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[customtouch]

If you have not already been told, you will probably want to let the clear cure for at least a day or two before you start on it again. You will want to lightly resand "all" of the boat before you start laying your tape because the overspray from the clear will be heavy and stuck everywhere. I am not sure about DuPont, but many of the urethane clears are sensitive to re-coating base on top of freshly sprayed clear so I would try to not spray the blue too wet and allow plenty of flash time between coats. You should be fine as long as you don't over saturate it.  P.S. It looks pretty good so far.

 

[spd500]

I was planning on giving it 24 hours before painting the next color.  I planned on sanding the wood grain parts with 800 this afternoon, then taping up for blue. I was going to scuff the feast with Scotch bright pan before spraying,  but I guess I can just sand the whole thing with 800 before taping.

 

[Knotty Girl]

Call it "Against the Grain".

 

[customtouch]

I was planning on giving it 24 hours before painting the next color.  I planned on sanding the wood grain parts with 800 this afternoon, then taping up for blue. I was going to scuff the feast with Scotch bright pan before spraying,  but I guess I can just sand the whole thing with 800 before taping.

The time line will probably be fine but the scotch brite will not remove the beady texture of the overspray. If that is not removed it will show through the blue after it is painted. If you can feel it, you will be able to see it.

 

[spd500]

So , is 800 good,  or maybe more like 400 on the blue parts?

 

[customtouch]

So , is 800 good,  or maybe more like 400 on the blue parts?

800 is fine. 400 would be way too course and would show sand scratches in the blue after painted. Use light pressure and try to keep sandpaper clean. It will want to clog up with the fresh paint. I sometimes use the scotch brites on the sand paper to clean it.

 

[spd500]

Ok,  that will be perfect. Robert wants me to sand the deck with 800 for the wood grain anyway,  so I will just do the whole thing with 800 . Robert is rained out and can't do cars at the dealerships today,  so he will be coming by to check out the boat in a little bit.

 

[Malibu Surfer]

spd,
looks like your hard work is paying off!!! Looking really good!!!

 

[spd500]

Well , Robert came by to check out the boat . Looks like I might have been putting the cart before the horse with trying to put the blue on the boat today . He says it is alot better to do the woodgrain , then do the blue , then final clear . I am going to go with his knowledge and skills on this one . So , we should be doing woodgrain this afternoon sometime , then hopefully blue by the end of the week .

 

[spd500]

It took a little rubbing , but the boat is now sanded to 800 and ready to start doing the wood grain  jump.gif







I also got a test panel painted today to try the wood graining on before doing the boat , that way I can get the hang of it a little before going on the boat with it .

 

[Michael Swindoll]

Looking good man! :smile30:

 

[spd500]

Thanks Mike.  Hopefully it will be half as nice as yours  :smile30: and half as quick  think.gif

 

[customtouch]

Here is a picture of the process of shaving the lines that I was trying to explain to you on the phone. I can cut down the paint lip almost flush with the other color (depending on how thick the paint is). There are a couple of tricks to it and it is a technique that needs to be praticed a little. I started doing this about 26 years ago and I have shaved the lines on everything I have painted since. It saves a lot of clear and makes for a much cleaner paint job if done right, if not you can make a big mess in a hurry! LOL

 

[spd500]

That is really cool, but I would probably have to do ten million test panels to be comfortable enough to try that on a real paint job.  I can see how that could go wrong really quickly.

 

[customtouch]

The trick is, DON'T SNEEZE!!! :grin:

 

[spd500]

The trick is, DON'T SNEEZE!!! :grin:

Lol , I am not so worried about the sneezing , but I am not sure my hand is steady enough to try that on my new paint job . I am sure with enough practice on test panels I could eventually get the hang of it , but it would take alot to be confident enough to go after a new paint job with a razor . I do have a test panel that is half cleared and half only base coated , I think I might give it a try just to see how tricky it is .

 

[spd500]

Here is a pic of the wood grain paint color , on an index card . It will actually be going over the champagne color on the boat , so it should be a little richer in color on the boat .

 

[soldier of fortune]

Here is a pic of the wood grain paint color , on an index card . It will actually be going over the champagne color on the boat , so it should be a little richer in color on the boat .

what brand hair color is that?

 

[SimplyOrange]

That is really cool, but I would probably have to do ten million test panels to be comfortable enough to try that on a real paint job.  I can see how that could go wrong really quickly.

its not horrible, its how i get runs out of clear without breaking through, i shave them down with a razor then 1500 then 2000 then buf clean.although i never thought about it on the paint lines like custom touch has. but it would save alot of blocking and sanding.

 

[SimplyOrange]

Here is a pic of the wood grain paint color , on an index card . It will actually be going over the champagne color on the boat , so it should be a little richer in color on the boat .

you should brush black first if you want that grainy look, or you can do little black lines on top then go back over it with the brown brush.