nice nice, doett

 

Should look nice I'm probably just going to sack up and do it. Maybe do something crazy with my new wheels too. mhmmmmmmm

Only if I could put my normal life on hold haha.

 

Finish it off sanding with 3M trizact 3000,Stuff is amazing! 800 is kinda low, did you try 1200 or 1500 then 2000?

 

^Is that the weird stuff in the 3M headlight kit? Grey and almost looks like a stone kinda?

 

I started with 400.... this paint is raw and ugly haha...

Whats 3M trizact 3000?

 

Very nice I was wondering why you were looking very blotchy lol. I mean technically, if you want a matte finish you should have used a flattening agent, I honestly haven't heard of anybody wetsanding and leaving it down like that to create the flat look. The way I do my mattes is just get a nice base color going, then when it comes to the clear coat mix a bit of flattening agent in and bam! Flat/Matte, Semi-Flat, whatever you name it.

3M trizact 3000 I think it's a type of sandpaper, 3000 GRIT sandpaper is kinda rare and not usually found in local auto stores. I usually just go to 2000 and use a extra little compound. There are shops who just skip the 3000 grit step and go right into the finishing compound. I wetsand from 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 then hit it with 3M Perfect It II & a wool pad. Does wonders everytime!

@Naughty, yeah I mean I start with 800 depending on how much orange peel there is and how much clearcoat I applied.. but I would love to start with 1000 but I always still find a bit of orange peel afterwards. So I stuck to going down to 800.

 

I was not trying to get a matte finish by sanding ^ I started sanding because I didn't like the last coat I applied when I got new fenders...

I used this to achieve the matte.
http://www.semproducts.com/Catalog.asp?prod=272

 

Oh I mean there are obviously other ways to achieve the matte look lol, I was just stating one way not to sound like a dick or anything.

Makes sense, where did you find a booth to rent at? I tried finding places for ages but no one is willing to rent one out to me lol so I just paint outdoors and wet the floor like a douchebag.

Props that you could tear down your car like that, I'm still hesitant on sanding my car down the paint is still in really mint condition lol.

 

Just pointing it out incase you didnt read the thread. Originally I painted it in a booth, but made so many changes that I emptied the garage masked it all off and painted.

 

I read threw some of it then got lost and confused lol. So you painted it with cans or an actual gun?

@ Naughty, what exactly would the 3000 achieve vs 2000 grit? I've always wondered that I just recently started painting.

 

a gun hahaha

 

3000 is 3m's bad *** DA paper that makes buffing out scratches child's play. Its mad money but worth it. You gotta use it with water.

Check it out

 

Haha what kind of gun did you buy? I spotted you at the bella terra in front of cheesecake I looked to say wassup but you were going by really fast.

 

Yeah, that's the stuff I was talking about that they include with the 3M headlight kit. Stuff is pretty cool

 

I never used that kit, I have a small pad adapter for my dewalt. I also just picked up an IR high speed air polisher to buff small stuff. I have a lot of paint work lined up next spring so I splurged on some detailing and buffing goods. Now I gotta sharpen my detail skills.