Recent content by vtfreeiii

Thanks Bobby, now I am off to my garage to get it right this time! This is Art. I have a new found respect for you guys. Thank You, Thank You.

Montgomery, Alabama

Sorry, making mistakes trying too hard. I left the fan on and the garage windows up slightly in my garage. I am learning the hard way! Do you mean light compounding and polishing before putting on 1 or 2 coats of clear? Thanks.

Could not find your response, would you comment again, Thanks.

I applied the last coat of clear last night, woke up this morning and guess what? Ruff dust particles all over the clear. wet sanded and it is smooth again. Now what is next? Light compound buff my truck door and then reapply another coat or two of clear? Feed back please Need help...

I applied the last coat of clear last night, woke up this morning and guess what? Ruff dust particles all over the clear. wet sanded and it is smooth again. Now what is next? Light compound buff my truck door and then reapply another coat or two of clear? Feed back please Need help before I...

Awesome!!!! I will try again with a little better knowledge of what I am doing. Thanks so much. I'll post the results.:dblthumb2:

The surface is smooth because I wet sanded before buffing and polishing. I think, I applied the base color OK, the problem after looking at your comments was my application of the clear coat. may be the base color had dried too quickly before I applied the clear coat. all I know the clear...

Factory paint and clear coat picture on the right, the rear door panel on the left was my paint job. Automotive Touchup brand base color and clear coat in the spray can . 75 degree with 55 degree humidity in my garage. I wet sanded and then buffed after one week and a half. I buffed using...

For first timers without human guidance, can you get a freshly clear coated paint job to match up with the factory paint using the local auto parts store spray clear coat? The $7.95 can of clear coat I bought went on cloudy even after 3 coats. I tried to buff it clear with a cleaner and it...

Please, after reapplying 3-4 coats of base color should I use urethane clear coat instead of the acrylic clear coat I used before for $7.95? I over used the Maguiar medium cut cleaner along with wet sanding because the spray clear coat had a cloudy look even after buffing.Feed back please

Gentlemen, confession time. Mike Phillips was correct, that was the red filler primer I sprayed under the base color. I guess I did not spray enough coats of base color and after wet sanding the clear coat and also over using Meguiar's medium-cut cleaner this was the results. I thought over...

Gentlemen, confession time. Mike Phillips was correct, that was the red filler primer I sprayed under the base color. I guess I did not spray enough coats of base color and after wet sanding the clear coat and also over using Meguiar's medium-cut cleaner this was the results. I thought over...

Hitting primer after sanding

Why is my paint yellowing after wet sanding?Feed back please