Comments on: How To Respray A Car – Part Eight – Topcoats

By: nikki

nikki — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:10:56 +0000

theres no part nine

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:03:50 +0000

Hi Levan,
That’s a bit of a hard one! Did you have the clear thinned to the correct ratio? To me it sounds like either a thinning/mixing issue or perhaps an air pressure problem. Have you spoken to your paint supplier about the problem at all?

Regards,
Craig

By: Levan

Levan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:01:52 +0000

Hey Craig,
I’ve been doing a DIY paint job and it’s been going fantastic right up until the clear coat.
When i sprayed the clear coat on, it went grey and very rough.
I used a spare guard to test on and tried applying heavier coats and lighter coats and no matter what i did, it always came out grey.

If you have any advice at all, I’m dying to hear it.

By: billy

billy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:02:26 +0000

thanksalot for the advice craig much appreciated

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:36:53 +0000

Hey Billy,
Thanks for the feedback! I highly recommend not cutting and polishing the paint until you get the clear on as you will have trouble spraying the clear over a surface that has polish or cutting compound on it, it simply won’t ‘stick’.

Regards,
Craig

By: billy

billy — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:41:09 +0000

hey craig i have just resprayed my car bonnet following ur very useful guide. I have not applied a clearcoat and dont really plan on doing so yet as i want to respray my whole car in due time. I was wondering if i can cut and buff the paint or do i need to apply a clearcoat first ?

By: Craig Wilson

Craig Wilson — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:46:57 +0000

Hi Bryan,
Thank you for the feedback! There is usually a ‘flash-off’ time that you need to wait between coats and this varies quite a bit between different paints and paint brands. Typically this will be stated in the application instructions on the paint tin, but if not I suggest asking the person that sells you the paint, they should be able to give you this info.

Regards,
Craig

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:41:26 +0000

Hi Craig

Great site and thanks for the effort.

One question…..you mentioned three coats – however, I wasn’t sure if this was meant to be three coats straight after the other or if there was a gap between coats – and if so, for how long??

Cheers
Bryan

By: Nick Snadden

Nick Snadden — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:06:42 +0000

Mate

thanks a lot for the great artical with it I painted my 1989 Partol and it came up pretty darn good for a first time go thanks to your advice. the finish has a slight sand paper finish on it so Im thinking I put it on to dry. To fix this do just increase the flow of the gun? Wouldn’t have tried it with out this artical mate do have any other one’s out there by any chance?

I think I will think about changing the colour next.

Mate look after that back of yours hope to see you back at it soon.

Stay safe and well

Nick

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:53:48 +0000

hi craig,
just like to know if you sand between 3colour coats, and same with 3 clear coats,
very good info you got here mate, very helpful.