Ok i am in the process of painting my cowl.. here is what i have done thus far and will be followed by the questions i had.
ok I ordered my cowl from BraadaJim and got it. Unlik his normal professional primered i asked for it plain. This allowed me to sand the plastic down some and do any necessary trimmign that i might have to do to the cowl.
With the fit right (after sitting on the bike for a couple days.) I sanded the plastic with 400 Grit sand paper.. then 800 grit.
When that was completed i washed the part (ok rubbed it down with a cloth) then used a tack cloth to make sure all the dust and such is off of the cowl. Then i primed the part with a few coats of primer (filler and sandable) i then sanded between coats with 400 grit sand paper. The last coat i sanded with 800 grit. Then i applied a few coats fo the base color (black) after that was completed i wet sanded the coats with 1000 grit sand paper. I applied one final coat of base coat.
Now for the questions:
Should i sand the cowl with 1000 - 1500 and 2000 before i apply a clear coat (multiple to the cowl) to remove some fo the orange peel before the clear goes on?
Once the clear goes on do i again sand with 1000 -1500 - 2000 to remove any additional orange peel?
Do i not sand the base again and just apply the clear and then sand to get rid of the orange peel?
Once and if i wet sand the cowl after the clears will hand buffing the part suffice with a heavy/mild/light rubbing compound to bring the shine back to the part after all the sanding?
Do i need to start the sanding with 800 wet? then progress up? or start with 1000 grit?
Thanks,
Z
ok I ordered my cowl from BraadaJim and got it. Unlik his normal professional primered i asked for it plain. This allowed me to sand the plastic down some and do any necessary trimmign that i might have to do to the cowl.
With the fit right (after sitting on the bike for a couple days.) I sanded the plastic with 400 Grit sand paper.. then 800 grit.
When that was completed i washed the part (ok rubbed it down with a cloth) then used a tack cloth to make sure all the dust and such is off of the cowl. Then i primed the part with a few coats of primer (filler and sandable) i then sanded between coats with 400 grit sand paper. The last coat i sanded with 800 grit. Then i applied a few coats fo the base color (black) after that was completed i wet sanded the coats with 1000 grit sand paper. I applied one final coat of base coat.
Now for the questions:
Should i sand the cowl with 1000 - 1500 and 2000 before i apply a clear coat (multiple to the cowl) to remove some fo the orange peel before the clear goes on?
Once the clear goes on do i again sand with 1000 -1500 - 2000 to remove any additional orange peel?
Do i not sand the base again and just apply the clear and then sand to get rid of the orange peel?
Once and if i wet sand the cowl after the clears will hand buffing the part suffice with a heavy/mild/light rubbing compound to bring the shine back to the part after all the sanding?
Do i need to start the sanding with 800 wet? then progress up? or start with 1000 grit?
Thanks,
Z
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