My rear bumper is painted with duplicolor spray, milano red

It sure looks better than the fading pink but its not glossy or shiny at all
should i use a clay bar/buff/wax or what would make it shine like the rest of the car?

 

so you laid down just the color? no clearcoat?

 

No, no I did use quite a bit of clearcoat, but it's still dull looking

 

did you...

spray it on too far?

laid it down too thin(aka misting)?

laid too little down?

is the whole thing dull or just part of it dulls up?

 

Hmm, i think i put it on just right, but I'm not an expert (obviously). also my mirrors were done too and they look just the same.

 

dull consistently for the whole piece?

does the piece has texture? or it's dull and smooth?

 

Yes, dull consistently for the whole thing, i dont have a close up and its snowing outside right now but heres what it looks like

 

And of the mirror

 

wet sand it?

 

Well, I did dry and wet sand it during the process

 

wetsand/compound/polish and see what that does

 

skip wetsanding... just buff it with a medium/fine buffing compound then polish with a glaze.

this is a dupli-color rattle can with dupli clear. no wetsanding, and using the pictured products.

 

Ill have to give that a try, after the snow clears up

 

The picture is kinda hard to tell what it says on those bottles, is that the compound and the glaze?

 

3m rubbing compound (the small one)
3m perfect-it III glaze (the big one)

 

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this is a dupli-color rattle can with dupli clear. no wetsanding, and using the pictured products.

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wetsanding will definately help level the clearcoat out.

And whats with 3M people and thinking compound followed by glaze is the proper way to do things?

 

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wetsanding will definately help level the clearcoat out.

And whats with 3M people and thinking compound followed by glaze is the proper way to do things?

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well make yourself useful and tell us how to do it...

 

in what step did you use the coffee in before or after

 

^^ I LOL'ed.

 

Crap, we're supposed to get 5 inches of snow or tonight........

 

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I have an entire thread dedicated to machine polishing, and I have explained the process numerous times in this forum.

And its common sense that compound/glaze/wax is not the correct way.

 

I'll check it out