars Blues"

05/12/2026

My Spray out Card. I spray t he color combination a customer wants on these tanks. So they can see it on more than just a Card or color chip. And they get to keep them.

03/24/2026

We also do paint correction. Bring your paint back to life. This includes clay barring the vehicle to remove all impurities, a 5000 wet sand to further remove anything left behind. A 2 step polish, a wash, before the 3rd and final finish ceramic wax and polish.

Starting at $300 for most vehicles

03/22/2026

03/22/2026

Fixing up the BMW for my youngest Son.