you know what scratch all that i sed about y wet sanding was better i didnt really answer your question haha. lets just say prime guarantees paint sticking to your panel i guess you can say n adhession promoter. and when you do final sanding on the primer you want to make sure that the surface is smooth but still able to gaurantee adhession for the paint.

 

Yeah I know what primer is for, but wouldn't wet sanding it defeat its purpose? Shouldn't you smooth the surface out, then prime, then paint, THEN wetsand?

 

Kennon i think you should make a DIY *wink*

 

Primer is a barrier between the plastic and paint. Lets say you sand the surface with 600 which is usually too fine for primer because primers call for an area sanded with either a 220 or 320 grit. And no it wouldnt defeat the purpose for primming. you can paint straight plastic if you want but you would have to use an adhession promoter like bulldog like some ppl do. and that usually means if your just going straight into paint. and the only reason y you would wet sand is if you have orange peel or some type of texture on your clear. and you only wetsand paint if you messed up or having hair, dust and other crap on the paint.

 

Heres the interior i painted:
Sanded with 220:

Primed, sanded 220, Primed, sanded 320, and final sanded with 600. Know that your always going to end up taking off some primer.

BAM BASED AND CLEARED

 

Kennon ive been waiting for DIY for a long time now! lol

i say do it, you would help painting newbs like me at least do a decent job, lol

and silverstreak, thanks for the tips, i will clean the surface before i paint, which is something i did not do at all!

 

haha no problem man and good luck.

 

I don't remember what I used for sand paper, but I did this last summer. Ended up not finishing it, because I kept finding small imperfections and they were driving me crazy. I sanded it down, primed it, painted then cleared.

It's a slightly lighter silver than the stock color. The waterfall has some scratches in the middle so I just tried to repaint it as close to stock as possible.

 

Alright I'll do a DIY....what do you guys/girls want, rattle can or paint gun method?

 

rattle can of course! lol

there must be few people who have access, let alone know how to use a paint gun!

 

just in case no one could notice my gold flake...



BAM!

 

REALLY Marcial. another color? lol

 

haha you saw that huh, haha just testing out colors... not sure if i'm feeling yellow tho... we'll see...

 

Damn it marcial. you just made me look like an idoit. I was quoting your wheel pic, not your dash. lol

 

its alright kevin, i'm going crazy myself... todd sends me a text message yesterday say... " 3 boxes so far"..... 3 boxes???? WTF! ship it already!

 

standby your phone. texting you in a sec

 

kennon you aren't getting my pm's so:
it's been way to long i really need those parts. getting a new car in about 3 weeks, at this point i would even take a refund or just stock parts but i need something

 

^Ok.

 

What do you guys think of 2 tone satin black and galactic (RS4) grey for the interior of a Nautical Blue tc?

I wanna try to go for something not too LOUD (if you know what I mean!). Hopefully it is subtle, and it adds a little spice to my interior w/o making it look so ricey.

Any recommendations? Anyone?

 

that actually sounds awesome, I'm gonna do glossy black and satin black