Ready To Spray Paint (you need an air compressor and a
spray gun)
Surface
Preparation
Thoroughly clean the area to be
repaired with dish soap (Joy, Dawn etc.) and water. Then dry completely.
Use prep solvent and a clean lint free towel to
assure the surface
is free of wax, oil, and
other surface contaminates. For better results do not apply
paint in direct sunlight, high humidity, or where
silicone waxes and
tire dressings are present. Test the color
match on the provided test card before doing anything else to your car.
You need to use a paint
respirator to spray this paint.
Basic Sanding
Sand out
rust, scratches, or bad surface damage with 180-320 grit
sandpaper. Primer will
cover over 180-320 grit sand scratches. Use 600 wet sandpaper to sand the
area you will use basecoat. Wet sand the blend panel (area that might get
some basecoat and will get clearcoated) with 1000-1500 grit wet sandpaper. Entire area to be
painted should be dull and smooth.
For new plastic parts lightly scuff the area with a
grey fine scuff pad. For new metal
parts you may lightly use a red (medium) for topcoating with solid colors or
grey scuff pad (fine) for metallic and pearls.
Primer
One part Acrylic Lacquer Primer Easiest to use. Ready to spray. Shake
it up. Stir it with a paint stick. Strain it with a strainer right in to the
gun cup. Recommended tip size is 1.4. Spray several coats of lacquer
primer waiting 5 minutes between each coat. Wait 20 minutes before wet
sanding with 600 water sandpaper.
2 part Urethane Primer This is catalyzed so don't let it sit in the
gun too long. Clean your paint gun immediately to prevent damage. This product has the best adhesion. Recommended tip
size is 1.5-1.8 All solvent is added, but a small amount of primer
catalyst (hardener) has been provided. Mix this together in a separate
plastic cup at a 4 to 1 ratio. Apply 2-3 medium coats waiting 5-10 minutes
between each coat. Sand after 2 hours with 600 grit wet sandpaper.
Basecoat Color
Urethane Base Coat Ready to spray. Shake stir with a paint stick.
Strain it right into the gun cup. Use a gun with a 1.3-1.4 tip size. Apply 2-3 medium wet coats or until
covered. Allow each coat to dry handslick (dull) before going to the
next coat. A final
mist coat can be used to make the metallic appear more even. Do not solvent
clean or sand in between coats of basecoat color. Allow the basecoat to dry
a minimum of 15 minutes to apply clearcoat.
Clearcoat
Acrylic Lacquer Clear Coat. Wait one hour for the base coat
color to dry before application. Easiest to use. Ready to spray. Shake it
up. Stir it with a paint stick. Strain it with a strainer right into the gun
cup. Recommended tip size is 1.4. Create a slow build one coat at a
time. It takes 4 medium wet coats with a dry time of 5-10 minutes between
coats.
Acrylic Urethane Clear Coat. Highest quality. This is catalyzed
so don't let it sit in the gun too long. Clean your paint gun immediately to
prevent damage. All solvent is added, but a small amount of clear coat
catalyst (hardener) has been provided. Mix this together in a separate
plastic cup. It has a 4-1 clear coat to clear hardener ratio. Apply 2 wet
coats allowing the first coat to flash off for 2-5 minutes. Dust free time
is 45 minutes, if you need to buff this clear you can wet sand with 1500 and
polish after 24 hours, but is the easier before 48 hours has elapsed.
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