Exterior trim painting

[RobertISaar]

I`ve got about 6 or 7 coats of clear on mine

 

i think you win the redundancy award.

 

i don't think i've ever done 4 coats of any one layer at a time, let alone 6 or 7.

[94 olds vert]

6 or 7 is a lot of clear! Rich_e777 the first major thing I painted was a bumper and it turned out pretty good. I should of started small. Now I'm messing around with small bits of trim and such. Before I paint something bigger.

[rich_e777]

I had no idea what i was doing, makes wetsanding scratches out alot easier:thumbsup:

[rich_e777]

clear on my hardtop is shot, so i had thought about attempting that but my bumpers are in need of some work. Especially the front one after i tried cutting some additional intake holes in it, not ready to show that f-up off just yet:lol:

[ricklovin93]

ill be painting a fender with a white that is a tad brighter than the original color so hopefully it wont stick out to bad

[GnatGoSplat]

well i used the clear out of a can, and i dont know what happened but it started peeling off and cracking and now they look like shit haha

 

That's usually what happens if you wait too long to spray on the clear, or if you don't wait long enough. How long did you wait before you sprayed on the clear?

Most spray cans will say something about spraying every coat within 4-hours of the last, and if you miss that window, then you have to wait 1 or 2-weeks for it to cure first before you can spray on another coat. It's that in-between stage when the paint is no longer wet, but not fully cured, that another coat will make it wrinkle up and crack.

 

Also, you should be able to use lacquer thinner and clean the paint off if you want to start over.

[j_mezz]

or maybe you used a lacquer clear over an enamel base (or vise-versa)?

[GnatGoSplat]

You can use lacquer over enamel if the enamel is fully cured.