$50 paintjob underway

[deevergote]

Yeah, I had a guy on 3geez tell me the same thing. My research came up differently, saying circles were best, and a block would be way too harsh (one place recommended a sponge... i might try that). With 3 more coats to go, that won't be an issue... I'll try the directional sanding next time. I'll still do it by hand though... I stripped most of the paint off one side very easily by hand, so a block would do some damage, I would think. Every coat is very strong, but very thin!

[Accord R33]

looks pretty cool. cant wait to see it done.

[Gemini]

hey bro..

your not wet sanding right...

you need a soft block and not by hand.

never go in circles. always go in a backa nd forth motion and after you get it good go back the other way kinda making an x that way it's been cover well..

i realize this is practice and your learning,, not tryin to tell you how to do it, just a lil help for ya to think about.

I was going to say the same things about circular wet sanding too

[AccordXRacer]

Lookin real nice man.

[Bcozzi71]

looks great ...my friend tried this on his mustang and it came out terrible..he ended up doing it primer

http://www.mustangforums.com/m_28482..._1/key_/tm.htm

[Mr_Doitagain]

looks great ...my friend tried this on his mustang and it came out terrible..he ended up doing it primer

http://www.mustangforums.com/m_28482..._1/key_/tm.htm

Wow... That car looks like shit.... I dont think he should have tried the wet sand...

[timmy0tool]

in for the results! good job for taking the initiative to do this!

[texasvtak]

You CAN'T possibly be lazier than me!

I beg to differ.

[AccordXRacer]

Looked good until he started to wetsand other than that it was looking good. I guess one thing is to remember is not to rush! or am i wronge?

[npor]

that's so sweet.

me and a friend were thinking about trying it on his car, but it'd be alot of work...glad to see it's looking good!

[deevergote]

The wetsand was also done after only 2 coats. It wasn't meant to look good, but to smooth it out. There are 4 coats to go after that! I will do it in one direction in the future, though.

It's a lot of work, but honestly, not THAT much. A full car would have a few tough spots, as a hood is fairly flat and simple. If I did it again, I'd go a little lighter on the mineral spirits. Not quite 50/50 (though my mixture was probably a little heavy on it anyway)

[JYardBandit]

any updates? considering doing this to my tegs hood

[cp[mike]]

nice mike. looking good, for what it is.

the good thing about this process is that you could do it piece by piece... finish up with the hood as you get the hang of it... then you could do a trunk lid... then the roof... then a fender... all the while learning and perfecting the technique and proper formula.

what are you going to do for under the hood as well as the door jams? spray paint would probably work out really well.

[drew12000]

great job. i wasn't away that it would look that good using a roller.

what kind of lights are you using to cure the paint? And do you have any plans for the cf hood? peace

[KeeleDesign]

you mentioned you reduced half and half, and i kinda figured as much, it seems you should have more paint applied thicker to start off then slowly reduce the paint more each time, and stay with a 600 grit paper, because in the end you'll use the 1500 or 2000 grit before you buff it and there would be no worry of burning though..

take this as you may i have never attempted this...

just some common knowledge that should work rather well.