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Offline jonesltd

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Spray interior trim Alu style
« on: 25 September 2009, 15:51 »
Yep, here goes, have a project this weekend and have been doing some searching on the forum and that but there are no guides to it? Just

Wet and dry
Prime
Wet and dry
Spray colour
(bin told inbetween this stage should wet and dry 1500??)
Lacquer

Is that basically it?

What paint spray thingy should I buy from halfords and laquer please. Already got r32 trim for centre console so wanna match as close as I can thanks

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Offline northeast_gti-t

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Re: Spray interior trim Alu style
« Reply #1 on: 25 September 2009, 17:31 »
600 grade wet & dry to key the surface for primer
clean & dry
primer
10-15 mins
primer
10-15 mins
rub down with very wet 1200 grade wet & dry
basecoat
10-15 mins
basecoat
5 mins
laquer
5 mins
laquer
leave to dry
job done  :wink:
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Offline jonesltd

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Re: Spray interior trim Alu style
« Reply #2 on: 25 September 2009, 17:34 »
excellent!!! basecoat thou  :undecided: there r loads??
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Re: Spray interior trim Alu style
« Reply #3 on: 25 September 2009, 19:42 »
basecoat=choice of colour ie siler,grey etc etc  :wink:
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Offline WJB

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Re: Spray interior trim Alu style
« Reply #4 on: 27 September 2009, 12:50 »
600 grade wet & dry to key the surface for primer
clean & dry
primer
10-15 mins
primer
10-15 mins
rub down with very wet 1200 grade wet & dry
basecoat
10-15 mins
basecoat
5 mins
laquer
5 mins
laquer
leave to dry
job done  :wink:

Nice one  :cool:
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