A little 411 on your painted cars.
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A little 411 on your painted cars. Spray can, conventional, brush
the last time i posted on here was a good 2 years ago, i've been busy with work!
Anyway, just a thought.
Keep in mind, i've never spray-canned a whole car. Only have with spray gun methods at work.
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I've been reading a lot about the 50-30$ paint jobs.
If you can't sand and buff your job to a shine, it's either you've sanded too much.. or you didn't paint enough.
I have a suggestion, after you spray on your color and let it dry...why not just put clearcoat only- Spray Can over the paint you have applied? then Sand and Buff it.
You keep sanding and buffing into your initial paint, and no shine or flatness is coming out of it.. it's the same thing as cutting and buffing a SINGLE STAGE PAINT JOB.
most likely, you're going to sand and buff all the paint you applied to your car, off.
I've painted only CLEARCOAT on numerous cars that have been awfully painted by Maaco-esque shops..(due to bad orange peel, dry spots) right on top. And Even at 1 coat of clear, after a Sand and Buff... the car comes out showcar quality.
If the initial color base is good and strong, Clearcoat over it will fix it right up.. after a cut and buff of course. Unless you can get that Clearcoat Spray Can to lay flat as a HVLP gun, you won't need to cut and buff.
If you've tried it already with Canned Clear and have come to no good result, or don't think it will work for whatever reason.. let me know I'd like to try it out myself.
Now if you have a car that has a fairly new paint job that is badly orange peeled or isn't flat because of a bad jobber (you cant see your reflection).. and you don't know if it's a 2 stage or 1 stage, or you don't think there's enough clear coat there for you to cut and buff:
Instead of having it fully repainted, ask the shop to Only clearcoat it. It'll save you lots of money..
Chances are, that's what they'll do anyway.. as they charge you for a full paint job.
I know i have before.
Think about it, it's like reClearing your carbon fiber hood that has faded clearcoat. Goes right on top, looking like new.
Just my 2pennies of experience cents.
Modified by nsone at 4:30 AM 4/22/2008
Anyway, just a thought.
Keep in mind, i've never spray-canned a whole car. Only have with spray gun methods at work.
----------------------------
I've been reading a lot about the 50-30$ paint jobs.
If you can't sand and buff your job to a shine, it's either you've sanded too much.. or you didn't paint enough.
I have a suggestion, after you spray on your color and let it dry...why not just put clearcoat only- Spray Can over the paint you have applied? then Sand and Buff it.
You keep sanding and buffing into your initial paint, and no shine or flatness is coming out of it.. it's the same thing as cutting and buffing a SINGLE STAGE PAINT JOB.
most likely, you're going to sand and buff all the paint you applied to your car, off.
I've painted only CLEARCOAT on numerous cars that have been awfully painted by Maaco-esque shops..(due to bad orange peel, dry spots) right on top. And Even at 1 coat of clear, after a Sand and Buff... the car comes out showcar quality.
If the initial color base is good and strong, Clearcoat over it will fix it right up.. after a cut and buff of course. Unless you can get that Clearcoat Spray Can to lay flat as a HVLP gun, you won't need to cut and buff.
If you've tried it already with Canned Clear and have come to no good result, or don't think it will work for whatever reason.. let me know I'd like to try it out myself.
Now if you have a car that has a fairly new paint job that is badly orange peeled or isn't flat because of a bad jobber (you cant see your reflection).. and you don't know if it's a 2 stage or 1 stage, or you don't think there's enough clear coat there for you to cut and buff:
Instead of having it fully repainted, ask the shop to Only clearcoat it. It'll save you lots of money..
Chances are, that's what they'll do anyway.. as they charge you for a full paint job.
I know i have before.
Think about it, it's like reClearing your carbon fiber hood that has faded clearcoat. Goes right on top, looking like new.
Just my 2pennies of experience cents.
Modified by nsone at 4:30 AM 4/22/2008
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