Re: acrylic

[Ben C]

thanx for all your help mark....yeah i wasnt sure about the meaning of orange peel...whether it was something about the paint peeling(!!!) but yeah....ive finished doing the panels that are on the car....and its a bit orange-peely but not to bad....i think i put about 10 coats on....and a fair bit extra along the seems/creases/whateva ya wanna call them....ill just wait a week or two before doing anything with it...also, once its had a decent amount of time to dry...will those little pin-hole spots still come up?? was that just coz i was tyring to buff it while it was still soft???   cheers ben ----- Original Message ----- From: mark krawczuk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: Re: acrylic hi, if you look at a orange  ( we have  PLENTY up here in the sunny riverland, )  it has a fine bumpy surface. when some one refers to orange peel  in paint  ity means it has the same type surface as the orange.  due to the paint being a bit too thick, or put on incorrectly. it should be  okay like this, but it just means that you will have to   rub the paint back more  before you buff it.     you can wait a day before you buff it, but the longer you wait 1 to 2 weeks or so it will come up better.     as for the  paint dust , i dont bother about  getting it off between coats,   it doesnt  affect the final out come ,  IF it does make a difference  , the rub before you buff it will clean it up.  if you want to get rid of the paint dust between coats ,  dont use  thinners ,  go to a  panel shop , or auto paint shop  and get a tac rag, they come in a  small plastic bag, and have a  very low tac  which will pick up  all the paint dust , instead of thinners which will  soften the paint  , and leave wipe marks on the freshly sprayed paint.   mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben C To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 8:10 AM Subject: Re: acrylic yep, its just the base beacon red....whats orange peel??? on the tin of paint, it says to only wait a day until buffing?? i guess the longer i wait the better it will look?? im painting just the 4 doors, roof, and 1/4 panels at the moment (i have the other panels off the car to do later) so im thinking, ill just keep adding coats until i have used about 2ltrs of the paint also, ive noticed, once ive done a coat, the roof gets covered in all the dried paint dust thats in the air....is is normal to wipe the car down (ill use thinners to do that) between coats??   cheers ben ----- Original Message ----- From: mark krawczuk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:27 PM Subject: Re: acrylic hi, if your doing a solid color  in acrylic laquer(not pearl or metallic),   its always good to put on around  7 or eight coats, or to allow your self enough build, to be able to color sand (wetrub with 1500 grit),  the orange peel out, and machine buff to a nice shine.  if your doing it in metallic or pearl put enough color on to get goood coverage, then apply 7 or 8 coats of clear for your build.   you could use less coats of paint but u dont want to  worry about any rub thru, if your rubbing out any imperfections out of the paint.  i have gone up to ten coats. buff car after a few weeks of drying.            mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben C To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:56 PM Subject: acrylic someone give me a number of how many top coats or acrylic i should be doing?? 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