Painting my C4

[Ray Quayle]

A good job Steve - impressive. Considering doing 'commissions' for CCCUK members? - perhaps not!

I was thinking the same thing!

 

[Andrew]

It looks amazing! you took advantage of the heat wave period so well. The red looks beautiful. Good job

 

[Steven Smith]

It looks amazing! you took advantage of the heat wave period so well. The red looks beautiful. Good job

Thank you, it was a lot of hard work and still a lot more to do but it's getting there.
It was nice not to have the worst paint at a car show for once.

 

[Andrew]

Was your process like this?

1. Sand existing paint – 600 grit, dry
2. Panel wipe
3. Mask up
4. Panel wipe again
5. Mipa paint – 2 coats
6. Let paint cure
7. Wet sand – 2,000 grit
8. Wet sand – 3,000 grit
9. Farécla G360 – wool/high-cut pad
10. Farécla G360 – cutting/polishing pad
11. Farécla Super Fine – finishing pad
12. Panel wipe – remove polish residue
13. Ceramic coating

600 dry → panel wipe → Mipa ×2 → cure → 2000 wet → 3000 wet → G360 wool → G360 polish → Super Fine → panel wipe → ceramic.

 

[Steven Smith]

Was your process like this?

1. Sand existing paint – 600 grit, dry
2. Panel wipe
3. Mask up
4. Panel wipe again
5. Mipa paint – 2 coats
6. Let paint cure
7. Wet sand – 2,000 grit
8. Wet sand – 3,000 grit
9. Farécla G360 – wool/high-cut pad
10. Farécla G360 – cutting/polishing pad
11. Farécla Super Fine – finishing pad
12. Panel wipe – remove polish residue
13. Ceramic coating

600 dry → panel wipe → Mipa ×2 → cure → 2000 wet → 3000 wet → G360 wool → G360 polish → Super Fine → panel wipe → ceramic.

Yes but panel wipe before initially sanding to remove and polish or wax so as not to sand it into the panel.