Sanded, probably year old black epoxy on metal, then…, fresh coat of epoxy/gray and closer to the End color. Seam sealer, base within 24 hours of the last epoxy, clear on the same day Hours later.
Knowing it would be covered with a trunk mat I altered my process slightly From the inside of the trunk lid…which helped me develop a preference That I’ll stick to for the exterior/class a surfaces.
Only thing that really went wrong is my sound deadener sagged in the middle. I’ll mess with that later, or maybe not.
A4 is such a calm/classy color compared to a lot of others, and has a ton of metallic which I think is aluminum(?) Wasn’t long ago I doubted my ability to spray it without stripes and mottling errors but over time I Have learned a lot about reducer quality/speed, gun setup and technique to make it feel Pretty user friendly. Modern urethane basecoat is amazing stuff. Get it all right, and the metallic seems to lay out almost like magic.
Color looks a little different due to the higher k factor led light on it. I’ve found the lower the k factor and the further away, the more the color flops to green. The flop is essential to the look in certain lightning conditions, vs. plain old silver.
