Is this the "orange peel" that I can wet sand with 2k grit after dried? I have about 30 min left til I can wet sand but I dont know if this is at all normal and if it will go away with a wet sand before I throw the clear coat on?
In the process of tinting headlights. Problem?
AirMan89
Is this the "orange peel" that I can wet sand with 2k grit after dried? I have about 30 min left til I can wet sand but I dont know if this is at all normal and if it will go away with a wet sand before I throw the clear coat on?
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Apparently this job isn't quite as easy as it looks.. Thought maybe I could do it on my own but I don't want that to happen.
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It's cake assuming you do it in the right temperature with the right prep.
Definitely do it somewhere warmer. I personally would not shoot paint at 40deg. The second coat still looks kind of bad to me. When you lay it you need to get in the right window of speed of passes and distances. You want to lay it slow/close enough that it flows, but so that you get runs. If it's too far/fast, you get "dry spray" which ends up with an almost sandpaper like texture. Both of those can be sanded out though.
These spider cracks aren't symptomatic of how you're laying the paint. They occur well after you lay it, so that sounds more like a symptom of the curing process, and one of the factors of that is temperature.
and heres the other one.... didnt get as far with this one only did 2 VHT coats so far and I got spider webs again.............. I'm pissed but im not resanding.. I just hope by the time this one is done it looks halfway decent.. but right now as you can see looks like ****
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here's my old head lights on a friends car..vht'd and auto cleared...it's all about the prep and the temp around where you paint. and to get that finish its alot of wet sanding the clear and buffing with plastix
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Are you supposed to put coats of vht on? I thought it said on the can to make it as dark as you want it in one sitting?
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That looks like fisheye and wrinkles to me.. it usually happens when improper prep is done and improper painting surfaces are used to clean and or prep. You should go to the auto parts store and get wax and grease remover (specific for preparing paint) to stripe all chemicals off. Then you need to allow it to fully exhaust chemicals out of the surfaces you want to paint.
In most cases, this happens when you start sanding BEFORE using a wax and grease remover. The sanding of the polish / wax, etc, is then sanded into to item you are trying to paint.
In most cases, this happens when you start sanding BEFORE using a wax and grease remover. The sanding of the polish / wax, etc, is then sanded into to item you are trying to paint.
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Too cold not much else to it..when its warm it laid on so good for me i didnt sand or buff or clear and they were like glass...get some heat or wait till 70 degree weather
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Those look really dark. You're not going to be able to see anything
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Should have just bought smoked headlights man. Those are gonna end up looking like ass
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The one looks pretty decent. The other is gonna need tlc..
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with some HIDs he'd be fine...and ddm has them for $30 right now so if he's going to run them that dark he should probly go ahead and order a kit.Those look really dark. You're not going to be able to see anything
@OP...wetsanding is important...with a nice 1500 grit...now for cleaning off the other light to start over from scratch wet sand it with a 800 grit then move to a 1200-1500 to get the fine scratches out...then start over with the VHT
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