Also before you painted did you drill the holes?

 

Here you go chica Kareem's thread here has helped a million...

 

thanks, i must be blind, because I have read this post about 4 times. I am awaiting his write up as I have a few questions.

 

I was also wondering about the drilling... Im assuming he drilled the holes first but Im not sure. Also, Kareem, how many rattle cans of the high-build primer did it take? I found the primer at Walmart yesterday and its like $3.49 a can. Im just wondering how many cans I'd need to buy

 

are you suppose to sand before you primer, and then sand again?

 

yes you are supposed sand before primer.

 

I do wet sanding when I'm painting a kit. Soak the sandpaper for at least 15 mins and add little bit of car wash soap for a lubrication. Make sure the kit is always wet when sanding it.

Grits of Sandpaper I use:

200+ - remove imperfection
400-600

1200 for clear coat to remove imperfection (overspray) then
1500 + then

For final sanding: 2000-2500 grits. Some painter uses up to 3000 grits for show cars.

 

I drilled the holes for fitting after i primered the kit. Aznflip, you pretty much have it nailed down. Only wetsand anything higher than 500 grit though.

 

It's actually blacklancer03's kit we did. He got the KEN style and it was from the pretty recent GB for $550. Anyone else from that group buy get the same thing on their kit?

 

Kareem, did you wetsand your kit after the clear coat? will it not be a smooth finish if you dont wetsand?? Im just worried it'll look nasty if i wetsand wrong or something

 

Here are some clearcoat pix. All im waiting for is the kit to dry and for tomorrow afternoon to install it.

 

When first sanding, do you have to sand every square inch, like the crevases, etc. or would you recommend doing the crevases by hand?

 

Damn, looks good!

 

werd...god damn...just gotta fix a few things on my car then i'll be able to paint my car good job Kareem.

 

Kareem that brings back memories of my first paint project... It is alot of fun when it comes out nice.... judging from the pics a job well done bro !! I think I am down for monday so ill catch you on MSN soon.