First paint job. Need some advice.

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angrywombat4

It came out fairly well for a home spray first timer deal. Some trash and a few runs, but it should buff out.

SPI epoxy underneath, Motobase LV from Chad, 3 coats, and SPI universal clear 4 coats.

However......

When I pulled it out of the "booth" this afternoon, I notice that I missed a panel on the 4th coat of clear. This was after about 3 hours on final coat. My exhaust filters had plugged up enough that the overspray was pretty bad on the last coat and probably why I missed it.

Should I wait and sand that panel and put the fourth coat on it, or will 3 coats be enough to cut and buff it. Not doing a show finish, just a nice street driver. I think I put the clear on fairly heavy, used a Tekna Copper and it seemed to hose it on well. Hence the runs I have to fix!

Any advice?



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I agree with DATEC

Should I wait and sand that panel and put the fourth coat on it, or will 3 coats be enough to cut and buff it.

However I want to discuss the quote above. Should you decide that you would want more coats of clear on the panel, you would want to put more than 1 coat on. After your first coats have dried enough and you are past your recoat window any subsequent coats of clear should be considered separate from your initial coats and would be by themselves when it comes to uv protection and buffing. So for example, say you sand and put that 1 coat on top of your 3 already on the panel , if you buff and burn through that 1 coat you will have a visible defect.

Something you probably wont have to worry about, but I just dont want to see you put 1 coat on and expect things to melt together.
 
Thanks guys.

Sprint, I did not know that the clear wouldn't blend together. Good to know.

I left it alone for now and put it in the sun for a day or two. Hopefully I can cut and buff it out.

Once I got it out in the sun I saw a few more runs, so I am going to be doing a lot of repair work.

If I ever do this again, I will rent a booth somewhere.
 
Runs- much preferred then not enough clear. Think of them as check marks meaning you put enough on to cut & buff.
If i don't get any, i worry i did it wrong lol. They'll block out easy, will never know it happened.
 
its probably enough, my suggestion, cut and buff the rest of the panels first, so you get used to it and get used to the blocking part. By that time you will have your routine down by that last panel since you most likely wont have to sand as much.
 
I understand that the top coat wont melt into the 3 coats below, what's the advantage of doing many more coats past 3 ? Uv stability, visual depth ?
 
I did 4 coats because I knew there would be some problems that I would have to cut and buff.
 
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