Thats a great site .Very detailed and professional. Looks like the site
would take a lot of time. I wonder when he has time to work on his car?
Deacon
Byron Schluter wrote:
> Rob,
>
> Check out the following website and I think it might
> answer your question: www.project33.com. This guy is
> building a 33 Ford 3 window coupe and documenting the
> whole process, start to finnish, on the website. Look
> in the section "construction" and find the section
> where he paints the frame body color. He uses
> base/clear coat process and talks about the exact
> issue you've brought up. He was advised by a
> professional car painter and the reasoning makes a lot
> of sense.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Byron
> --- Rob <a70ragtop@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Speaking of paint jobs, I'm hoping there is a
> > painter out there who can answer
> > this:
> >
> > If I want to go base/clear, is it possible to sand
> > out the base coat so that
> > it is "perfect" before the clear goes on? In other
> > words, color sand the base
> > coat as you would a single stage paint, with
> > ultimately say a 400-600 grit
> > wet-paper? Obviously that would leave the base
> > sorta hazy, but when I've seen
> > a base/clear job done, the base is already
> > intentionally hazy (maybe "FLAT"
> > would be a better word to call it?)...the haziness
> > disappears when you put the
> > clear on (sorta like what happens when you put a
> > rock into water...dull colors
> > are no longer dull).
> >
> > Seems to me, that unless you can make the base coat
> > "perfect", any
> > imperfections in the base, will be shown in the
> > clear, and then, the repair is
> > more problematic. I know that normally, the clear
> > coat follows right on the
> > heals of the base (within a couple of hours I
> > believe). Is there a point when
> > it is just plain too LATE to put clear on top of the
> > base, or is it one of
> > those situations, where it must either be within,
> > say 2 hours, or if longer
> > than that, then you must wait, say a week or longer,
> > ie. there is a point when
> > it is ok, then not ok, then becomes ok again given
> > enough time for
> > gases/vapors to bleed off. Any comments?
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > My Zen Moment for the Day: Duct tape is like the
> > "Force." It has a light
> > side and a dark side, and it holds the universe
> > together.
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