Lacquer Question

[Vimmy]

A question for the painting guru's - I've been spraying a new facelift front radiator grill/cover and fairly happy with the finish so far. When using the lacquer, I can never seem to get the finish I want, but after reading on another site about how they did it I might be worrying about nothing.

What they say is that once a few coats of lacquer have been applied they have then used a wet 1500/2000 grit over the whole area to remove any final imperfections in the finish. Once this was done they then sealed it with a good quality wax to bring out the shine on the surface - is this where I am going wrong with getting a final finish to the painted parts?

Cheers,

Col.

[stum450n]

A question for the painting guru's - I've been spraying a new facelift front radiator grill/cover and fairly happy with the finish so far. When using the lacquer, I can never seem to get the finish I want, but after reading on another site about how they did it I might be worrying about nothing.

What they say is that once a few coats of lacquer have been applied they have then used a wet 1500/2000 grit over the whole area to remove any final imperfections in the finish. Once this was done they then sealed it with a good quality wax to bring out the shine on the surface - is this where I am going wrong with getting a final finish to the painted parts?

Cheers,

Col.

Yep, you're right mate. Lots of thin coats then a really fine wet & dry then cutting paste followed by polish/wax after a week or two when it's fully hardened.

[Vimmy]

Ah cool, thanks for the confirmation Stu I'll try it out in wee bits, I've been pulling my hair our trying to get this looking right, time to glue my hair back on again