So…….
Clear lacquer runs.
100% my fault for being in a hurry, but also, painting outside in a mix of sunshine and shadows.
So you can’t always judge how wet the panels are.
Honestly, I think I have done pretty well with the limited amount of screw ups I had throughout this process, considering how little I had known and how much I tried and pushed my luck.
So the next step once I had the runs in the clear lacquer, was to “razor blade it off” using a variety of blades, in my case a used Stanley knife blade, remember that mostly we use the front 5% of the blade for cutting. So you have 80-90 percent of the straight edge still super sharp and unused.
Once the lacquer dries, an hour or so later, you cautiously slice off to droplets in a few passes so that there will be a bit of material left over to block sand with 600 grit or finer.
Followed by thorough cleaning and then a tack coat and another wet coat.
I did all of this with excellent results.
Final step would be to wait a few weeks and to then wash the car thoroughly and put a polisher and some rubbing compound over it repeatedly to smooth it out more, followed by various polish options.
I am hoping the buffing takes out more of the irregularities and the remaining undulations in coat number 6.
Overall, the whole car has a minimum of 6 coats and the roof, hood, trunk and bumper horizontal surfaces all have at least 7 good coats to work with.
Once I had allowed coat no 6 to dry it was time to unmask lights, sills, side repeaters, reflectors, mirrors (which are still in original paint) and of course the glass all the way around and all the doors, shut lines and more.
A job that took me about two hours.
Parts of that job again done with a heat gun to soften glue so as not to damage any paint.
Some of the bought masking film and masking tape, also left loads of glue and residue on glass, rubbers etc.
This necessitated the use of Turpentine or white spirit to shift.
After this, more soapy water to wipe that residue again.
Spider does show depth of 7 coats of glossy lacquer.
And still we are not done.
Razorblading lacquer runs.
.
Clear lacquer runs.
100% my fault for being in a hurry, but also, painting outside in a mix of sunshine and shadows.
So you can’t always judge how wet the panels are.
Honestly, I think I have done pretty well with the limited amount of screw ups I had throughout this process, considering how little I had known and how much I tried and pushed my luck.
So the next step once I had the runs in the clear lacquer, was to “razor blade it off” using a variety of blades, in my case a used Stanley knife blade, remember that mostly we use the front 5% of the blade for cutting. So you have 80-90 percent of the straight edge still super sharp and unused.
Once the lacquer dries, an hour or so later, you cautiously slice off to droplets in a few passes so that there will be a bit of material left over to block sand with 600 grit or finer.
Followed by thorough cleaning and then a tack coat and another wet coat.
I did all of this with excellent results.
Final step would be to wait a few weeks and to then wash the car thoroughly and put a polisher and some rubbing compound over it repeatedly to smooth it out more, followed by various polish options.
I am hoping the buffing takes out more of the irregularities and the remaining undulations in coat number 6.
Overall, the whole car has a minimum of 6 coats and the roof, hood, trunk and bumper horizontal surfaces all have at least 7 good coats to work with.
Once I had allowed coat no 6 to dry it was time to unmask lights, sills, side repeaters, reflectors, mirrors (which are still in original paint) and of course the glass all the way around and all the doors, shut lines and more.
A job that took me about two hours.
Parts of that job again done with a heat gun to soften glue so as not to damage any paint.
Some of the bought masking film and masking tape, also left loads of glue and residue on glass, rubbers etc.
This necessitated the use of Turpentine or white spirit to shift.
After this, more soapy water to wipe that residue again.
Spider does show depth of 7 coats of glossy lacquer.
And still we are not done.
Razorblading lacquer runs.
.
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