More paint
Once the bottom has dried I took a piece of 1000 grit sand paper and and lightly sanded the tape edge that is left from painting the bottom first, I lightly sanded it, knocking down the sharp edge being careful not to sand any of the fresh paint of the very bottom. Now I outlined masked and masked off the freshly painted bottom, I the cleaned and tacked the exposed area of the top and sides of the hull as well as the hatch and applied 2-3 full wet coats of the same White to the the hull and hatch. and let dry. The hull in now ready for the main colors and graphic design work. I printed some Name, number and star patterns on the computer using waterproof ink and printable vinyl that I will work in to the design patterns. I am going to use the stars as paint sheilds only.
Once the bottom has dried I took a piece of 1000 grit sand paper and and lightly sanded the tape edge that is left from painting the bottom first, I lightly sanded it, knocking down the sharp edge being careful not to sand any of the fresh paint of the very bottom. Now I outlined masked and masked off the freshly painted bottom, I the cleaned and tacked the exposed area of the top and sides of the hull as well as the hatch and applied 2-3 full wet coats of the same White to the the hull and hatch. and let dry. The hull in now ready for the main colors and graphic design work. I printed some Name, number and star patterns on the computer using waterproof ink and printable vinyl that I will work in to the design patterns. I am going to use the stars as paint sheilds only.
Now that white is totally dry I wet sanded the deck, sides and hatch with 1000 grit sand paper I went quite easy making sure to not sand through the white paint. This sanding creates a smooth finish by leveling the paints surface removing any dust, orange peal or possible runs as well as increasing adhiesion. I cleaned the hull with soap and water and applied the stars I had made and added the graphic panel and stripe areas with masking tape I aways wipe the hull down with grease and wax remover and tack clean before spraying the next color, I then applied 2 full coats of Bright Red Truck. Van & SUV Laquer to the white exposed areas.
I allowed the Red to dry for 2 hours and repeated the color sanding with 1000 grit sandpaper wet. I have not removed any masing tape I build one color after the other, Now I added Auto Grade Fisket paper to the deck and laid out my final design drawing it on the Frisket and cutting the design out with an x-acto,Once the design was cut out, I masked all exposed areas of the hull that were to be left red. The problem with spray can paints is You have no control over the amount of paint that comes out or the size of the spray pattern, so it best to over mask and cover everything that may risk getting overspray on it. I now cleaned the exposed design area with grease and wax remover, tacked clean and spray the Duplicolor Perfect Match laquer Dark Pearl Blue. Once this had dried I removed the masking from the design area.
I allowed the paints that have been applied to dry for about 2 hours and once again lightly wet sanded all of the design area with 1000 grit paper to lessen the ridge that has been left by the masking. A light sanding reduces the high edges that are left behind. Now I applied the Name, Numbers and stripe detail to the design area.
Clear goes on Tommorrow!!
Before spraying the clear coats, I finished the motor tub detail, I sprayed the insides of the tub black and also added the aluminum flashing and rivet details, I then cleaned and tacked the hull and hatch and sprayed 3 full wet coats of Acylic enamel clear to the hull and hatch I allowed about 10 minutes between coats and left to dry. I allowed this to dry for about 1 hour (IF YOU ALLOW THE CLEAR TO DRY FOR MORE THEN 4 HOURS BEFORE COLOR SANDING YOU CAN NOT RESPRAY CLEAR AS IT WILL WRINKLE) and color sanded the Hull and hatch with 1500 grit sandpaper wet. Once I was finished sanding I cleaned the hull with Windex and tacked clean and resprayed 2 full wet coats of clear allowing 5-10 minutes between coats and let dry!
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