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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: dubsport on 01 November 2008, 21:30
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Right then, the BBS alloys i got on the donor car arent in great condition so i want to respray them white and then put a red pinstripe on them ... my question is what do i have to do? sand them down, primer then spray cans ? do i need to laqure them etc?
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Rite
1. clean them properly ;)
2. any pitting or corrotion knock back either with a sander or by hand ( iknow what i'd use)
Start with 180 grit then down too 240 and so on down to 500 grit
3. prime them up either using a etch primer or a 1k primer ( u dont need to go mad)
if u etch prime just a dusting should do so u wont need to sand back, if u 1k prime just a light scuff over with 500 again should be fine
4. degrease them (any good refinsh place will have degreaser, spirit or water based)
5. Tack cloth them to remove the excess dust
6. basecoat them in ur white or what ever ur using, couple of coats
7. DRY!!!!
8. Laquer, 2 coats
9.DRY PROPERLY HARD
10. if ur pinstriping with stickers, stick away, if ur doing it with paint mask up the areas u dont want red and the areas left open lightly key up the area with some fine scotch brite pad and then repeat, paint 2 coats, dry, laquer 2 coats, dry
Thas a home way of doing what i do every day at work :D
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bookmarked for later CHRIS_MC ALLOY PAINTING
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Huh u lost me????
or is my brain not quite getting it :D
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Huh u lost me????
or is my brain not quite getting it :D
ive just marked this post with comments, so i can easily find your advice again, as it looks like you know what your talking about.
(if i forget, i can just search for alloy painting or my own name and find it) INNIT
ive got a rough set of borbet A's that i would ideally like mirror polished, but may settle (depending on the effort req'd) with just a re-spray in silver
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a lot of work, but effect is amazing