Well I decided I wanted to paint the window sections of my TSW wheels yellow to match the truck. 1st attempt was Krylon and, well not even close to color match. Sanded it off. Called an auto paint store. They mixed up and packaged in spray bombs some black and color match yellow. Four cans of clear, some primer and $250 later I'm set for a base coat/clear coat.
Wet sanded the wheels with 400 and sprayed the wheels black. Layed out tape and sprayed the windows yellow, pulled the tape and found blue masking makes for great house tape but not so much for auto layouts. Edges were so rough it looked like a 4th grader masked it off. Layed down one coat of clear on everything (guess thats what your supposed to do with base/clear for extended periods of time) and back to the paint store for some fine line tape and more clear.
Skuffed the finish and layed out some more (new) tape. Found out I most likely didnt do so great of a job with my initial prep job 'cause when I pulled some of the vinyl tape up if pulled paint wiith it. I let it dry for about 2hr (recomendation of paint shop) however it's humid as a mother today. Maybe shoulda let it go longer?
Skuffed up the finish and sanded the areas that lifted, blasted everything black with three coats clear. they look good but I know it wont last due to (most likely) a poor prep job.
Sonofabitch this crap is a pain in the ass. I'll let 'em dry a coupe days and try to re-tape again and see if the black lifts. If so I guess I'll have the wheels media blasted and start over. An expensive learning curve here...
Wet sanded the wheels with 400 and sprayed the wheels black. Layed out tape and sprayed the windows yellow, pulled the tape and found blue masking makes for great house tape but not so much for auto layouts. Edges were so rough it looked like a 4th grader masked it off. Layed down one coat of clear on everything (guess thats what your supposed to do with base/clear for extended periods of time) and back to the paint store for some fine line tape and more clear.
Skuffed the finish and layed out some more (new) tape. Found out I most likely didnt do so great of a job with my initial prep job 'cause when I pulled some of the vinyl tape up if pulled paint wiith it. I let it dry for about 2hr (recomendation of paint shop) however it's humid as a mother today. Maybe shoulda let it go longer?
Skuffed up the finish and sanded the areas that lifted, blasted everything black with three coats clear. they look good but I know it wont last due to (most likely) a poor prep job.
Sonofabitch this crap is a pain in the ass. I'll let 'em dry a coupe days and try to re-tape again and see if the black lifts. If so I guess I'll have the wheels media blasted and start over. An expensive learning curve here...