How to Stop Orange Peel

To get the best possible finish using a spray gun there are many factors that will come in to it, the main areas you need to focus on are air pressures, paint viscosity (thickness), distance of the gun from the panel and gun settings. So in this video I have taken a lot of time doing experiments to show you the difference it makes using the wrong settings compared having it setup properly. I will be demonstrating with the DeVilbiss Gti Pro Lite using both Conventional TE20 & HVLP H1 air caps. I hope you enjoy and can follow without being too confused, I will do my best to answer any questions to help out.

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[Depression]

I just painted my 1969 Chevy C10 and it came out nearly perfect thanks to the sharing of your exceptional insight and skills.
Reduced the clear. Set the gun up full spray. Turned out the fluid 4 turns and kept the gun 5cm from my work. Hardly even a hint of orange peel. I have 3 small sags/runs on the entire truck. Have to look hard to see them.
Thank you very much!
Your video's are totally awesome!
Keep up the good work.

[mattslater]

Awesome video Gunman. I've watched it many times, and I always to return to it for reference. I'm the in-house detailer for a luxury car showroom located on the Costa-del-Sol in Spain and over the years I've corrected hundreds of paint jobs, both factory and refinished paint, on some of the worlds finest cars. But I always felt that I needed to learn how to paint and extend my professional capabilities. Well thanks to you I've just recently taken my detailing services to the next level and started spraying paint. Thanks a million for your awesome instructional videos Gunman. You're the best on YouTube!

[DCSO]

Thanks for your channel. I recently discovered your channel and subscribed after watching a few...and it just keeps on getting better for me as I delve into the watching the plethora of videos you have uploaded.
As many others have said, it is really appreciated the time and effort that you put into your posts. Of course, all the time and the effort means nothing if the quality of the content is not worthy of the time and effort. Your content is very high quality and very worthwhile. Real world applications, problems and solutions. Kudos to you.


This topic reminds me of an incident quite a few years ago when my daughter backed into a car., owned by a young man visiting a neighbour. A very good friend, who is a spray painter, offered to fix the other vehicle, only asking my daughter just for the cost of the materials (at my insistence. He would have done it for free, but I insisted she needed to learn from her mistake. A real world lesson as she was only 18). As a non-spray tech, I thought the young man's car looked nice.


The young male owner who was fresh out of high school and thought he knew everything about the world, including how to spray paint a car.... because his car had recently been resprayed. He proceeded to criticise the quality of the repair work.
Now my friend is an automotive paint rep for a paint distributor and his job was showing paint shops how to paint his company's paint products. He has been in the game since he was 18 (and was mid 50's at that time). It is safe to say he knew his stuff.


What followed was a critique of this young man's criticism of the repair. This dissection included such details as you are demonstrating in this video about the quality of the resultant clearcoat matching the existing clearcoat on the vehicle.
As my friend said "I can easily adjust my repair work to get the finish/quality of the clearcoat, to have less orange peel, but then it will look better than the rest of your (shitty) paint job. By the time my friend was finished the young man realised that the quality of his new full respray was not as good as he first thought it was after all. Gulp. That was real world schooling for the young man who thought he knew everything. LOL


Anyway, thanks again from a new subscriber located in Brisbane, Australia.

[rozonoazolo]

I've been looking for avoiding the "OEM Finish" orange peels but to spray the clear as flat as possible so that I can delivery custom motorcycle paints (especially the dark windshield) with minimal sanding and buffing. Found nothing until I saw your "double it" approach in another candy paint video and the using of slow reducer and info in this video. Really saved my day, great thanks.

[TresMamboMusicSchool]

YES, VIVE LA SCIENCE. Mate that is a great and very clear fix. THANK YOU so lets see if I have distilled this right...If its peely then you can.
* Up the pressure, (but not too much or it will go dry yes?)
* Get closer (but dont go too slow or it will run)
* Thin the material ( but not too much or you'll get runs, reduce the gloss, get solvent pop)
Have I got that right?
Mate the TAFE should be sending their teachers to YOU for "proper" training. Keep up the great work and dont think for a minute that we dont all appreciate it. Cheers

[Crashart]

Just wanted to say a mahoosive thanks for this video. People normally make instructional videos simply to say ‘look at me’
I’ve just bought an HVLP gun to paint my road bike after someone keyed it. Was struggling with consistency and orange peel and couldn’t understand why
Moving the gun closer and working with a better spray pattern... my frame looks like it just rolled off the line.
Thanks again mate, legend!!

[AlexElias]

Thanks Gunman. It's noticible the amount of time and effort you put you these videos. As apprentice and an amateur in body repair and painting, your videos have helped me so much! Thanks a million man ! I hope someday I'll be able to paint like you do!

[nikolaygrigorov]

I am a paint sprayer from few years and i used to learn a LOT from you. Thank you for exchange your experience wit us.

[DBloke-tr]

So I painted a car without watching this first.... big mistake.
A major problem was my cheap 3 in a pack auto parts store gun. They look the part but after watching this, the spray pattern was terrible. Tried heaps of different things. Still just as bad.
Today my first effort with a $150 Star 1.4mm tip and new gun. Massive improvement, almost no peel and shiny as.
Thanks Gunman for taking the time to show how to do it right and explaining why my paint looked terrible (like the first sample you sprayed) to looking like a pro job.
Is it perfect? Nope. Will it get scratched at the shopping centre? Yes. I think that is a win.
Now to find my next project. And do it right from the start.

[sgoneill]

Absolutely appreciated your time and effort. It is very rare when someone educating this way, with examples etc. and not just "playing the professional"! Thank you!

[jakeramsey]

Years later and this is still an amazing informative video. I love the science experiment feel with different variables. Just bought a '63 Ford F600 I can't wait to pain. Thanks for the video!

[SurfaceMagicLLCEastAurora]

I can tell you put allot of time and planning in making this video. It was really much appreciated. I enjoyed seeing the different parts of the panel using different settings and distance. It turned out to be a very educational video thanks :)

[kingsbodyshopcollisionrepa]

thank you gunman ..for taking your time doing all the videos ....after 6 years go i came.back to remember where i gett some of my skills

[Eddiesmith]

I know this video is a lil old but just wanted to thank you for taking time to do these. I for one really appreciate it. They have helped me

[camaro]

Well this is probably the best video on clear coat on the net. Heres what you get when you do this. Crazy how no one e er did this before. You gotta know why your clear is not right so you can fix it. Thanks so much. This video cured my orange peel issue.

[carlmatthews]

Great job with the videos. I've been painting cars on and of for years . But I haven't painted anything for over 5 years and just starting to get back into it now, It's great to be able to get some pointers . Thanks Carl

[captainkevin]

I'm a home shop new painter, and as I work through my project ('72 C20), I come back to review this and several other of your videos~ outstanding help! Thank you!

[waiguolaoshi]

Mate!!! You're an example of what Aussies were like before the nation became another state of Washington..Thank you for your time and education !!

[scotthooper]

Awesome instructional video! Just saved thousands of dollars and a couple weeks of frustration trying to figure it out on our own! Great job and thanks for the effort on your part. Keep up the great work. Cheers from Canada.

[jphilmac]

Very good of you to lay out all the various settings to show the good and bad effects of the orange peel.