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Yah-- if there's any orange peel at and step in the process you have to get rid of it before doing any more painting. Then, just keep the coats thin and the mixture thin and you should be fine. I think if the hood was propped on its side, or otherwise not horizontal, that paint would have a lot of runs in it, but since it's got no where to go, it just orange peels.

It's definately either on there too thick, or the mixture is too thick.. probably both since a thin mixture tends to level out on its own. Get rid of that orange peel then get your paint mix real thin, a bit thicker than water, and coat your roller in the mix then push most of it out by rolling it hard in the paint tray over the bumps, now start painting and it should lay flat..

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Yeah I'd hit it with 600. Incidentally, I'm running into the exact same problem on my roof! I can scratch it, too. It's hard to see what I'm doing up there when I'm doing it, so I must have just put it on way too thick there. I'm going to start wetsanding now.. the roof is going to take me awhile..

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I dont think i did a good enough wetsanding job between coats. i didnt realize how much more i should been doing..ah well, no big deal, i can fix it..i hope lol. One thing is my paint is HARD. i paint it, let it sit in the garage for about 2hours, back it out and let it bake in the vegas sun...paint is rock hard after not long

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Wow, excellent and timely (for me) thread. I just picked up an '86 Merkur XR4Ti last week. Mechanically in sound condition, straight body, but miserable paint.

Started on the paint a few days ago. So far I've done two coats and started wet sanding. Went with 'Sunburst Yellow' which is...uh...quite yellow.

Couple of questions:

1) After the first couple coats I'm noticing a few small rock chips in the hood that I didn't see prior to painting. They are very small and very shallow, but kind of stand out as they seem to have some thicker paint in them now. Do I need to fill them in somehow before continuing, or will the remaining 4+ coats take care of it?

2) I spent an hour wet sanding with 600 grit. If I look at it from above, it looks fine. If I look from an angle with a light shining at an angle, I see a tiny bit of orange peel left here and there. Is this a showstopper and I HAVE to get rid of every single trace of it at this point, or can I continue with the next couple of coats? When I started sanding the hood had horrible orange peel all over, so I've certainly managed to make a huge improvement on it...

Thanks!

I will post pics after the next couple of coats.

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Well, I decided to go back to wetsanding, and got rid of almost everything. Now I have a dull smooth finish with the occasional bright spotting which I intend to get rid of before laying down the next coat.

Still need some advice on the rock chips and how to deal with them. Could I possibly use a tooth pick and tranfer some non-diluted paint to them and then sand down the excess?

I'm brand new to paint work, so apologies if these are silly questions.

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Goody - if you are wetsanding with a block, I would be surprised if you don't see the "peel" still showing after you think you are done sanding. As much peel as is showing in the photo, you should see it.

Definitely bite the bullet and go to a more coarse grit, and sand it till its flat - you really should see it when its there.

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its a combination of maybe a little too thick initial coat, and me not knowing how far to wetsand...so i probably didnt sand enough. lesson learned, easy enough to fix and get it nice and flat...or it should be easy atleast

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....... Went with 'Sunburst Yellow' which is...uh...quite yellow.

....After the first couple coats I'm noticing a few small rock chips in the hood that I didn't see prior to painting.

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I can't see the pics, unfortunately. WeToddDid must not allow linking here. Anyway, I wondered what the Dark Purple or Sail Blue would look like. A local shop owner (Hai) has a ride that is a similiar color.

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Sail blue!




Note - this is coat 1, done with a Wagner Power Painter, outside, with a steady breeze. LOL.