reet, just painted the bonnet and bumper of the missus clio and its gone all orangepeely

no bother tho as i know i wasnt gonna do an A1 job

soo, what i want to know is, how long do i leave it before taking to it with the 1500 grade sand paper?

will be ok tomoz?

i will then be using autogleam polish

cheers

 

Ide leave it for atleast a week due to it not getting done in a booth then u will find it wont start to roll up on the paper and cause you grief.

Use 3G compound to polish up but ideally ure gonna need a buff machine to do this.To be honest for all the cost ude be better takin it to a bodyshop to polish it up for you

 

as he said, if its really bad peel, 1200 then 150 ( being double careful) and some G3 compound and mop! ( i can lend u a mop but ur miles away!)

 

cheers guys ill leave it a few days then, its not that bad i dont think

ill see how it goes

 

It went orangepeely becasue you was spraying to close..




Only just seen this fudgy, What did you use? Gun and comp or cans?

 

ah, i thought it was cos i guessed at the paint to thinners mix lol, i was about 6 inches away usually.

i use a compressor and gun btw

 

12" is a good distance, So long as the guns set up right

Leave it a few days, As said.. It needs to cure


Only reason cars get baked is to cure them quicker,So it wont be affected in anyway by doing it where ever you have

 

cool, so how long approx should i leave it?


cheers rad

 

a weeks fine

 

cheers dude

 

 

Nothing to do with too close m8!!

Its all about prep work and teqneque and air pressure,attomisation of the paint etc.Been doin it for 12yrs so know what im talkin about.

Dont mean to sound rude

 

is that not the same thing

 

In sense yeah i see what your saying but no not really.Due to ways different people spray some close some far you need to adjust flow rate of the gun and speed of your actions to compensate.So if you hold it close you go faster with a lower flow rate and if you hold it far away then more flow slower speed basically.

The best way to a good finish is the prep work.Bad prep bad finish

 

I just didnt word it right, you know where im coming from though...

i know ALL about Prep

 

i only got a little compressor too, so i was holding it 12" away it wouldnt coat it very well.

plus i only guess at seting the gun as there were no instructions with it (brand new too) and i aint got a clue lol

dont worry, i wont be putting anyone out of a job lol