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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Miggy24 on 24 June 2009, 18:49:39

Title: Painting metallic
Post by: Miggy24 on 24 June 2009, 18:49:39

Hi there im painting my rear archs in the next day or two and painting them with a can.How many layers will i have to put one as its metallic

Title: Re: Painting metallic
Post by: unlucky alf on 24 June 2009, 18:58:28

ive found it depends on what colour, mine is polar sea blue & recommended primer is grey, it takes a fair few coats to cover properly whereas silver with grey primer will cover with less coats, but i believe they recommend 4 coats as the norm, i think that is as clear as mud but you get my drift ;)

Title: Re: Painting metallic
Post by: unlucky mark mv6 on 24 June 2009, 19:15:18

Till you get a nice even colour.Normally you just dust the base on,and blast on the laquer.

Title: Re: Painting metallic
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 25 June 2009, 10:32:16

And don't be disappointed when the laguar that went on like liquid glass now looks like a frosty pond....when it's dried, and I mean DRIED, then plenty of elbow grease/cutting compound (used with care, I might add!) to bring up the shine.

I actually used Brasso on a door mirror and it's perfect-o.  :)

Just done a rear arch myself, and apparently putting it on too thick makes it darker  >:( information that would have been more use to me BEFORE i stated the job!! Be careful with the basecoat, nice and gentle dusting coats, like the wise man says above  [smiley=smiley_up.gif]

Other than that go for it, its dead easy, just relax into it.