Hi all,
I am a newbie to the forum and am relatively new to custom painting (less than 2 years). I am currently adding artwork to the plastic batwing fairing of my 2017 HD Street Glide Special. I have some questions regarding clear coating but will outline what I have done to the fairing so far:
-removed the fairing, degreased and dewaxed
-washed the fairing several times
-wetsanded the clearcoat with 800 grit sand paper, just enough to take the shine off
-spent several months airbrushing the artwork, using Createx Wicked and Autoair colors.
So I am getting close to the end of the project and am trying to prepare to clear coat. I use a ANI 150 rh minigun with a 1.2mm tip, usually at 40psi at between 25-30 degrees celsius in my home-made booth. Here are my questions:
1. If I understand correctly, HD paints and clearcoat is made by PPG. Alos, if I understand correctly, I should use the same brand of clear coat that was on previously, as I will be spraying onto existing clear and I want to avoid clear incompatabilities such as blistering or lifting. Does anyone know which PPG clearcoat is used, and whether it is safe to spray in my home-booth. I do not have an oven, so can PPG clear be sprayed and just allowed to air dryÉ
2. If PPG clear is not a god option, is there another brand of clear coat that can be safely sprayed onto the existing clear, that does not require bakingÉ
I just thought of one other question, but it is about surface preparation: how long do you have to wait after wetsanding before spraying a coatingÉ
Thank you very much for the advice,
sickboy
I am a newbie to the forum and am relatively new to custom painting (less than 2 years). I am currently adding artwork to the plastic batwing fairing of my 2017 HD Street Glide Special. I have some questions regarding clear coating but will outline what I have done to the fairing so far:
-removed the fairing, degreased and dewaxed
-washed the fairing several times
-wetsanded the clearcoat with 800 grit sand paper, just enough to take the shine off
-spent several months airbrushing the artwork, using Createx Wicked and Autoair colors.
So I am getting close to the end of the project and am trying to prepare to clear coat. I use a ANI 150 rh minigun with a 1.2mm tip, usually at 40psi at between 25-30 degrees celsius in my home-made booth. Here are my questions:
1. If I understand correctly, HD paints and clearcoat is made by PPG. Alos, if I understand correctly, I should use the same brand of clear coat that was on previously, as I will be spraying onto existing clear and I want to avoid clear incompatabilities such as blistering or lifting. Does anyone know which PPG clearcoat is used, and whether it is safe to spray in my home-booth. I do not have an oven, so can PPG clear be sprayed and just allowed to air dryÉ
2. If PPG clear is not a god option, is there another brand of clear coat that can be safely sprayed onto the existing clear, that does not require bakingÉ
I just thought of one other question, but it is about surface preparation: how long do you have to wait after wetsanding before spraying a coatingÉ
Thank you very much for the advice,
sickboy