clear coat brand?

KiwiFlavor · 13-February-07, 08:21 AM

Hello all, im just wondering what brand of enamel based clear coat do you all recommend? im using duplicolor paint as color coats..

Thanks yo!

AntiM · 13-February-07, 08:31 AM

Duplicolor. Use the same brand in the same type of paint and you'll never have any problems.

It takes lots of coats using paint bombs, it just doesn't go on very thick. But you can rub Duplicolor out to a really nice mirror finish. 3 or 4 coats, wet sand, 3 or 4 coats, wet sand, 3 or 4 coats, wet sand, rubbing compound, finishing compound. Mirror finish. Use a good car wax after about 6 weeks.

KiwiFlavor · 13-February-07, 08:42 PM

hmm ok.. thanks.. oh btw after 3-4 coats u wetsand it with 800 grit then 3-4 coats then wetsand it with 1000 grit etc etc.... is that what you mean? oh also i have a question, i painted this panel and then wetsand it with 800-1000 (im not up to 1500-2000 yet) and i saw this little dots...

do i have to wetsand the whole panel again? or do i only wetsand the areas that have those dots?

~Thanks

AntiM · 13-February-07, 10:00 PM

I use 600 grit between coats. I don't go finer until the very end before rubbing out. And you don't want dots, just sand the areas that need it until the whole surface has a flat satin finish to it. Being careful not to sand any one area too thin like the edges. You should be using a block to keep it nice and level.

Coelacanth · 21-February-07, 12:17 PM

Here's another thing maybe you might not have known, KiwiFlavor: If you're painting with metallic, pearl, or similar paint, you don't sand between color coats, only after it's been clearcoated. With nonmetallics, wet-sanding between the color coats will improve the smoothness of the final finish, but with metallics/pearls/candies, wet-sanding between the color coats just ruins the effect or the particles in the paint.

KiwiFlavor · 21-February-07, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coelacanth


	Here's another thing maybe you might not have known, KiwiFlavor: If you're painting with metallic, pearl, or similar paint, you don't sand between color coats, only after it's been clearcoated. With nonmetallics, wet-sanding between the color coats will improve the smoothness of the final finish, but with metallics/pearls/candies, wet-sanding between the color coats just ruins the effect or the particles in the paint.

yezzur i know that.. but thanks for the heads up

13-February-07, 08:21 AM		#1 (permalink)
KiwiFlavor Apex Tech Fanatic	clear coat brand? Hello all, im just wondering what brand of enamel based clear coat do you all recommend? im using duplicolor paint as color coats.. Thanks yo!

13-February-07, 08:31 AM		#2 (permalink)
AntiM Aqua Pimp	Re: clear coat brand? Duplicolor. Use the same brand in the same type of paint and you'll never have any problems. It takes lots of coats using paint bombs, it just doesn't go on very thick. But you can rub Duplicolor out to a really nice mirror finish. 3 or 4 coats, wet sand, 3 or 4 coats, wet sand, 3 or 4 coats, wet sand, rubbing compound, finishing compound. Mirror finish. Use a good car wax after about 6 weeks.

13-February-07, 08:42 PM		#3 (permalink)
KiwiFlavor Apex Tech Fanatic	Re: clear coat brand? hmm ok.. thanks.. oh btw after 3-4 coats u wetsand it with 800 grit then 3-4 coats then wetsand it with 1000 grit etc etc.... is that what you mean? oh also i have a question, i painted this panel and then wetsand it with 800-1000 (im not up to 1500-2000 yet) and i saw this little dots... do i have to wetsand the whole panel again? or do i only wetsand the areas that have those dots? ~Thanks

13-February-07, 10:00 PM		#4 (permalink)
AntiM Aqua Pimp	Re: clear coat brand? I use 600 grit between coats. I don't go finer until the very end before rubbing out. And you don't want dots, just sand the areas that need it until the whole surface has a flat satin finish to it. Being careful not to sand any one area too thin like the edges. You should be using a block to keep it nice and level.

21-February-07, 12:17 PM		#5 (permalink)
Coelacanth Apex Tech God	Re: clear coat brand? Here's another thing maybe you might not have known, KiwiFlavor: If you're painting with metallic, pearl, or similar paint, you don't sand between color coats, only after it's been clearcoated. With nonmetallics, wet-sanding between the color coats will improve the smoothness of the final finish, but with metallics/pearls/candies, wet-sanding between the color coats just ruins the effect or the particles in the paint.

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