Stage 2

 

nice!

 

so you have to drive with the lights on all the time? looks awesome at night!

 

for now, that will change over the next few weeks

 

Yeah, what he said. You may have sanded all the clear off and probably weren't aware of it. As for the orange peel....are you sure it's not bumps in the paint. I have seen some interiors exposed to HIGH heat and then a reaction between the two where the finish will start bubbling; looks a lot like orange peel.

 

^yeah it may be bumps in the paint! that would explain the heat, it was a hot day with the windows up, i could see my interior getting over 100 degrees! so whats the cause, paint didnt bond to the plastic too well?

 

^^paint sucks hahaha my car gets hot as heck and paint still looks like the first time i took it out. but then agen my paint was curing at 120 degrees in the paint booth.

 

^lol, i dont think its the paint, i think its the primer not bonding to the plastic properly!

should sand down to bare plastic again and use some kind of adhesion promoter?

 

If it's bumps in the paint then that is usually caused from bad prep work, wax or grease/dirt on the pieces prior to painting and/or not using the correct paint, primer, clear.

 

^ so should i sand the parts down to bare plastic and start from zero? what primer/adhesion promoter should i use? I want to get this right, i know you really recommend getting these parts proffesionally sprayed for best results, but from my pictures you can see a glossy mirror finish is definitely obtainable, i just dont want it to bubble/get messed up in the heat again!

 

i would just use a primer for plastics, then the paint, then a high heat resistant glossy clear coat

 

FYI, high heat paints are a gimmick. All paints are designed to withstand 200 degrees. So why pay more for a paint that does the same as OEM paints? That's like buying OEM paint versus buying OEM paint that is "FLEA/Kennon" approved.

 

flea have you been getting my pm's? they go to my outbox then dissappear and not to sent.

 

I have not gotten any messages. I clean the inbox every 3 days.

 

so mind telling me what primer to use?

 

Maybe I should just do a DIY on this afterall.

 

The primer i use is duplicolor and put atleast 2 coats inbetween sanding.
- sand plastic 220 grit
- prime ( 2 coats)
- sand plastic 320 grit
- prime (1 coat)
- wet sand 600 grit
- AND YOUR READY TO PAINT!!! suppose to seal it but
these are plastic parts doesnt really matter.

 

Damn Jeremias. You just got to do a couple things...not all that. You forgot about cleaning the surfacesn etc.

 

If he really wants it to come out good he knows that he has to clean it im talkin bout the painting process. Well the reason i do all of that is to make sure everything is even in surface and product sticking to each other.

 

Just curious, but why would you wet sand primer?