Hi,

A question for those who know about painting..

I am painting a rear mudguard of my Dad's 1980 Honda CB400T.. I cleaned 
up the rust, filled it, put down two coats of primer and 3 coats of 
colour and sanded with 600 grit wet paper between each coat..

I am now going to finish with 2 coats of clear lacquer but wanted to 
know if I still need to sand the final colour coat before putting down 
the clear and do I need to sand between the clear coats??

Thanks..

"WipeOut"  wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> A question for those who know about painting..
>
> I am painting a rear mudguard of my Dad's 1980 Honda CB400T.. I cleaned up 
> the rust, filled it, put down two coats of primer and 3 coats of colour 
> and sanded with 600 grit wet paper between each coat..
>
> I am now going to finish with 2 coats of clear lacquer but wanted to know 
> if I still need to sand the final colour coat before putting down the 
> clear and do I need to sand between the clear coats??
>
> Thanks..


If it is a solid colour then careful flatting is great, but if it is 
metallic then leave it alone, likewise the clear coats. (since metallic 
particles will be standing up through the first few coats of clear)

mrcheerful . wrote:

> "WipeOut"  wrote in message 
> news:42ce4b6e$0$7912$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk...
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>A question for those who know about painting..
>>
>>I am painting a rear mudguard of my Dad's 1980 Honda CB400T.. I cleaned up 
>>the rust, filled it, put down two coats of primer and 3 coats of colour 
>>and sanded with 600 grit wet paper between each coat..
>>
>>I am now going to finish with 2 coats of clear lacquer but wanted to know 
>>if I still need to sand the final colour coat before putting down the 
>>clear and do I need to sand between the clear coats??
>>
>>Thanks..
> 
> 
> If it is a solid colour then careful flatting is great, but if it is 
> metallic then leave it alone, likewise the clear coats. (since metallic 
> particles will be standing up through the first few coats of clear) 
> 
> 


Thanks, glad I decided to make sure..
It is a metallic so I will leave it now and just put down 2 or 3 coats 
of clear..

In article <42ce4b6e$0$7912$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>,
   WipeOut  wrote:

> I am now going to finish with 2 coats of clear lacquer but wanted to 
> know if I still need to sand the final colour coat before putting down 
> the clear and do I need to sand between the clear coats??


I've only used Halford's metallic aerosols, and with that you flat the
final colour coat with 1200, then spray two coats of clear without rubbing
down. Got a very good result - although it was only a door handle.

-- 
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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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"Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message 
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> In article <42ce4b6e$0$7912$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>,
>   WipeOut  wrote:
>> I am now going to finish with 2 coats of clear lacquer but wanted to
>> know if I still need to sand the final colour coat before putting down
>> the clear and do I need to sand between the clear coats??
>
> I've only used Halford's metallic aerosols, and with that you flat the
> final colour coat with 1200, then spray two coats of clear without rubbing
> down. Got a very good result - although it was only a door handle.


Don't leave too long between the final colour coat and the clear, or between 
the coats of clear, you are not keying the surface you are spraying on, so 
you'll want the coats to adhere to each other.  If the coat below is too dry 
you may get flaking later.

--
r

R wrote:

> "Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message 
> news:4d873a05dadave@davenoise.co.uk...
> 
>>In article <42ce4b6e$0$7912$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk>,
>>  WipeOut  wrote:
>>
>>>I am now going to finish with 2 coats of clear lacquer but wanted to
>>>know if I still need to sand the final colour coat before putting down
>>>the clear and do I need to sand between the clear coats??
>>
>>I've only used Halford's metallic aerosols, and with that you flat the
>>final colour coat with 1200, then spray two coats of clear without rubbing
>>down. Got a very good result - although it was only a door handle.
> 
> 
> Don't leave too long between the final colour coat and the clear, or between 
> the coats of clear, you are not keying the surface you are spraying on, so 
> you'll want the coats to adhere to each other.  If the coat below is too dry 
> you may get flaking later.
> 


Thanks for the advise, problem is my painting intervals are determined 
by the weather, I have to wait till it gets warm enough before I can lay 
down the next coat.. :(

In article <danpm3$j0q$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk>,
   R  wrote:

> > I've only used Halford's metallic aerosols, and with that you flat the
> > final colour coat with 1200, then spray two coats of clear without
> > rubbing down. Got a very good result - although it was only a door
> > handle.

> Don't leave too long between the final colour coat and the clear, or
> between the coats of clear, you are not keying the surface you are
> spraying on, so you'll want the coats to adhere to each other.  If the
> coat below is too dry you may get flaking later.


Yes - there were specific instructions about this on the tins.

I must admit I was surprised how good the results were.

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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
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