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> Getting ready to paint, need advice
swood
post Nov 21 2009, 11:50 PM
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I've got a '75 Palma Green Metallic that is almost ready for new paint. I'm in the process of sanding down and priming. My question is with this metallic paint, is it best to go with a two stage color then clear coat than a single stage? My understanding is that you can't color sand with the metallic fleck in it. But I don't know so that's why I'm askin. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

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post Oct 23 2010, 05:37 PM
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nice and smoooooth....

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QUOTE(swood @ Oct 23 2010, 03:37 PM) *


Hey Stevo, looking good. Yes, it does LOOK nice and smooth, but take a lesson from my experience and shoot and sand a guide coat. I just got done painting (repainting) my 914 and it looked just as smooth as your primer. I did the reflective light test and swore that I had all the dips and bumps out. That is, until I shot the color. That's when I found everything I missed. I had just shot a guide coat using $114/quart paint. For the price of a couple cans of Walmart's best $.98 spray paint I could have avoided a lot of expense and work.

HTH you avoid the same. Good luck on your shoot.

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swood   Getting ready to paint, need advice   Nov 21 2009, 11:50 PM
scotty b   2 stage. Single stage just isn't worth the eff...   Nov 22 2009, 10:08 AM
kconway   I had mine done recently in two stage metallic (Al...   Nov 22 2009, 11:26 AM
Mikey914   2 stage all the way, just spend the money for the ...   Nov 22 2009, 02:53 PM
swood   2 stage all the way, just spend the money for the...   Nov 22 2009, 03:36 PM
r_towle   Single stage has the clear coat mixed in with the ...   Nov 22 2009, 05:02 PM
r_towle   Hey Scotty.... What brand of single stage did you...   Nov 22 2009, 05:04 PM
scotty b   Hey Scotty.... What brand of single stage did yo...   Nov 23 2009, 07:26 PM
rick 918-S   Back in the day when you had a choice of lucite la...   Nov 22 2009, 10:16 PM
jmill   Scotty and Rick are in the know. I can give you o...   Nov 23 2009, 09:20 PM
Kargeek   I painted my car 20 years ago with single stage ...   Nov 25 2009, 03:10 PM
swood   Nice rainy so cal day...half the fam is gone the o...   Oct 23 2010, 01:06 PM
swood   nice and smoooooth.... http://www.914world.com/bb...   Oct 23 2010, 05:37 PM
Cheapsnake   nice and smoooooth.... http://www.914world.com/b...   Oct 24 2010, 06:51 AM
KaptKaos   Looking good! When you going to shoot it? ...   Oct 24 2010, 08:03 AM
swood   Yep, got paint to shoot a guide coat. I'm just...   Oct 24 2010, 09:43 AM
swood   As I do more sanding, i'm really loving this c...   Oct 24 2010, 08:45 PM
rick 918-S   As I do more sanding, i'm really loving this ...   Oct 24 2010, 09:14 PM
Cheapsnake   As I do more sanding, i'm really loving this ...   Oct 25 2010, 02:31 PM


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