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Tantwoforty · 05-10-2011, 11:24 PM

heres what ive been working on for the past few days
i picked up this:

then i got to sanding, there is thin flat black spray paint over the OEM silver color with randm deap swirl marks from where it loks like he tryed to kind of half ass sand it..
real shame to, the silver i found when i chipped off the spray was beautiful, clear coat was still pretty.. had alot so sand and smooth out it was in pretty bad shape

there were quite a few gashes and big problems, but i wanted to get the first coat of primer to be able to see what it would and wouldn't cover

got to sanding the first coat and started to see what i needed to fix, i ran short on primer, but i got most of the placed i wanted to see for now..

got to sanding the first coat down and working with the larger gashes, i decided to do the side pieces real quick for some instant gratification:

This is about when i used epoxy and filled the big gashes after hitting them with some 80 grit

after fighting it all smooh and then after a 1000 grit wet sanding it was time for first coat of real krylon primer..

after a few more of those, about 3 coats and 1000 grit wet sanding cycles of krylon nickel satin and about 3 coats of krylon clear and 1200 grit wet sanding cycles here i am.. i still need to do another good coat of clear, break it down to a smooth layer and buff it..
my car is oem champagne
this is right after the most recent spray of clear, the clear isint very shiny at all, and it layed down pretty bumpy.. lets hope it clears up with a few mroe coats, wet sanding and buffing :/

cheesy pic of car for color: (girlfriend car..lol)

any tips guys or thoughts, im not really trying to get the surface ? this is still % right now and i know it wont really match, ill do that when i repaint the car, so i didn't fill all the smaller things, meh. work in progress..

05-10-2011, 11:24 PM	#11
Tantwoforty Nissanaholic! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Riverside ca Age: 35 Posts: 1,890 Trader Rating: (20) Feedback Score: 20 reviews	heres what ive been working on for the past few days i picked up this: then i got to sanding, there is thin flat black spray paint over the OEM silver color with randm deap swirl marks from where it loks like he tryed to kind of half ass sand it.. real shame to, the silver i found when i chipped off the spray was beautiful, clear coat was still pretty.. had alot so sand and smooth out it was in pretty bad shape there were quite a few gashes and big problems, but i wanted to get the first coat of primer to be able to see what it would and wouldn't cover got to sanding the first coat and started to see what i needed to fix, i ran short on primer, but i got most of the placed i wanted to see for now.. got to sanding the first coat down and working with the larger gashes, i decided to do the side pieces real quick for some instant gratification: This is about when i used epoxy and filled the big gashes after hitting them with some 80 grit after fighting it all smooh and then after a 1000 grit wet sanding it was time for first coat of real krylon primer.. after a few more of those, about 3 coats and 1000 grit wet sanding cycles of krylon nickel satin and about 3 coats of krylon clear and 1200 grit wet sanding cycles here i am.. i still need to do another good coat of clear, break it down to a smooth layer and buff it.. my car is oem champagne this is right after the most recent spray of clear, the clear isint very shiny at all, and it layed down pretty bumpy.. lets hope it clears up with a few mroe coats, wet sanding and buffing :/ cheesy pic of car for color: (girlfriend car..lol) any tips guys or thoughts, im not really trying to get the surface ? this is still % right now and i know it wont really match, ill do that when i repaint the car, so i didn't fill all the smaller things, meh. work in progress..