paint questions....

[john_3.0s]

just a couple of qs....

 

is there any difference between 'clear coate' and 'laquor' ?

 

should i give the final base coat a sand before the laquor? if so what grade 1500ish?

 

once laquored should use some compound to finish it right off? can this be done by hand or does it need to be from a electric mop?

 

thanks! sorry for all the questions!

[TERRYWATTS1987]

no mate its the same stuff

[Vista]

no mate its the same stuff

 

Mate your sig is a little big, can you do something about it to bring it in to line with the rest of us?

[prefectopop]

As Terry says clearcoat and laquer is the same thing.

 

No need to rub down between base and clear.

 

Ideally nib out any lumps of stuff out of your clearcoat with a fine wet and dry, then mop with G3 and/or Finesse to cut out the nibbing marks. Finish with a polish - we usually use autoglym resin polish. Mopping has a bit of an art to it as it can be easy to mop through the paint, so be very careful, but you really do need a mop to get the best results...

 

Obviously the amount of dirt/debris in the paint depends on how clean your painting space is. We get minimal bits in our paintwork as we have a very clean booth and often cars leave with paint finish straight off the gun. But painting in a garage, even with cleaned area and wetted floor, will probably still leave a few bits of debris here and there.

 

Nibbing and polishing needs to be done pretty quickly after painting too, as its not very effective once paint has really hardened. Ideally if you're air drying the paint it needs to be done within 48 hours of the paint being dry.

[john_3.0s]

cheers for the advice - ill see how it goes! dont have an electic mop so going to give it a shot with some G10 by hand. not expecting a pro shop finish but anything has to be better than it looked!

 

its all a bit of a learning experience but quite chuffed with the finish so far even in my pretty dirty old garage. struggling to get a couple of marks out so need to spray some high build primer on in a couple of places tonight.