G'Day, Today I had a go at painting some ghost stripes using the "paint conditioner" method. They came out too dark and solid so I'm assuming I used too much flattener. (my fault) Three other things have me concerned though. 1. How long should I wait for the base coat to dry before I start masking ? I am using Glasurit 55 line paints.
2. I want to get a good finish. ( I saw a you-tube clip saying to put down 5 clear coats to allow safe cut back ) Glasurit recommend 2. On my test panel I tried 3 coats and got runs after the paint started to flow out. The recommended flash time is 2 - 3 minutes. Obviously this is just to allow the paint to flow. How long could I leave the wet clear coat to set before I add extra coats without getting a build up or frying , in the corners etc ?
3. With my masked line I seemed to get a very fine dark line between the two shades. The "level" between them is negligible ...Clear filled it easily. I'm using 3M fine line tape.........The House of colour recommendation was to clear coat, clean up all nibs & runs, rub with 800 - 1500 then respray with clear again. I can do this, its time consuming and labour intensive but it's only one job on my car. How long after you spray and dry before you hit it with clear again ? Too much you-tube and too many opinions.
2. I want to get a good finish. ( I saw a you-tube clip saying to put down 5 clear coats to allow safe cut back ) Glasurit recommend 2. On my test panel I tried 3 coats and got runs after the paint started to flow out. The recommended flash time is 2 - 3 minutes. Obviously this is just to allow the paint to flow. How long could I leave the wet clear coat to set before I add extra coats without getting a build up or frying , in the corners etc ?
3. With my masked line I seemed to get a very fine dark line between the two shades. The "level" between them is negligible ...Clear filled it easily. I'm using 3M fine line tape.........The House of colour recommendation was to clear coat, clean up all nibs & runs, rub with 800 - 1500 then respray with clear again. I can do this, its time consuming and labour intensive but it's only one job on my car. How long after you spray and dry before you hit it with clear again ? Too much you-tube and too many opinions.