Spraying my favorite color - White

Leonard1

Professional Amateur
It really is my favorite color on a car, but I HATE spraying it. I don't feel like I can see while I'm spraying, and I have trouble seeing scratches when color sanding. Anyway, I sprayed the roof of a car over the weekend, 3 coats of SPI single stage white. Walking out of the booth I thought I nailed it. Checking it out yesterday, not so much. I have alot of trash in it, a little dry spray and some peel. The peel is no big deal, I can probably fix that with 1000g. The trash, is another story. I hit it with some 1000g, and I can still see the halo even after quite abit of sanding. So my first thought was to cut it flat with some 600, spray 2 more coats, and hopefully not get any trash in it this time. Option 2 would be start with 600, go through the grits, and cut and buff, but I'm afraid 3 coats isn't enough for that? How would you do it?
 
Thanks guys, I'll give it a shot. Worst that can happen is I spray 2 more coats (like I was planning to do anyway)
 
If you are getting a lot of pigtails your clear or SS is not cured and too soft. Give it more time or push it out in the sun for a few hours.

Don
 
Lean over while spraying and catch the light reflecting just right to watch It laying down on the panel if your wondering what. Staring straight down only, you don't really know how much,too little paint your laying sometimes until it's a problem. Being able to watch the product as it lays out is Key...
It takes practice to figure out exactly what to Look For,and lighting plays a part but Once you SEE IT,you'll understand. Off side viewing is the best 'trick in the bag really. Make or break a paint job.
People watching me spray always ask me why I paint that way.
So I can SEE what I'm doing
 
Lean over while spraying and catch the light reflecting just right to watch It laying down on the panel if your wondering what. Staring straight down only, you don't really know how much,too little paint your laying sometimes until it's a problem. Being able to watch the product as it lays out is Key...
It takes practice to figure out exactly what to Look For,and lighting plays a part but Once you SEE IT,you'll understand. Off side viewing is the best 'trick in the bag really. Make or break a paint job.
Going through the same thing myself for the first time spraying white and found myself doing the same as you. Fortunately I'm doing it in panels. I can't imagine doing a whole car and keeping a wet edge.
 
Lean over while spraying and catch the light reflecting just right to watch It laying down on the panel if your wondering what. Staring straight down only, you don't really know how much,too little paint your laying sometimes until it's a problem. Being able to watch the product as it lays out is Key...
It takes practice to figure out exactly what to Look For,and lighting plays a part but Once you SEE IT,you'll understand. Off side viewing is the best 'trick in the bag really. Make or break a paint job.
People watching me spray always ask me why I paint that way.
So I can SEE what I'm doing
I agree with you, and that's what I try to do, see the wet edge of the previous pass and the paint atomizing out of the gun. But when you're stretched to the limit to reach the center of a roof, you see what you see. Like Crash said, you go into robot mode and hope for the best.
 
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