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How do i get a shiny paint finish

Started by _marshallLX_ , May 26 2010 02:45 PM

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#1 _marshallLX_

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 02:45 PM

Hey guys painting my first car and i have layed down my first coat of paint in my engine bay and just wont to know is there any tricks to do to get a showroom shine finish????

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#2 MRLXSS

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 03:05 PM

You need to cut it back... Meaning you wet rub it back with like a 1200-1500grit sand paper, then you polish it with a Cutting Compound, then finish with a regular polish.

Assuming thats acrylic yeah?

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#3 _uncleian_

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 03:27 PM

looks to me like your not putting it down wet enough,back the air off a bit and open the needle up a tad and go a bit slower.
also dont thin the paint down so much.

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#4 mitchg

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 03:28 PM

Dont forget to clear it!

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#5 _Quagmire_

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 03:46 PM

looks to me like your not putting it down wet enough,back the air off a bit and open the needle up a tad and go a bit slower.
also dont thin the paint down so much.

rub it back with 800
do another 2 or 3 coats
rerub with 800 then clear coat or do as matt (lxss) says
easy as

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#6 Heath

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 03:52 PM

After you put a thin coat or two on the surface, you should be trying to lay down as much paint as you can with each layer, as in so it is ALMOST dripping, this saves time if you don't frOck up and and it's the way to get the best finish off the gun. But you can get an awesome finish with nearly anything if you polish it right.

Are we talking acrylic? And make sure your thinner ratios are good; more important in final coats than primer, base coats, etc.

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#7 _uncleian_

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 03:55 PM

also make sure you thinners is good quality,this can also affect the shine you get

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#8 _nial8r_

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 04:40 PM

open the needle to full material's and maybe hold the gun a little closer trying to get your final 2 coats down as wet as possible, but it would help we knew what the paint was ?? 2k or Acrylic ?? also is the black Saturn or gloss ?? olny asking as it looks a bit dry? oh yeah and clear it and it will look horn Posted Image

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#9 _yldlj_

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 09:32 PM

first of all have you used clear? i cant really see the pis well but it doesn't look like you have.

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#10 dattoman

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Posted 26 May 2010 - 09:53 PM

LX had showroom shine ?

I always thought the engine bay was a satin not a gloss

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#11 _Quagmire_

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Posted 27 May 2010 - 12:41 PM

what tip size you got in your gun?
you should be using 1.8mm for acyrlic
otherwise it would show the same symtoms as what's described

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#12 _marshallLX_

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Posted 28 May 2010 - 09:16 AM

Hey guys im using a Acrylic base paint and using motospray thinners Its only had one coat of black gloss and havent layed any clear over it yet
I will take all ur tips on board and im going to try and paint this weekend so ill post my pictures when finished thank for the help guys Posted Image