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James_H

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Registered: 16th Sep 07
Location: Slough, Berkshire
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2nd Jan 08 at 18:14

hello there, right i painted my rear arches yesterday (see my project) and i sanded them down, primed them, primed again with grey primer then sanded down with 800 wet and dry, then i sprayed with arden blue paint from halfords, waited a while and sprayed again, then sprayed laquer on them a few hours later and gave 2 coats of it, fitted them today and they look really flat and not that shiney like the body work, any ideas??

j_man

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Registered: 12th Aug 06
Location: Woolston, Cheshire
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2nd Jan 08 at 18:19

get a pro too do it lol

or put more laquer on and polish them , cellulose is a lot thinner than 2k so takes more paint

mac1976

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Registered: 29th Dec 06
Location: tullibody , clackmannanshire
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2nd Jan 08 at 18:35

put about 12 coats of laquer on and keep warm

[Edited on 02-01-2008 by mac1976]

Haimsey

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Registered: 8th May 05
Location: Nottingham Drives: Corsa B
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2nd Jan 08 at 18:36

Warm laquer apparently works better

Im shocking at the laquer stage, so dont take my word for it, just going on what ive read.

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Kenzie

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Registered: 16th Sep 07
Location: Burnley
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2nd Jan 08 at 19:13

try four nice thick coats of laquer (mind the drips!).

Spray the next coat before the last is dry eg. still slightly tacky.

Then let it all dry for about a week or two (sounds a long time but it needs to harden).

Now use some 1200-1500 grade wet and dry paper, used wet, and rub all over the surface, making sure the paper stays wet.

Get out the original t-cut and polish up! (may need to be done quite a few times, but keep working it.

Then apply a polish (AutoGlym Ultra deep shine is ideal because it also containes waxes)

See how you go with that, oh, and sorry about the essay lol!!

James_H

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Registered: 16th Sep 07
Location: Slough, Berkshire
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2nd Jan 08 at 19:44

Cheerd Kenzie! il give that a go on the weekend, see what happends, oh btw are you a sprayer?

Kenzie

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Location: Burnley
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3rd Jan 08 at 20:07

Nah mate, thats just the way i spray parts. You should see a good result. It works spot on for me!