Lude Generation

Right so I'm having a bit of a hard time painting my rear quarter (shock)! I primered, sanded with 1500 wet/dry, 4 coats of colour, sanding with 2000 wet/dry after each coat and not onto the laquer. My finish before the laquer was shoddy to say the least, not shiny obviously but the laquer has made no difference! Even after sanding down with 2500. So iv sanded all laquer back off and tried again. Same result. No shine, just a horrid matte finish.
Is there something I'm doing wrong? Or is it just the fact in using tins with the worst spray and paint consistency iv ever seen...

So the clear did not give you any shine?
Did you have the paint made or bought it of the shelf. Motip has good spray paint cans in most colours.


I sprayed some bits and they look fine, but no bodywork.

Nope no shine at all, looked the same as it did before the laquer. Took ages sanding inbetween each coat smoothing it down and it just looks a mess!

tbh if you are only rattle caning it why flat the base coat down ?
recoat it and then laquer it then flat it down and polish .

I'm no paint expert, this is just throwing some ideas out...

Temperature?
Air humidity?
Was the panel properly dry after the base coat had been wet sanded?

Once you've sanded flat the primer layer with say 800's, you apply the colour, no sanding at all, then about 30 mins later apply the laquer again no sanding in between.

Once dry, flat with 1500-3000 and polish.

Vtecmec wrote:Once you've sanded flat the primer layer with say 800's, you apply the colour, no sanding at all, then about 30 mins later apply the laquer again no sanding in between.

Once dry, flat with 1500-3000 and polish.

This.




Don't flatten in between coats. Worst thing you can do. Unless 2 pack basecoat.

Every forum post and any how to videos online all said to sand In between colour coats. Which I had to anyway or I would have had orange peel and the paint was rough as hell. It 100% needed sanded between coats. But iv found the fault, my laquer coats weren't heavy enough. Was scared of it running that I wasn't putting on near wnough. Sorted now and looking good

I've done lots of diys in the past and even bought a smallish compressor and gun to spray in the end I'm no professional but the trick to a nice shine have a smooth finish which u are doing correctly with all the sanding and the final coat of laquer needs to be a really heavy layer, to the point it's about to drip but not quite, it's quite tricky tho, have some practice though.

After the laquer has hardened aswell (1 week) to be safe, give it a good compound and polish and wax.