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Old 27-05-2007, 01:19 PM
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ive just finished spraying my project car, ive used cellulose paint as i got it on the cheap, im going to apply a 1k lacquer on top of the finale coat of top gloss, ive been told to wet and dry the top surface down else the lacquer may peel in a few months or so! is this true?? the thing is the shine goes and ends up dull, whats th best way to get a really good shine on it before i apply the lacquer, something like a buffer, with some sort of compound??? any help would be great!
Old 29-05-2007, 09:28 PM
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if you polish the base coat up then the laq wont stick, it wont have anything to etch onto
Old 30-05-2007, 08:47 PM
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God thats old paint, basically when you spray the ground coat on, let it flash off, celullose does dry piss quick, so say 10 mins with a good bit of heat, then spray your laquer on. Then when you polish it a bit of 1500 wet flat paper or 2000 grit, then get some G3 or G6 compound and buff away, but dont expect miracles this is old skool paint.

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thats cuz i am old skool!!! did 3 beetles and a camper van with with but never used laquer, so final coat of colour then laquer straight on top then buffer it away? right?
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Yeah basically, but as youve already painted it, just nib the paint that you have already sprayed with some 1500 wet paper obvioulsly not breaking through the paint then get a grey scotchbrite pad and wizz over it to key it up a bit then its ready for a bit of laquer, hope this helps.

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