Paint question
Road Captain
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From: Kansas
RE: Paint question
ORIGINAL: Bluerose
You would think but doen't a quality paint job usually start with a stripped shell?
You would think but doen't a quality paint job usually start with a stripped shell?
the only time you would strip it is if there is a problem with the existing paint or your parts have been painted twice before, PPG recommends stripping before the 4th paint job, (factory paint + 2 re-paints) at least down to the factory paint. there is too much film build if you spray a 4th.
Road Captain
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From: Kansas
RE: Paint question
If you like that tint of blue, your painter could sand everything with 1500, spray a light coat of blue pearl over the existing white, do your graphics, stripes or whatever, and then clear it all, no need to re-spray the white, you have less film build and a better, longer lasting overall job in my opinion.
Road Captain
Joined: May 2006
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From: Kansas
RE: Paint question
There is absolutely no reason to prime over new, undamaged factory paint, unless you are going to block out some minor wavyness in the parts, or you sanded your parts with a brick and have to to fill your sanding scratches, or you're just a doorknob and sand through the clear and screw up the basecoat..... or you just don't know any better...
in the old days you would prime or use a sealer over a different color than what you were going to spray, to keep it from bleeding through, especially reds, that problem went away a long time ago...
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