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I was very thorough with the mixing; I used a squirrel mixer on my power drill on the fresh can of Brightside (from the boating supply store), and did again after adding thinner to my second vessel in preparation for paint applicaion... mixing went on for ~2 mins just before paint application.

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The reason I ask is that Interlux does have one of each of those products. The one for adding to the paint is th "Brushing Liquid" - their product number 333

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Either way, the majority of the panel dried pretty nice and smooth, I'm not giving up. The tacky spots I wiped off with mineral spirits to the best of my ability, and the whole hood is going to be sanded down once again to remove the waves... hope I don't make this problem worse! Should I get a sanding board of some kind? I've already gone way overbudget, and I'm spending too much time going around town for supplies...

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There is TONS of great info in this (and the other) thread. I have learned much and feel that I needed to contribute to the cause. So I was going to do a writeup on mixing greys from black and white Brightside.

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Hey guys this is my first post. Some1 on my local car forum tamparacing.com, posted a link to this original thread. That was at 9 and now its almost 1am!!! This thread is awesome! lots of information. but...

I was reading all the old replys all the way back to january and it was in trial stages. Now i started reading these newer ones and you are tlking about brightside?

Can some one please recap:
What exact type of enamel-(industrial?pro?anything oilbased?)
What brands work-(rustoleum,brightside?)

Are you guys still using the, 2 coats 400gt, 2 coats 800gt, 2 coats 1000gt, and 2 coats 1500gt then buffering?

Thanks for the help. Love the site.

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Brightside has four shades of gray pre-mixed and ready to serve from the can.

1 Seattle Gray = the lightest pre-mixed gray
2 Dusk Gray
3 Kingston Gray and
4 Steel Gray = the darkest pre-mixed gray

when you start cutting black with white... you can probably cover off the gray shades from Steel Gray up to just under a black.

Another way around your experiment is to buy cans of White Brightside and then pick up the black 'tint' that comes in toothpaste type tubes at Home Depot. The black tint in the tubes can be measured out in inches to get a repeatable formula for subsequent mixing. I think I paid about $3.00 for a tube. They are about the size of the hardening catalyst tubes that come with body filler.

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Can I change the color of paint in the can?

The only way we recommend changing the color of our paints is to mix like paints, ie. Mixing Brightside with Brightside. We do not recommend addition of "universal" tints or pigments into our products. Yacht paint products are formulated to withstand harsh conditions and additions of universal tinters or any such products may affect water resistance, long term durability and may also slow down the drying time of the paint. We would also strongly discourage anyone from adding anything to antifouling paints that is not already mentioned on the label. Apart from affecting performance such additions may be illegal as antifouling paints are registered with a unique formula and addition of unauthorized materials, especially active ones to " improve " performance changes this unique formula.

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I dunno if the whole tint statement is true or not, but I'd rather not risk it. The 50/50 mix is already very close to the correct color.

Guess todays project is cleaning out the garage and moving the Cutlass in there to start on it

On a side note:

Anyone know a good way to dye a plush cloth interior? The sun faded parts of the front interior from grey to blue.

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On a side note:

Anyone know a good way to dye a plush cloth interior? The sun faded parts of the front interior from grey to blue.

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They have many cloth dye's out there at like autozone... i've herd people say it rubs off but on my local forum people have been doing it and it has standed up to the hot florida weather for 3+years so far

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...I know the paint still scratches (yep, with my fingernail) - not that it scratches all the way off, but it leaves a scratch...

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Has anyone (Marq?) wetsanded then polished the brightside yet?

I have not yet begun the final wetsand/polish on my car, but I know the paint still scratches (yep, with my fingernail) - not that it scratches all the way off, but it leaves a scratch.

Funny thing I've noticed is that when I've used rustoleum in spray cans, and even when I mixed some spray together in my refillable spray can, the paint has dried VERY hard in a matter of days or a week. I can't leave indentations in it with my fingernails like I can with the rolled on stuff.

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