This thread is super famous!!! picked it up from clublexus.com

I just pulled the trigger on the Flag Blue Brightside from our 2 color friend on e-bay http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...&category0=

$60 shipped for 6 quarts (it sounds like 1 coat on a car takes 1/2 to 2/3 of quart so there should be enough for quite a few coats).

I'll post some pics.

I wanted to mention some advice I have from my experience with spray cans and HVLP gun painting.

I feel that the sanding works best like this:
If the car has BAD orange peel or bad deffects that need to be squared away then:
1)Sand with 180 or 220.
2)Sand with 400 to remove scratches.
3)Roll some primer or spray it.
If you dont want to do the primer. Use the 400 grit more to make sure there are not scratches.
4)Quickly sand with 800 or 1000.
5)Paint one coat and let dry.
6)Sand in between coats with 800 or 1000.

Personally I have 180, 400, 800, 1000 in 6" hook and loop (velcro). I used this with my Hitachi rotary and also with the Porter Cable 7336 random orbit polisher.

The the PC is nice (legendary with car detailers). The Hitachi SPV18VA is a MONSTER (11 AMP) and can make the paint smoke and burn (I tested this on a test panel with an old foam cutting pad and it smoked in 10-15 seconds so you have to keep this on a low speed and always move it. The PC is very forgiving but for the extra kick the Hitachi cannot be stopped (literally you can press on it hard and it is still spinning).

http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftC...d036+1153519896

Last edited by stage5; 07/20/06 04:12 PM.