Molander
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- Warwickshire, UK
Hi everyone, this is my first post bar my introduction last night so I'll try to do it right. I've been working through the guide in the paint section of the site to spray the front and rear doors of my series 3 Land Rover. I’m hoping I’ve done it right so far and I'm fairly confident that they aren't going to be rusting anytime soon.
My process so far has been:
- Separate the aluminium from the steel
- Strip the pieces back to bare metal
- Galvanise the steel
- Filled aluminium
- Etch prime the steels and the aluminium
- 2 coats of UPOL Zinc-182 primer on the steel
- 1 coat of cellulose primer on the steel
- 1 coat of cellulose primer on the aluminium
- Reassembled the steel and aluminium pieces
- 3 coats of cellulose primer on the reassembled doors
- Sanded down the panels using a guide coat
- Re-etch primed rubbed through bare metal
- 3 coats of cellulose colour coat
I now want to finish the paint off and looking at the colour sanding section of the guide, I think I want to go with the wet flatting with 800, spray a final coat and then polish method as I am not after a mirror finish that will show off any distortion or imperfections as it’s a bit of a working landy. (Plus there are already a couple of high/low points in the aluminium panels I hadn't noticed before sanding the primer, hence the re-etching primer after guide coat.)
My general question is whether or not this is the correct way to go about finishing off the paint job? I searched through a few old posts about compounding/polishing cellulose paint and it sounded like the OPs were after the proper mirror finish. I didn’t find one trying the more factory finish method described in the guide; is it just less popular or not the right way to go about it?
Then a more specific question, assuming this method, what should I use to polish the final colour coat if I plan to do it by hand?
Thank your for any guidance people can afford. I’ll happily provide more information if it helps, just trying to avoid this post getting any more dauntingly long.
- Molander
My process so far has been:
- Separate the aluminium from the steel
- Strip the pieces back to bare metal
- Galvanise the steel
- Filled aluminium
- Etch prime the steels and the aluminium
- 2 coats of UPOL Zinc-182 primer on the steel
- 1 coat of cellulose primer on the steel
- 1 coat of cellulose primer on the aluminium
- Reassembled the steel and aluminium pieces
- 3 coats of cellulose primer on the reassembled doors
- Sanded down the panels using a guide coat
- Re-etch primed rubbed through bare metal
- 3 coats of cellulose colour coat
I now want to finish the paint off and looking at the colour sanding section of the guide, I think I want to go with the wet flatting with 800, spray a final coat and then polish method as I am not after a mirror finish that will show off any distortion or imperfections as it’s a bit of a working landy. (Plus there are already a couple of high/low points in the aluminium panels I hadn't noticed before sanding the primer, hence the re-etching primer after guide coat.)
My general question is whether or not this is the correct way to go about finishing off the paint job? I searched through a few old posts about compounding/polishing cellulose paint and it sounded like the OPs were after the proper mirror finish. I didn’t find one trying the more factory finish method described in the guide; is it just less popular or not the right way to go about it?
Then a more specific question, assuming this method, what should I use to polish the final colour coat if I plan to do it by hand?
Thank your for any guidance people can afford. I’ll happily provide more information if it helps, just trying to avoid this post getting any more dauntingly long.
- Molander
