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Old 08-14-2013, 12:14 AM   #1
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Does anyone have experience painting this color without doing it professionally? I want it to look good and am willing to take my time and wetsand if I need to but I just don't want to pay someone to paint it.
Go to AutomotiveTouchUp.com and get a can or two of your color, along with a can of clearcoat. YW users have been buying those for years with no bad results so far (that I know of).
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Old 08-14-2013, 11:10 AM   #2
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Go to AutomotiveTouchUp.com and get a can or two of your color, along with a can of clearcoat. YW users have been buying those for years with no bad results so far (that I know of).
here's how you do it:
1) wet sand ALL of it with 600 grit
2) 1st 2 sprays > very light coat, don't redo what was missed in the same round.
3) 3rd spray and 4th > normal thickness, don't redo what was missed in the same round
4) clear coat 3 sprays, all normal thickness
5) wet sand with 1500 or 1200grit
6) rubbing compound time for shine

2 things: never have a thick spray, either normal or light only. and spray from left to right or vice versa, no stopping in the middle (no letting go of and repressing the spray can button in the middle)
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