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I'm know at the final stages of my fiberglass box and well I'm lost. I've sanded it down smooth no bumps nothing done the wetsand and everything. So no my question to you guys is what are the final steps? I've heard that you're supposed to put wax on it and buff it and then paint it? what kinda paint should I use should I use clearcoat? can I spaybomb it? I'm totally lost after wet sanding what do I do?
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NO NO NNONONON NOo wax. Nothing on earth will stick to wax. If you have it smooth, and want to paint it, now is the time to put a few coats of primer on it, sand the primer very smooth, wet and high grit 600+. Once the primer is smooth and clean, use a good degreaser, clean it well. Then shoot it with a few coats of your base color. After that is mostly dry, shoot a couple of coats of clear on that. If it needs it, cut and buff the clear to make it perfectly smooth. Now you could wax it, since it's painted like the outside of your car. I don't know what spaybomb is.. Did you mean spraycans? You can possibly get good results with that, but if you want it to look good, do the primer yourself, sand it perfect, then take it to a paint shop to have them shoot the color. You will have done almost all the work, and it should be pretty cheap at that point.
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I have used rattle can base and clear on fiberglass projects before and it has worked pretty goo, not as good as spraying it with an air gun of course
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hey thanks guys! yeah by spraybomb I meant spraycan my friend said he borrow me his spray gun so do you guys recommend any particular paints? thanks alot guys for crearing up the confusion for me.
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hey im a body man/painter i use dupont products base clear will be the easyist for you and u can relly get it lookin good by wet sanding and polishing it
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if you want to try a spray can, put it in a bucket of warm water for about 10 minutes before you paint.
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^^^good question, im wondering the same thing.
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