Metallic Paint

[daggerlee]

Thought about it. But it will ruin my perfect semi-gloss black parts (do you have any idea how long it took to mask that?) maybe I still will do it anyway

Put a drop of water on the ruined paint surface. If you can see the paint being restored to its original color through the water, then clear coating is for you

[ales]

Originally posted by Guiddy
Do you guys think I need to do a thread on painting metalics?

I certainly can't see why not.

Adn maybe you could put the correct (and short) order of procedures when working on the car body? Like primer --> (sand a bit with 1200) --> paint --> rubbing compound --> decals --> wax into the FAQ?

[ales]

Originally posted by daggerlee


Put a drop of water on the ruined paint surface. If you can see the paint being restored to its original color through the water, then clear coating is for you

Decided to put it into brake fluid and do it all again. It's probably worth it to do it right, right?

[daggerlee]

Decided to put it into brake fluid and do it all again.

cool, as long as it's not brake cleaner :toothless