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Painting Parts 101 by Mossy - 4/28/2005 10:56:43 PM

Amanda

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Thanks To Mossy For This Article!!

First of all, I highly recomend using Duplicolor. Might cost you a few more bucks but the outcome is definately worth it.

Now that we've cleared that up, heres a few tips:

- Sand everything down with 1000 or 1500 wet/dry sand paper from 3M.
- Next, spray a light layer of primer over the surface. I say light layers so that it doesn't drip. Use nice smooth overlapping strokes about 8 inches above the surface.
- Now wet sand the layer using 1500 wet/dry sand paper if the surface is rough (when using spray cans, you well get whats called "orange peel", this is the tiny bumps that form with each layer of paint).
- Now repeat this step 2-3 more times. Its import that you do the primer well because thats what determines how well the paint comes out.
- Use this same process for the color, except maybe add an extra layer. I don't normally sand my last coat of color.
- Now spray the clear coat over the paint. I usually spray it on thicker so that its nice and smooth, just make sure you don't use so much that it drips.
- After that, I use a nice 3M rubbing compound to polish the paint. Do this by adding a small amount of compound onto a rag and rub it lightly in circles. This acts as a very fine sand paper. Now wipe off all of the compound once you've gone over whole the piece.
- Then just use a little car wax to buff it up and you should have yourself a nice shiny new paintjob.

Here's a picture of the finished product of a panel I painted.