Painted my bumperettes for $60

[23109VC]

for doing it yourself it looks pretty good. I am thinking of doing this myself over the holidays... I'm off of work for the next two weeks...so I've got time to kill and with the bad weather - the car is just sitting in the garage....

i'd likely do what you did - buy the stuff at paintscratch.com and do it over a 6 pack... maybe a cigar too.

[23109VC]

the painstscratch.com instructions say that I shoudl apply a couple coats of paint, let it dry 24 hours, and then "wet sand" the basecoat once, then apply the last light coat.... then clearcoat.

i've seen NO ONE here say they wet sanded anything. did you guys do this? I was under the impression, assuming i let each coat dry long enough (this stuff looks like it dries pretty quick - 15-20 min per coat) I can just paint it, and then clear it all in the same day.

with paint - i don't want to rush anything, but it's not like my car has a perfect paint job...i have little marks here/there...so I don't want to go overboard and do a bunch of steps that would be needed on a brand new 911 turbo....but on my 2000 boxster with IMPERFECT paint - is just a big fat waste of time and a PITA...

i'm in themiddle of my project. just put on two good coats. i have 1000 grit paper. i'm thinking of justg lightly sanding with 1000, adding the last coat of paint, then clear coating....

or I can be anal and follow the directions to the letter - and let it sit overnight as is - then wet sand it tomorrow and clear it tomorrow.

what say you all?

[djomlas]

after a week or so, take some rubbing compound and go over them, it will smooth them out and give them good shine, then put some wax on them and they will look much better

good job btw

[wanna986]

Originally Posted by 23109VC

I was under the impression, assuming i let each coat dry long enough (this stuff looks like it dries pretty quick - 15-20 min per coat) I can just paint it, and then clear it all in the same day.

Shop quality materials will allow you to do as you suggest. I'm not familiar with your product, though.

The purpose of wetsanding the colour-coat is to eliminate imperfections, certainly the degree of roughness present that might hinder a good application of clear. Using shop materials, if the basecoat is fine, it's o.k. to simply apply clear according to the product spec sheet.

Ultimately you have to be the judge in your situation. In the worst case scenario, do yo have enough material to do the job twice?

[23109VC]

i ended up painting and clearing same day. it turned out fine.

when i get them installed and the rubbing compound is done, i'll snap some pics and uplaod a new thread with my observations/thoughts - to hopefullyhelp out the next guy who tries this for themselves...