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Finished painting!!!


deMideon

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:shock: Wow I am done, and it turned out better than I expected! I do have some runs and crap in the paint. How do I get rid of it????

 

I put some pictures in my album under just painted (Follow the link in my sig!). I used Midnight Metallic Grey. I am so glad it's done! This is probably the last chance I had, since the weather will be going into the 50's and then down from there. Thanks for all of your help RacerX!!!!

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Looks SWEET Joe!!! Just color sand out the junk that got in the paint, and remove the runs with a little stone thingy (forget the name, but it is a little stone file). Then buff out with a polisher. I'm at the exact same point as you. I thought that my car looked absolutley bitchin, until I color sanded and buffed a 1/4 panel. WOW...the rest of the car looks like crap in comparison!!

 

Tim

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Tim's right - once you get it wet sanded and buffed, you'll cry with joy.

 

About the drips and crap in the paint - be careful how much crap removal you do. On my driver's side fender, I accidentally got the paint glassy smooth. Now you can see every imperfection in it, no matter how tiny! Leave a little texture to the paint on your daily driver and I think you'll be much happier.

 

To get the crap out of my finish, I first lightly wet sanded an area with 2000 grit. This dulled out the finish and let me see all the imperfections. On the big ones, I took 1500 grit and gently wet sanded over the inclusion in all different directions. Picturing the imperfection at the center of a clock face, you sand first from 12:00 to 6:00, then from 9:00 to 3:00. Then from 1:00 to 7:00, etc. Get the picture? This centered the abrasive action on the imperfection, and minimized the amount of paint removed from the surrounding areas. When the imperfection is ALMOST flat, I switched over to 2000 grit to remove any tiny scratches, then buffed it with 3M Perfect-It II, then with 3M Swirl Remover for dark cars. See for yourself what it looks like.

 

The junk in your paint will come out remarkably quickly. Just remember to use LOTS of water and the finest grit paper that will do the job.

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Guest Nic-Rebel450CA

Very nice color. Do you have any of it left over? I am getting ready to repaint my bike and I dont need very much at all. I think that color would look great!

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