**Rattle Can paint jobs**

[ILLES13]

Originally Posted by aznpoopy

possibly. i've never tried spraying over wet. with fisheye, usually the culprit is some kind of oil, but i think it goes without saying the surface has to be perfectly clean. that includes clean of dust from sanding, clean of water and clean of oils that you deposit on the surface just by touching it without wearing gloves.

i personally sand once before paint, wash it a billion times, wipe dry and let it sit for a while to make sure any remaining moisture has evap'd off. after that, any time i handle it, latex gloves are on. if you're spraying rustoleum, i wouldn't bother with wetsanding between coats. spray on all coats, let dry, then wetsand up to 2000, finish with orbital buffer and rubbing compound. it will be glossy.

So i did the other side, and as you said i washed it a couple times and it helped alot. I'll have to sand back to primer and start again on the wrinkled part on the rear end. Rubber gloves is a good idea!

Oh and as far as wet sand, what number should i do up to 2000?

[aznpoopy]

Originally Posted by ILLES13

So i did the other side, and as you said i washed it a couple times and it helped alot. I'll have to sand back to primer and start again on the wrinkled part on the rear end. Rubber gloves is a good idea!

Oh and as far as wet sand, what number should i do up to 2000?

really depends man. figuring out how rough you want your sandpaper depends on how much you need to sand down. for something rough to the touch, i might start with 1500, then 2000, then orbital buffer with rubbing compound, then polishing compound. if it comes out nice, you could probably just level it out with a quick 2000 wetsand and go straight to buffing /w polish.

of course all of this is balanced by the fact that you're doing a rattle can job. if you try to sand/buff too much you will end up going down to the bottom layer of primer/paint and you'll have to respray.

so you'll have to pick a point where you either lay on more coats next time so you have more to work with, or just say fuck it and deal with the imperfections

[Sileighty_DRFT89]

finished my 50 chev. came out pretty decent with rustoleum painters touch

[Fries]

Starting my adventure. Never done did dis befo'.

It's going ok.
I figure it can't look any worse than it started [mismatched paint scuffs EVERYWHERE]



Doing a red and black two tone. That is the red after drying. I'll wetsand it [kinda chunky] then do another layer.



p.s. How do you feel about spray paint clearcoat?