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ChanceKJ:
Oh, and I put lighter numbers of coats on the surfaces that ended up getting covered by art.

deezdrama:
Thanks for breaking down your paint details chance.... your paint job did come out sweet!

I skipped primer or basecoat because the paint is paint+primer. I will have to get 2 more coats on there from the looks of it then will do 2 coats varnish.
I have a 3 day weeked so hopefully will have it painted before I have to go back to work.

deezdrama:
DISASTER !!!
:badmood: :badmood: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

After working on this almost everyday for a couple months now....Im so pissed right now...words cant describe.
Got off work.... came home and sanded...applied 3rd coat of black to everything.

Then I began clearcoating everything and the nightmare began.

All the removeable panels turned out great.

On the cab the overspray began balling up in little beads under where I hadnt painted yet.
The satin clearcoat ended up a horrible looking milky white blotchy mess.

I thought for sure I could apply the clearcoat on the just painted black sections as the can says apply within an hour or after 48 hours.

Well evidentally I effed up big time.

All that work and money on this thing and now it looks like total garbage.
The sides and back panels that I didnt today put a 3rd coat on turned out great. But all the areas I gave a third coat of black look like trash.

What the hell can I do now? So pissed

Slippyblade:
Meh, don't panic. At least it wasn't $300 custom printed vinyl. I'd let it dry for a couple days and just hit it with a coarse sander and rip it down. Not even all the way to the wood, just a layer or two of what is on there. All that is screwed up is the paint, nothing structural.

Take a breath, have a beer, let it sit a couple days and don't panic.

yotsuya:
Aren't you doing full side art? Why are you clear-coating it?

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