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[philster]

Okay i've almost finished the welding on the car and have got to the point where i need to sort the paint out, so i need a few tips on the various stages.

Firstly what ratio is best to start with once primered (using celly)?, i've always used pretty much 50/50 when doing repairs and thats it but i want to do a better job this time, how many coats should i give it?, what do i need to do between each coat?, do i need to put a coat of laquer on afterwards? How loang do i need to leave the paint to dry before doing any rubbing down (if needed?) or polishing.

Cheers

Phil

[Mincento]

right personally if your feeling confident the best ratio is 60 thinners 40 paint as it will go on thin and easy but it requires you to move alot faster and personally thats why 50/50 is used as it is an inbetween

You should give it about 4-5 coats if using base celly and want a really good job but in my experience the cost factor will stop you at 3 coats all over the car

lacqer is only needed on base coat paints such as metalics etc

put on first caoat of paint and let dry for 7 hours on a hot day unless you live in the dessert and then flat it down with 1000 grit wet and dry paper and loads of water with a bit of fairy liquid in

then totally clean the panel and apply the paint in thin not thick coats unless your experienced enough to achieve the wet look where you basically apply the coats of paint continually untill the panel looks wet

once all painted leave for a couple of days before polishing

two main things

1. use proper panel wipe regularly
2. use lint free cloth

wayne

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