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destinationtoby wrote:Wow, didn't know that either:/ will do !

Yeah did it on a front guard when I was working in a panel shop. Laid it flat on the stand, instead of hanging on the edge..

Sanded Primer. Re-sand then Gotta let it shrink for a week, and have a shot at the silver paint

Nice, how did the primer come out?

Nice door dint

In different colours by the looks of it..

Lol no door dints! ? One small one on the roof though, cbf filling it .
Nope all one tin of one color, I had just started to sand back in some areas

destinationtoby wrote:Lol no door dints! ? One small one on the roof though, cbf filling it .
Nope all one tin of one color, I had just started to sand back in some areas

Ahh.. Thought that may have been the case.. You guidecoat before you sand yeah?

rock_it wrote:

destinationtoby wrote:Lol no door dints! ? One small one on the roof though, cbf filling it .
Nope all one tin of one color, I had just started to sand back in some areas

Ahh.. Thought that may have been the case.. You guidecoat before you sand yeah?

Nope :/ I'm not block sanding because I just want to get it done, and I know there will be a ton of imperfections.
Just wet sand the whole car back with 400grit and wack the silver on.. Apparently when doing the last few coats on silver I'm supposed to mix a fair bit of clear in with it According to the bloke at the paint shop.

Plans was to put all of the silver on, then flatten it with 1500grit I think, then put all the clear on. Dunno what to do now

Do it once and do it properly. For the extra few hours it will be worth the finish.

Daniel2019 wrote:Do it once and do it properly. For the extra few hours it will be worth the finish.

This, otherwise we'll have to get Ben to change your forum name to "DestinationDodgy"

Some might argue we probably should anyway

Shane001 wrote: I crashed my supra

Don't have the time or patience to get it good. Probs won't even buff it. Just all one color and ill be happy

Silver.. Then 1500 grit.. Then clear.. A good few coats of clear.. Then cut back and buff and polish.

You always have to cut back the clear, as you will always get imperfections from the gun and air. So you will always need to cut back and buff/polish.

Spraying right is a labour intense and timely job. That is why it costs so much..

Craig u sound like u know your sh*t..
Could u tell me why this is turning out sorta patchy, it's like a thousand little rough dots that are giving it a cloudy effect. In the sun can't even notice, but from shady angles it looks completely fucked. Do I sand these out or is it water or something in the paint.. Photos explain it better then I do

Erm.. you did clean off all the particles left over from sanding it yeah?

Daniel2019 wrote:Erm.. you did clean off all the particles left over from sanding it yeah?

yess. Wax and grease remover. Wet the ground and everything around. Making sure there is no dust at all.
Am using a water on the compressor so surely it's not oil or water.

Hard to tell in photo's..

Look like pinholes in the paint. This is also why we guide coat the primer.. So you can see things like that..

Been a long time since I worked as a spray painter though, and tended to use 2pk paint as it was less work out of the gun.. But a long time to dry out of the booth.

Depending on humidity to. You could be getting moisture under the paint. Do you have heat lamps?

Should also use a tac cloth.. Good for getting particle's and stuff off that the wax and grease remover just pushes around.

You can also get an effect like that if there was any silicon on the surface. But if you wax and grease removed thoroughly, that should of got rid of it..

Nope, no heat lamps.
I thought acrylic was easier then 2k
And nope not pin holes, had that issue with the primer at the start, and it was because I wasn't thinning it properly.
It was all sanded perfect with 400grit before laying down the silver.
I guess I'll have a go at sanding it flat with 1500 and see how it looks. Otherwise a trip to the paint place with my boot

rock_it wrote:. But if you wax and grease removed thoroughly, that should of got rid of it..

I definitely did. Could it be too high pressure coming from the gun? I don't really set it at anything.