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Old 09-16-2009 | 11:42 AM
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Default RE: Paint jobs help and advice

I believe that House of Kolors would cost you around $65.00 to $95.00 for whites + your reducer which I would just by a gal. due to the fact that you will be using it in all of your mixes. The red depending on what system you get starts around $85.00 and up. Your Clear will costyou around $100.00 if they have quart sizes avalible + your cat. $30.00.

Some paint supply stores can mix you your colors into a shaker can ( PPG & Omini Paints ) which will save you a tone of money. Make sure you use a good building primer ( the color of the primer will effect your base coat Grey Primer for dark rich out come, white for neons & bright colors ) then block it down to get rid of any unwanted low spots ( to block just mist the primer after its dried with black spraybomb and wet sand it using rubber sanding block, the areas which are left black are your low areas. to fix spray the area with your build primer and block it again " if area is really deap you my need to use a filler to bring it to proper level) wash the hull down after your finished wet sanding and use a prep gel which you use with a scotch bright scrubbi and lightly scrub the hull down and rinse. Let the hull dry or use compressed are to dry hull, run a tack rag over the entire hull to remove any dust that may have collected the spray your primary base coat. Let the base flash / dry for about 5min and lay a second coat and let flash for another 5min. Examin the hull to make sure you have covered the entire hull and lay your secondary color and repeat the process. I like to have alreast 3 good wet coats of base to ensure that I have proper coverage on my project. Let your project dry for 1-2 hours which with auto paints the base dryes very fast, lay 2 good wet coats of clear and let dry for 6 hours then add your art work. (Dont try to lay your designs or art onto your base coat because you will not be able to fix if a mistake is made) After your art work is complete let dry for another 1-2 hours the lay 3 good wet coats of clear remember to let flash between coats for atleast 5-7min. Always were gloves when touching your hull to keep your body oils off of the hull. You will want to add flex aditive to your clear coat and fish eye reducer to prevent pin holes in your project from oils and silicones.

Hope this helps you a lil.