Ok guys looking for a little sound advice.

Q1

I Have decided to spray the wing of my cossie myself. I got my old compressor out and got a new spray gun for the job. So far i have sprayed the wing in 2pak primer, the paint is hard and dry, but it has reacted a little in some places. Im thinking of using a little filler to fill these gaps in.... Is this a good idea or should i strip the wing again?

Q2

Once the wing is primered to an accecptial condition i will be painting the wing in flint grey. I dont have an issue with spraying the metalic, but what concerns me is the laquer. I have never sprayed laquer before and i was wondering how long should i wait before i spray? also i have been told that you can use 2000 grade paper with pleanty of fairy liquid to temove the orange peal effect.

What do you think........

 

how do you mean the primer has reacted did you use panal wipe to clean the wing before you done your first coat of primer you can but it or use meths i wouldnt use filler i would use 600 grit then gice it a dust coat 2 ways to dust coat either turn the pressure write down and slowly hold trigger half in so more air blowing then primer coming out 2 hold gum further away than normal i prefer 1 then when you have dust coated it let it stand for 10 mins then give it a proper coat of primer then let it dry then use 1000 grit wiv lots of water then it should be ready for yor basecoat,,, realy you are suppose to wait a day before you spray the laquer but i have done it wiv in an 1 hour and still got fine results if you get orange peel you can use 200o grid wiv fairy then buff it up wiv g3 paste and a buffer hope this helps

 

Thanks. Ill try to get a pic of the reaction, it looks like some thinners were still on the wing. I have rubed it down a bit and will spray a bit tomorrow..... How many coats of laquer will i need to do?

 

dam man what a colour to paint if you put to much on it will look darker than the rest to less and it will be to lite i was a painter for 5 years its not easy and the laquer is a job to get rigth mate i would say take it in to a paint shop not being funny but each to there own

 

I know, i got halfords to do a colour match on a can for the wing mirrors, it looked crap, but then i dont think they got the mix right as it did look like it had blue in it?

At the end of the day ill give it a go it it comes out bad ill just have to take it in I just want to try to do most of the work on the car myself for once.

 

3 coats of laquer im in the middle of doing a full respray job on mine wiv 2k paint but i dont need laquer as diamond white is all in 1 but i understand when bl3onde says to much to dark and to less to light the way to get around this is do a coat at a time let it dry say 30 mins then have a look at it from all angles if it needs a bit more then spray again but do 1 coat at a time dont be tempted to rush another coat sraight after as thats were you get it to dark

 

Yogi

Im getting morelli to colour match a sample of my old wing. Have you used them for colour match before?

 

yes monkey i have but for french polishing materials as i am a french polisher by trade just do cars on the weekend really they are a good supplier i havent had any problems wiv them good luck m8

 

scotch the door aswell and cross blend into it to avoid a the clash of shades. get some fade out thinners to blend out the colour. and make sure you use plenty of heat.

 

my bumper turned out ok, the wing is a nightmare. still getting serious reaction. what is going wrong?

 

what thinners are you using mate.. here is website might help you
http://www.thebugshop.org/bsfqpnt.htm#takeoff try ang get me a pic of the reaction and ill tell you the problem are you using activator/hardner?