Spray Paint feel like $hit

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Spray Paint feel like $hit

By u770017
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:34 am #83947 I decided to spray paint my fenders and bumper since they were trash. well I did one fender it looked excellent except I sanded through the edges by mistake when buffing it. so I stripped it and painted it again with the bumper. Now I painted in a shed at about 70F

I painted like 5 coats after the primes then about 3-4 light coats of clear. The paint feels like sandpaper , its gritty and dull. What am I to do?
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By Benj
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:36 am #83948 wet sand and then clear some more like 3 or 4 layers then wet sand again and then clear 3 or 4 more layers and then buff at a really low speed

By u770017
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 7:07 am #83950 what rating sand paper?

By u770017
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 5:20 pm #84014 Its not orange peel it feels like overspray or little bits of sand everywhere
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By Graham
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:21 pm #84023 Sounds like dryspray - you didnt spray enough on basically. Will take a while to sand using 2000, if i were you id use 1200 - 1500 first then see how it looks and judge whether you need to paint it again or not

By u770017
- Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:51 pm #84078 ok so when I sand down with 1500 the new clear coat will bond to it without peeling later?

and im using an enamal does it matter when I sand and recoat?
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