i was wondering after wet sanding the car how i should go about cleaning it up since theres no clear and i cant buff it...any ideas?

 

just soap and water? thats all i use for my car its a single stage flat metalic black

 

you cant.

welcome to the world of satin paint.
any sort of abrasive polish/swirl remover will also add shine to it.

you need to spray the coat, and pray to god it lays correctly and without crap landing on it. hence why a decent finish is very difficult to get. any other gloss paint is fine, got defects just sand and machine them out

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redsolturbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you cant.

welcome to the world of satin paint.
any sort of abrasive polish/swirl remover will also add shine to it.

you need to spray the coat, and pray to god it lays correctly and without crap landing on it. hence why a decent finish is very difficult to get. any other gloss paint is fine, got defects just sand and machine them out</TD></TR></TABLE>

see thats what im have a problem with cause its out of my grage and with trap and plastic up its been hard to keep it very clean...laying paint good is not the problem minus the shitty orange peel the i sanded out...shitty single stage and ill never do it again...i wish i flatend some clear with base....

i was thinking that i should polish it out and use Dawn to degrease it and take off the wax coat and maybe dull it out again that way...any thoughts?

 

if you polish it out its gonna be shiny again but if you sand it to make it flat it will look nasty your in kind of a lose lose situation from what i can tell

 

i was told by a proper sprayer that if you are going to diy satin at home just use rattle cans. wont look as good, but a) cheap, b) you can just sand off then re-spray
unless you have a full booth or somewhere clean and out of the elements then dont bother

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redsolturbo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i was told by a proper sprayer that if you are going to diy satin at home just use rattle cans. wont look as good, but a) cheap, b) you can just sand off then re-spray
unless you have a full booth or somewhere clean and out of the elements then dont bother</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol screw that you won't get a job that looks half as good with rattle cans and it won't be a quality finish that you can paint over later i used the kustoms shop hot rod flatz metalic black and it came out nice as hell

 

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lol screw that you won't get a job that looks half as good with rattle cans and it won't be a quality finish that you can paint over later i used the kustoms shop hot rod flatz metalic black and it came out nice as hell</TD></TR></TABLE>

I used customs Hot rod flats in my garage and now im shooting it for the third time I cant seem to get it right its keeps on coming out blotchy some spots have more shine than others and its really starting to **** me off so far Ive gone through a gallon and a quart of paint I had another gallon show up last week now I just need to find time to shoot it again

 

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I used customs Hot rod flats in my garage and now im shooting it for the third time I cant seem to get it right its keeps on coming out blotchy some spots have more shine than others and its really starting to **** me off so far Ive gone through a gallon and a quart of paint I had another gallon show up last week now I just need to find time to shoot it again</TD></TR></TABLE>

i had that problem the first time i tried to shoot it but you need to do it that same way you would a metallic base/clear it needs to be cross hatched i do the 1st coat normal parallel to the ground, the 2nd 45 deg. on direction, 3rd 45 deg. the other way, and the final coat normal again. it seems to work for me

 

thanks man that really makes sense!! I never thought of that im gonna try that out for sure this time

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by h-duced &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks man that really makes sense!! I never thought of that im gonna try that out for sure this time</TD></TR></TABLE>

no problem

 

well im glad other ppl got help here...lol

i guess im gonna have to figure it out...im gonna start with 1500-2000 and clean it with 3000 grit as i hope for the best...lets hope for the best

im thinking about flating out some clear and lay it on

 

Im not too sure if this will help you out but I was at a car show this weekend with my pops it was some nationals for muscle cars and I talked to a **** ton of people that had flat black and satin rides and 3 of them said to use meguires Ice spray instead of wax I guess it works good with the flat paint

 

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sweet sounds good and ill try it

 

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sweet sounds good and ill try it </TD></TR></TABLE>
yeah let me know if it works or not