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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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On the underside of my 3 door?? I want it white and all the tank and rear arms grey or black . i want to clean off all the waxoil and dirt and give it a nice clean look. so whats the best paint to use ?and whats the best sealer ?

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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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I use red finnigans smoothrite on my radiant red XR2. I assume your 3 door is diamond white so it might be worth looking at smoothrite white, although from memory my diamond white mk1 fiesta years ago was slightly creamier white than the smoothrite.

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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 04:48 PM
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Cheers mate i will look into that and try and get it started next week
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 04:57 PM
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use could mix in a small tint of yellow to get a slightly creamy colour
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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mine has red oxide, etch primer, primer stone gaurd the 3-4 coats of 2k black (solid) just hope the weather dont get in to easy
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Old Dec 23, 2008 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by B-Tech Racing
use could mix in a small tint of yellow to get a slightly creamy colour
Thats a good idea, just need to find the time to start it now
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