Thursday, 24 April 2008

Spraying me body. . .

Half way through building me spray hut. Nearly ready to start spraying the body.

Plan is. . .

Ive got two cans of nitrocellulose lacquer, one white blonde and one tinted lacquer.

Rub down the body with 1200 grit sandpaper to scuff up the surface, then spray the white blonde, enough coats to obscure the grain by about 50% probably 5-6 coats leaving to dry inbetween coats for a day or so. Then spray the tinted lacquer over the white blonde to give it the butterscotch colour, again leaving to dry overnight, enough coats to give it a decent butterscotch colour, probably 6-8 coats and Bobs your uncle - a Butterscotch blonde finish.

Then I should really get some clear coat lacquer and spray a good 10-12 coats of that on top of everything and leave to dry for a good few months (seriously nitrocellulose takes yonks to completely dry) This will give me a strong hard clear finish, that will give the colour layers a bit of depth, then I can wet sand down the final coat and polish with T-Cut to a glorious factory finish shine.

If me maths is up to scratch then that means:

one week for white blonde coat +
one week for tinted coat +
two weeks for clear coat +
three months drying +
one week wet sanding + T-cut = A long time before I get the put the thing together

Andy, double check me working out!!!!!!!!

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