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Sept 18, 2011 17:21:34 GMT
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I've bought a new cheap hack, sadly it's been rolled with one of these  instead of the foam type, and with a very matt black. I'd love to be able to somehow easily transform this into a shiny black paintjob, but as I guess that's quite impossible i'll settle for a "respectable" matt/satin/whatever I've allready experimented on the hood with an oscillating sander, wet sanding, rubbing compound, polisher etc, and only ended up with quite questionable results... Any advice would be greatly appreciated    It looks alot worse in person... Bonus points for guessing the car ;D |
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Last Edit: Sept 18, 2011 17:38:09 GMT by dude
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Sept 18, 2011 18:54:59 GMT
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Shine happens when there are no imperfections in the surface. That simple really. Guess you already know that.
Your orbital sander hasn't taken enough off prior to wet sanding and polishing.
A good wet wax can hide a lot of sins. But if the job was done with an emolution roller you still won't get a shine with wax until you've spent a fair bit of time on it.
80-grit sanding disc all over until the finish is consistant right across each pannel. Then the same again with 250-grit. If there is any paint left after this then start working down with wet and dry. You're trying to make it completely flat. If you can see dimples in the surface then it won't shine well. Just keep sanding until what started as the lowest point becomes the top layer.
It will never look anywhere near right until it is smooth. No matter what you put over the top.
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Sept 29, 2011 12:32:14 GMT
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paint stripper and a repaint?
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Sept 29, 2011 12:55:51 GMT
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If you don't know what paint was used it'll need taking off or sealing in, you don't want to spend days on it and have it react with whatever you put on top of it.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Sept 29, 2011 21:55:43 GMT
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I used matt taxi black when i painted my teardrop caravan, then sprayed over with cheap yacht varnish, came up just like gloss
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I don't WANT TO DIE A GROWN UP!
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Sept 29, 2011 23:01:55 GMT
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I found an industrial steam cleaner set to 130 degrees and full pressure took almost all of the horrid old satin wibblepoo off my 72 Mustang...
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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Sept 30, 2011 11:57:23 GMT
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As per ejenner DA as much as poss flat, hand-sand where needs to.
Use synth enamel to re-paint if you want cheap. That won't wake up whatever is on there, though looking at how thick it is, it probs was synth or an enamel of some type.
If you want it posh then some other paint's needed and you're into stripping it all or barcoating.
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'66 Amazon <-> '94 LS400 <-> '86 Suzuki 1135 EFE
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Thanks for the advice guys I haven't had time to investigate further, although the car practically is mot'd now though  Ejenner - After googleing i'm starting to think matt black can never become shiny, or even properly matt again after it's been touched with a sandpaper. Do you have any experience with this, or only "normal" paints? Briggsys idea sounds like a plan, if there's, as ejenner said, anything left to laquer after sanding ;D Othervise bob's probably on a good track, and that's probably what's going to happen. The guy said the paint was for tin roofs, any ideas if it'll work to paint over? And i'm not very posh at all ;D |
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