You dont wanna know how long i spent wetsanding to perfection
Do you have a picture of it? And what grit sandpaper you used (200->400->600->1200) etc.
And didja clear coat it?
I still haven’t figured out what I wanna paint it.
I used spray can paint (In FALL) so process took a lot longer then your urethane base/clear process with shop paint
Prep:
- good idea to take a picture of everything if you do not have a lot of experience taking them apart and putting them back together
- I block sanded mine, started with 80 grit and finished with 400 grit before PRIMER
- 3 coats of sandable primer
- wetsand primer down to 800grit
- 3 coats of paint
- I waited at least a day between each coat so I could wetsand dust spots off
- 1 hour after final coat of paint I started the clear coat process
- 3 coats of clear coat, 1 hr part
- I did this so that there would be plenty of clear coat for me to wetsand imperfections out without getting into the actual paint
- 2 weeks later I started wetsand process
- started with 1000g, finished with 1500g
- buffed out with a drill attachment and some buffing compound by meguiar’s
- then I didn’t gig them for at least 3 months to make sure the paint was 100% cured and dry
result is pictured above. It is much cheaper to go with a body shop if you can find one that will do it. I had this one done a few years back for $125 but I wanted to refurb the blue ones myself
I’m a perfectionist so this wasn’t the first time I painted the blue set…I painted them 3 times…first gunmetal black, then white, then blue… I just wasn’t satisfied with the overall look of the other colors.
I did not sand the inside of the ttable or the 45 adapter initially until I changed colors. Those two areas are normally in great shape and just need to be deep cleaned with some soap and a SOS pad… I also did not take the time to wetsand underneath the platter b/c it will be covered…or the 45 adapter spot. They still look good BUT didn’t see a point if they were going to be covered. Plus, I plan to integrate the dicers this summer and use a urethane pearl paint BUT this time i’m paying a buddy to do all the work for me.
Looks sweet!
What brand paint did you use?
I was gonna do a gloss black table, but I accidentally bought black stickers, so now I gotta do another color. May try and find an alpine white.
Rust oleum enamel BLUE…
Gloss black is hard to paint but looks real good. I would suggest a flat or matte color bc finger prints are annoying