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paint enough or topcoat it too?
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: siropa on June 14, 2005, 11:17:09 am ---I've never used 2 coats of primer on any painting i've ever done. Does that make a big difference?
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Yes. 90% of paint results is the amount of prep work you do. 10% is the actual painting.
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: qbert247 on June 14, 2005, 12:11:34 pm ---
that's a lota work!
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It's the only way to get a really nice paint job.
siropa:
What grit to you recomend for between most of the coats? does sound like a lot of work, but I suppose a weeks worth of time now to finish it right will make me much happer down the road with it.
ChadTower:
Don't remember specifically, something like 750. Not rough enough to take much paint off but rough enough to take off paint based protrusions (e.g. drips, roller edge marks).
Tahnok:
Hmm... I heard that you should use around 300 grit for between coats. Also, do use two coats of primer. I didn't on one of my cabs and regretted it when I started painting. One or two parts of the cab that I thought I covered well started sucking in paint and giving a poor finish.
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