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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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beautiful work! What brand/kind of clear coat did you use?
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 03:57 PM
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looks like new! i need to reclear mine one of these days. how long did it take you?
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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it took prob around 5 hrs in all.. i did it over 2 days so its kinda hard to gauge the exact time.... i used duplicolor clear..... the idea is to put it on kinda heavy in a cool environment so you dont get lap marks or orange peel.....
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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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i need to do this mine is starting to fade
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 06:37 AM
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Sorry to bump a semi-old thread, but what was the process used after wet sanding and applying the clear coat? Did you use a buffer at all then and again at the final step?
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 07:00 AM
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You need to wetsand it and then buff it. Then wax it.
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 07:18 AM
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awesome!
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 07:48 AM
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Between clear coats I wet sanded with 1500. Then after the final clear coat I didn't touch it. No waxing/buffing. Also keep in mind this is rattle can... It turned out awesome!!
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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dude this is the first thing I am doing to my car when I get it out of the tranny shop! it looks as bad as your before!

thanks for the pics!
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 07:49 PM
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Nice.

Damn wings.
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike.p
Between clear coats I wet sanded with 1500. Then after the final clear coat I didn't touch it. No waxing/buffing. Also keep in mind this is rattle can... It turned out awesome!!
The rattle can may look good for a while but it will most likely Peel within a year depending on the climate its in. Mine did so I did it a second time but this time had bodyshop clear it.
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 08:13 PM
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Looks great, i'm going to do this to mine! I'm guessing you sanded the existing clear coat off?
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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bump for Mike and ATL
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Old Oct 27, 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:05 AM
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Nice.
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