spridgets
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Painting equipment

To: spritenut@exit109.com, cooper6@swbell.net, KrkLH@cs.com
Subject: Re: Painting equipment
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:0:41 -0500
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
progresive wet sanding and buff to finish.
you can go to 1200 if so desired.   the biggest problem is if you do not
clear coat , any metallic colors do not lend well to sanding as it reveals
irregularities in the color overlaying the metallic material.  if you are
using a solid color you can sand it ruthlessly(well kinda).  and standard
buffing rules,wet-wet-wet and no dry-dry-dry or yer gonna burn it. 
you'll get blend marks in a spot repair or partial panel repair.   but in
an overall paint job, no.  most blend marks are due to not buffing
surrounding panel where the blend is to occur.   no matter how well
protected or polished a finish it degrades to a degree and in order to
blend it's very importaint to buff to strip the dead paint and reveal a
clean clear surface.   also using acrylic top coat blender is not a bad
idea too!  i have found a wet blend layered from original finish back into
repair area yeilds a nice progression to buff out.  
;)

chuck.


> [Original Message]
> From: <KrkLH@cs.com>





<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>