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[anhonyb]

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I need some tips with my painting on my car can anyone help??

[leigh]

Aha! A discussion thread!

I've found in the past when i've painted stuff that if i get a rough surface i can usually coloursand/polish it up pretty good. try rubbing down a bit between coats and then put a couple of steady clearcoats on the top and cut them back with fine grade sandpaper then buff out. Any good to you? This worked very well with the metalflake i put on my daily, its was very bumpy with the flakes so i put loads of clear on and cut it back to smooth - i even polished it by hand and it still came out good

Any word on your bits yet?

[anhonyb]

sounds like a plan I'll try it tomorrow I suppose cheers
and magnum bits=fail haha at this stage my recond 1800 is just going to be sitting here so im on the look out for a donor car still

[mikuni]

What paint type are you using? If its an enamel it should come up nice and glossy straight away and you can't touch it with sand paper for a good few weeks as far as I know. It takes a while to harden.

[anhonyb]

It says acrylic lacquer topcoat on the tin

[mikuni]

Sweet, I haven't had much experience with painting myself but I've seen a couple of cars fresh out of the booth with a paint type like that and they do look dull until buffed

[anhonyb]

sweet as. shit dont have a buffer, whats cheap as place to get one?

[bubblegoose]

if the finish is dusty looking try getting a little close when spraying and going a little slower

if its just slightly satin looking like this

then its proably just a base coat and would need a clear coat on top

[bubblegoose]

took me that long to type that youve already beaten me to what type of paint it is

just go a bit slower get the paint looking nice and wet when you spray it

[anhonyb]

yeah the black was dusty as but white as smooth as so im pleased with that but it does say gloss top coat on tin and it came up satiny like that xbox so im just gonna polish it hard as tomorrow see what it ends up like

[bubblegoose]

acrylic lacquer, best give it a week otherwise your polishing efforts will be wasted, the solvents that are still in the paint will 'dry' the surface out as the evaporate making it go dull again

leave it outside in the sun a few times to speed it up

[anhonyb]

ah k sweet as i suppose ill just have to wait

[bubblegoose]

you can polish it now if you just want to see results, but when you get round to the final paint job leave it as long as you can bare too
same as the primer, give it plenty of time do cure before painting

[anhonyb]

yeah ill just do it tomorrow because this is just practice my paintgunning skills

[bubblegoose]

ill spray somthing in acrylic tomorrow and try to get a picture of the finish you should expect before and after polishing

[anhonyb]

cool thanks

[anhonyb]

i attempted to polish it today but i think the polish that i had was shit as, i didn't do anything at all

[bubblegoose]

what are you using?

[anhonyb]

i dunno this crappy polish stuff re-po or something ill get some proper stuff and a polisher

[bubblegoose]

if your going to paint your car youll need a full bottle any way so get the good stuff, farecla G3
a 1L bottle should surfice