Progress- Teg

I have been working on this for about 2 or 3 days and I still can't figure out why it wont shine that great anyway this pics arent all that great so from what you see tell me what you think.http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y96/injecting/integ4.jpg
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good start, did you sand/compound and wax?

I didn't sand it I compounded it and I'm still trying to find some wax. But thanks for the comment.

the wing is from a civic right?

the wing is from a civic right?
Yes it is. Also what is a good wax too get?

You can get a good shine with just poish, but it will take a loooong time. You likely need to use sanding pads/paper to level the paint, and then you can polish it.

What kind of paint is it, and how long did it cure before you polished it?

Its just testors paint and I let it cure for about a week. I'm poalishing it with TurtleWax, Also thanks for the comments.

i dont have a lot of experience with wax, but i have the tamiya wax and it seems pretty good

I never used anything else besides TurtleWax and it seems too be pretty good but anyway I'm working on the engine and interoir(sp) and I will have pics soon.

you will most likely not get a very good shine if it is a metallic color. I suggest shooting a couple layers of clear and wetsand/polish the clear, you'll get a much better shine this way.

If that is Testors enamel, you need to wait a rather long time before polishing will take. Enamels notoriously take a long time to cure hard enough for polishing to work properly. Also, wax does not polish. Wax is... wax that you rub into a surface so that it fills tiny scratches, evening the surface making it smooth and shiney. To polish you need a polish, a polish is a fine grit that grinds out the tiny scratches, making the surface smooth and shiny.

Hmm, I have no clue why it doesn't shine...Maybe its the wing? :p Just kidding:)

You should get Meguiars ScratchX and polish it out once again and then put on wax or something:) I've never used wax :screwy:

No the paint is acylic. I'm going to have to get some of the meguiars srcatchX then and try that thanks for the help, I working on it now and will get some more pics up soon ( even tho they will be shitty ).

Also what's a good clear coat too use because I'm using rust-o-leum(sp) and I figure I don't really want to mess up and have to strip the whole thing for any kind of reason.

I just took a look at my wax and it says thats it's polishing compound and it's by TurtleWax so is it polish or wax does anyone know? I'm also just about too clear it so I will have pics up tommarow.

I just took a look at my wax and it says thats it's polishing compound and it's by TurtleWax so is it polish or wax does anyone know? I'm also just about too clear it so I will have pics up tommarow.

If it says that its a compound then your set. You don't have to do much cleaning to the body since area's that compound has been polish can be clear coated without a problem (atleast in my case;)) I don't know which clear coat to use but i did use Rust-o-lium clear coat back in the day and it wasn't all that bad. I laid it over lacquer though, i dont know about acrylic.

Ok thanks I havnt really got too much done besides clear coat which I will have more pics later tonight but yea not to much progress becuase it been nice and I have to get my bmxing in.

Update there has been a problem with the paint and I had to strip the whole thing and I'm going to repaint it red. Well it's raining right now so I have wait to paint it but I'll try and get pics soon.