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Hey up, I've painted my rocker covers with halfords paint just wanna bit of advice! I degreased em thoroughly and primed them properly and then gave them a dust coat of colour, waited 15 mins gave em another good coat waited again and then lathered it on thick. I looked great wet but dried to a matt finish. I thought maybe they needed some clear lacquer so I ordered some off ebay and gave the covers a light wet and dry in preparation but accdently took too much off so I wet and dried them nice and smooth bought more paint and gave them another go - only this time they've dried to a really nice gloss! What did I do differently to achieve that?? Also, if I wait a few days for it to harden whats the best tip to get them even shinier? I've read that T-cut and polish would but I'd be worried about it ruining the pretty good finish I have now achieved in a greedy search for more shine!
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if you painted over wet/damp primer then that would suck up the gloss
best ways to get a good finish is to sand em dead smooth , warm the cans and lash it on nice
you can sand them smooth with 1500/2000 to remove any orange peel and polish them with any good polish
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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Ah, that might have been the problem then, I did wait a while but probs not long enough. So polish them as in how you'd polish a car or with more elbow grease?
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Yep polish away with T cut or some cutting paste - they will come up nice and shiney, but will require some good effort. The gloss finish you get from a can always be improved on with some polishing action - on past items I have done with Halfords acrylic paints I have just rubbed away with cutting compound to bring them up shiney.
Maybe the dull finish was due to you spraying in cold conditions? I have had similar before with cans. I usually drop the cans in a pan of boiled water and let them rest for 5 mins, before shaking up and spraying, the heat gets everything moving inside the can and means you have a decent spray.
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As above but even just humidity in the air will give a dull finish.
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1976 Suzuki GT550 Celica RA28...Gone  |
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Jun 16, 2010 13:50:36 GMT
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primer is meant to be dreid then sanded ...it sucked up the paint
you need a wet on wet primer to paint straight over..doubt its avail in cans
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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Jun 17, 2010 23:12:36 GMT
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if you cut paint even with t cut you'll av to polish after!!!!!!!!!!
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