How long did it take to sand...I took 5 hours...and I saw some people with only 15min....wtf?

 

sanding really depends on how **** you are about the finish project... some experienced sanders could take 30mins and have it looking great, others take 3 hours and it can still come out looking like crap... there isn't an exact time limit... just do a good job, take your time and make sure it comes out SMOOOTH... time is in direct relation to skill...

 

IMO, i would never spend 5 hours sanding any part of my car... considering 1 trip on a 65+ mph road, and you've already got rock chips...

 

^+1 lol

 

Damn, I sanded all the paint off and hit black platic a few times....didn't turn out as I wanted because the clearcoat came out uneven....giving it 2 days to dry because it's pretty humid down here...

 

heres how mine came out but i did this like 3 years ago,

 

G35-31, car looks dope... i like the color scheme you got going..

 

Honestly man, i think your spending way to much time on it... i know you want it to come out perfect, but taking extra long doesn't mean its gonna be any better... When it comes down to sanding, all you wanna do is make the grille smooth and sand out imperfections.. sanding it doesn't mean to take the paint off of it... cause your just gonna cover it up anyway... I took 10-15 mins sanding till it was nice and smooth, cleaned it.. light 1st coat with black, then the 2nd and 3rd coats were moderate, dont do heavy..., and lastly i put two coats of moderate clear coat, let it dry till it was dry to the touch, and put it back on... took about 2 hours max... im not bagging on your technique.. just letting you know its ok to do it within a few hours... esp since like i said.. rock chips are gonna eat away at that grillie before getting chips from doing a bad paint job... and most of us repaint the grilles twice a year.. since its so cheap and easy to do...

 

Nice Job, i cant decided if i should black mine out or Paint to match QX1

 

^^ qx1??? not familiar with that... any pics you can post up?

 

+1, wtf is qx1??

 

^QX1 is IP

 

Oh word... so i rock a qx1 and didn't even know it... failboat...03gt35r, don't match it to IP, go with blacking it out... heres how mine came out :

 

Ah damn...I went with 3 coats of primer, 5 coats of black, and 6~7 HEAVY coats of clear....I think I may need to redo this in the summer....

 

^^ way too many layers my man.... the more layers the higher chance you have it to chip.. do you have any pics? im interested to see what 6-7 coats of clear coat looks like..