KVH
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I really did a great job filling, sanding and preparing my car door for paint and clear coat. I read every youtube and article I could find. I talked to my local auto shop and paint shop. This wasn't my first attempt. I'd done an "OK" job before. But this is the worst product I've created in recent memory. Maybe too much paint. But I just can't explain it. I was so careful. I put the clear coat on, thin, then heavy and slow. Granted, it seemed to take too many paint coats to cover the primer, and too many clear coat passes to "look" even, but, otherwise, I really felt I followed the book. The result is a mess. Rough, thick, bumpy and irregular. Any kid messing around with his dad's tools and paint could do a better job.
I took my finished product down to my favorite paint and body shop. My buddy laughed and said that if I wanted to keep playing around with inconsistent results I could use rattle cans, and try color sanding and buffing my clear coat, but that if I wanted to graduate to a level where these kinds of errors are avoided, I need to get a paint gun and learn the correct application methods using good equipment, a compressor, and maybe even a makeshift booth of sorts.
I've seen some great work with rattle cans. I even created one or two that "pass." But this latest experience leaves me baffled. A few too many paint coats? Maybe poor lighting threw me off on the number of coats needed. Maybe a bit too warm (82 degrees). I'm left with impression that there are too many factors to throw a person off using rattle cans; they're more temperamental, less forgiving. I don't know.
What I do know is that I could benefit from hearing the experiences of others, and that's the reason for my post. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. KVH
I took my finished product down to my favorite paint and body shop. My buddy laughed and said that if I wanted to keep playing around with inconsistent results I could use rattle cans, and try color sanding and buffing my clear coat, but that if I wanted to graduate to a level where these kinds of errors are avoided, I need to get a paint gun and learn the correct application methods using good equipment, a compressor, and maybe even a makeshift booth of sorts.
I've seen some great work with rattle cans. I even created one or two that "pass." But this latest experience leaves me baffled. A few too many paint coats? Maybe poor lighting threw me off on the number of coats needed. Maybe a bit too warm (82 degrees). I'm left with impression that there are too many factors to throw a person off using rattle cans; they're more temperamental, less forgiving. I don't know.
What I do know is that I could benefit from hearing the experiences of others, and that's the reason for my post. Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. KVH