am goint to respray my bonnet vents soon but need a few tips on giving it the shiney finish.

how much laquer should i put on after the spraying? do i sand it after laquering it or leave it to dry for it to go shiney?

cheers

dave

i'm also interested in spraying tips - going to try and colour code the reflectors on the front wings of my bug :)

Anyone?

Hi after the last coat of paint then sand with 1500 paper then laquer should be ok with a good buff

ok i have sprayed them sanded and laquered them and they have been back on the car a while now but they just dont have the same deep shine as the car, how can i get them to shine more, more layers of laquer?

thanks

dave

Come on paint sprayers......................give us some guidance!

Did you use a 2k clearcoat?

My method is simple, Once you have applied your basecoat evenly usually 3-4 coats depending on colour..

No need to re-sand before clearcoat just use a tak rag to clean up any overspray then apply a dropcoat of clear followed by 3 wetcoats....

If your paint isnt shiney its because it aint flat... You will need to use 2000grit wet and sand the paint flat, till its white and chaulky...Then use G3 compound to buff the shine back up and then onto G10 if you wish..

Dont put any fresh clearcoat over cured clear, it doesent adhear very well and may lift!

Just flatten it out and buff it up to a deep shine

kinel...............can anyone translate the above?

kinel...............can anyone translate the above?

:wonder:
If your refering to clearcoat process, a "dropcoat" is a dry coat, meaning you are just trying to acheive a rough coat of clear (laquer) to act as base for the "wetcoats" meaning wet and shiney.. If you were to go straight on to applying heavy wet coats without a dropcoat then you risk runs.

As for the flattening process, its quite simple.. if your clearcoat isnt flat then it will not shine as it should.

Does it feel rough to touch? if so you need to flatten it out with 2000 grit wet paper.

As you rub it flat, eventually it will appear white and chaulky with no orange peel.

When you reach that stage you need to use a buffer with some G3 compound to buff the shine back. Be careful to keep the buff head cool by periodicaly spraying it with water. If it gets too hot it will burn through the clearcoat!! so be careful!

This process will give the deep shine your after, although you can go further with G10 which is a lighter compound almost a polish to finish it off..

Hope this is abit clearer.

Wez

Oh.. and a "tak rag" is a special rag coated with resin that safely lifts any overspray or dust from the surface between coats..