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Mistamist
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17th May 05 at 21:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so decided to start spraying a few things before PVS

what do you think...

todays item:

Mirrors:





And who said you cant get a decent finish with halfords spray cans

tomorrow ill take the arches off and give them a blow over with the compressor.

[Edited on 17-05-2005 by M15T XE]
Paul H
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looks good mate.just got to wait and see if the paint matches now
Mistamist
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i doubt it will but will do for the time being.
corsa_godfather
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can get great results from halfords can if u know what ur doing



done my wheels by can
Mistamist
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oh i thought i would mention they havent been lacquered yet

finish on those wheels looks the dogs.
corsa_godfather
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u going to rub them down and polish them up when laquered ???to get rid of orange peel
Rebrabuk
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Step by step guides would be appreciated.. I'm struggling with some spraying at the minute..

Got a perfect colour match and good finish, but can't make it shine like the rest of car..
Mistamist
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there is no orange peel on them :S


process i used was

clean the plastic with thinners.
rub down with 1000 wet and dry (didnt have anything more corse)
clean with thinners again
primer (very thin coat)
prime again (thicker coat)
rub down
prime again (thick coat)
rub down
base coat (thin coat)
base coat (thicker coat)
final base coat
then 2 coats of lacquer (still to do this)

the longer you take the better the finish
corsa_godfather
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once painted.get 1500 wet and dry sand paper.

fill a bucket of water

wet the item u have painted

rub the paint gently with the wet sand paper all over.

dry off and if there is still any shiny bits rub them down again.

so that the paint has no shine at all

sounds mad but trust me.its called FLATTENING the paint.

now use RUBBING COMPOUND and polish the wheel,using some elbow grease.

buff off

add polish,super resin.or whatever u polish ur car with.give it a goof polish and buff it off.u will be surprised trust me
corsa_godfather
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do wot i says there M15T XE sand it down wet and buff it up with rubbing compound then polish.takes the JUST PAINTED look off it and makes it sooooo smooth

halfords sell RUBBING COMPUND at the paint bit £3 or something
Rebrabuk
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I sanded a tiny rust spot out right down to bare metal.
Filled the hole with some plastic filling stuff.
Left it to set hard.
Sanded down and smoothed it to the shape of the panel with some very rough sand paper.
Sprayed some primer on.
Sanded down with 1200 grit wet n dry.
Sprayed another coat of primer on.
Sanded again with 1200 grit wet n dry.
Sprayed 3 or 4 thin layers of paint on, leaving half an hour between coatings.
Sprayed 2 coatings of lacquer on.
Rubbed some rubbing compound on.

As i said, colour match is good and finish feels good - it's just not reflective like the rest of the panel.

I think my problem is that i used the rubbing compound at the wrong time didn't i?
corsa_godfather
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yeah.

give the item a rub over with 1500 wet sand paper so it takes all the shine off it.

rubbin compound

then polish it.
Rebrabuk
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So no lacquer at all?
corsa_godfather
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yeah laquer it too.

then do as i says above mate
Rebrabuk
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Will give it another go tomorrow perhaps.. Cheers.
corsa_godfather
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no problems
slugger_54132
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Should yo0u sand it down inbetween last coat of paint, and lacquer? Heard to ways of doing it?

That way ^^^

and spraying lacquer jst as the last coat has gone touch dry?

Im trying to do smoke grey door handles and light brows? Tried sanding inbetween top coat and lacquer, but the finish has come out darker than the colour of my car?
Skipz
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I'm Currently in the middle of respraying my..

MFD unit Cover
Vents
Dash Surround (where the clocks are)
the Door handle trims (inside)
Arch Mouldings

They Are all out/off my Old Corsa before i Scrapped it, it gives me something to do the now till i get another one, The idiot that owned my car Previously sprayed them all silver and it looked f**king horrible just spraying them with Bumper black so they dont shine hopefully they'll match in with the dash if not i'll rip out the dash and spray that when i get my new car
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i sprayed mine with Heinz soup


not really, it was halfords cans
corsa_godfather
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no dont sand between paint and laquer
Skipz
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quote:
Originally posted by slugger_54132
Should yo0u sand it down inbetween last coat of paint, and lacquer?


quote:
Originally posted by corsa_godfather
no dont sand between paint and laquer




sanding between topcoat and laquer will make the paint look shit not to mention like its scratched

[Edited on 18-05-2005 by h18_oab]

 
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