Recent content by BrutalGT

I plan to do a single stage only but may try clear coat on a small area later down the line. I used 2 coats of Rustoleum Primer on everything i've done thus far and plan to do 6-8 coats of enamel, then compound with Meguiars and wax it in a few months once it cures. I am a bit delayed today...

What doesn't make sense to me is when I sanded between the previous coats, I didn't realize what I was doing and got maybe 5% of the orange peel out. The coats after that went on perfect and looked beautiful minus 1-2 minor imperfections. I realized my mistake the second time around and spend 3...

For the past couple weeks I have been slaving away on the 50$ Rustoleum Paint Job. I didn't exactly go about it efficiently where I wanted to experiment on some parts off the car. Oh the hood I sanded it down, primered 2 times, sanded, 2 coats of paint, sanded (600 grit), 2 coats of paint...

It was basically just guessing since this is my first project like this (and not much online really states how far to sand down). For the rest of the body panels I will just be sanding off the clear coat and prime/paint over the existing paint. So I finally just finished prepping the hood and...

That does make sense, although with absolutely everything I read mentioning to start with 80 grit to rip up paint layers, I would have thought that would be the way to go. I will be experimenting with 100 tomorrow to see how that works on finishing off the hood, but may wind up in the 100-150...

Just to provide an update (if anyone ever runs into the same issue) I actually stepped up the paper grit considerably to 220 and its working immensely better. Why this is working is beyond me. I had 60, 100, 220 pads from Home Depot so I figured to try a jump. I can visually watch it sand away...

I am dry sanding (wouldn't trust an electric sander to wet sand). I was taking it really easy with the 60 grit for that reason but kind of stumped with how long its taking to make any progress getting through the paint. After hours I have managed to get the main area done (the center in the...

Most of the time it seems to just jiggle. Having to kneel down was killing my knees and my back so I laid it up right and its more comfortable but it has made the jiggle a lot worse. Almost impossible to get it to actually rotate for some reason. What causes that as it has been happening both...

Hello All, I have been browsing these forums for weeks and picking up information and tips. I am painting my car and was sanding it by hand, but after realizing it would take me months to finish, I ordered a PC 7424XP and just received it today. I went to Home Depot and picked up 100 grit and...