Spray guns

[Grizzly]

This may sound a little daft but base and clear is always easier to polish, i don\'t know exactly why but Solid colour tends to attract more dirt and stays soft for allot longer (so its harder to polish back up after denibing)

I always recomend using Base and clear over solid colours, mainly because the solid colours tend to Oxidise allot quicker.

Black is a good colour, its very easy to work and for a first timer you can see how its going on well, also if you master the polishing it always looks well once its done.

[RobbieRX-7]

Bit of an old thread revival here but im just about to paint a couple of wings and bonnet in vintage red. I bought base coat and laquer but no primer as im going to apply the new paint direct onto the old paint. I was told by the bodyshop to apply the clear as soon as the red starts to fade. Once im happy with the base and it\'s ready for the clear, do i wet sand and compound the clear coat with G3 or is this not needed?

[Grizzly]

I would not clear it until the base had dried evenly Mat/Satin then leave for another 5 minutes or so just to make sure its dry, then clear. You can leave base too long but thats 24 hours and its better to be over dry than too wet (if you get what i mean)

make sure its well tacked between base and clear (obviously don\'t tack the clear between coats as it will be easily marked)

When you are done and its dry (leave at least 24 hours) i would recommend de-nibbing the bits of dirt out with 1200\'s locally (one by one, but use a rubber block so you don\'t get flat spots) then if you have an Orbital sander carefully DA the wing (staying away from edges) with 1500 or 2000 abralon pad wet, then use G3 and an electric buffer to polish the wing back up.