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Thanks for the help mark Ive got through 2 cans of brightside now so that probably a sign of me laying it on too thick do i need to go back to square one or to a point where everything is uniformly smooth?

Since were only talking about thinning 10% could I apply it without thinning, reason is it took a couple of weeks to get the brightside since I had to import 6 750ml cans from England and I fear the spanish may not have the #333?



I would say that at this point it is worth using a power sander to level out the coatings down to one uniform and level surface.

Depending on how wicked some of those elephant wrinkles are, you may end up having to remove quite a bit to remove all those peaks and level it down to a common level of all the valleys.

In other spots where the elephantitis isn't so bad... you may be able to just reduce the surface to one uniform level and not have to remove as much.

One beauty of the Brightside is that it is designed to be applied by roller straight out of the can. So you can probably avoid having to go the 333 route as long as you stick to the plan to slap on superthin layers the next time you go to apply the paint.

The main benefit the 333 would give you is 'more working time' to work on the paint and do secondary rolling over areas where bubbles might form after you freshly apply the paint or to catch any runs.

I have never been to Spain... but from what I 'think I know' of your climate.. you probably are in a relatively consistently warm climate - but you may have a humidity problem there if you are in the coatal areas of that country. If so, that is where the 333 might be of some benefit to you.

The key thing at this point is to get your subsurface as smooth as possible before restarting your painting.

And don't forget. Act like Scrooge with that paint... Pretend you have the last cans of that paint in the world. I would say that you should use no more than 1/2 of a 750 ml can of paint per painting session.

When pouring your paint into the tray... only put about 1/8th of the can in the tray at a time - and keep the lid sealed tight on the can while you are painting. This will help keep the paint fresh and at roughly the same of freshness as you start each of the four main sections on your vehicle.

So if you follow that recipe... you should only need to pour paint in the tray 4 times during a painting session.

Figure on 1/8th for the roof and hood, 1/8th for the left side panels, 1/8th for the right side panels and 1/8th for the rear trunk area. Yup... the layering should be that thin...

Hopefully that gives you a better idea of how Scroogy you should be with the paint.

Give this recipe a try and hopefully by the time you have laid down that first coat, with just half of a can... you will know whether you should spring for the 333 thinner to give yourself more working time..

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Last edited by Marq; 05/30/07 08:21 AM.