Backside is done, pictures as promised.
Two coats of white epoxy primer…
…followed by 3 coats of base coat (2 for coverage and 1 drop coat for the metallics), then 2 coats of clear.
It turned out pretty good, one small run after the second coat of clear, but otherwise fine. Being the backside I’m not too concerned about the run, but if it bothers me enough I can always wet sand it out. One of the benefits of clear coat.
The reasoning behind painting this is simple: I wanted to protect the backside with epoxy as soon as possible after blasting it, and if I’m going to epoxy it, I might as well go wet on wet and shoot the color on it all at the same time.
I used base/clear because A) it’s what I already had on hand, and B) because this color isn’t available in single stage.
Next up, filler work on the outside of this piece and the tail panel.
👍🏻
Two coats of white epoxy primer…
…followed by 3 coats of base coat (2 for coverage and 1 drop coat for the metallics), then 2 coats of clear.
It turned out pretty good, one small run after the second coat of clear, but otherwise fine. Being the backside I’m not too concerned about the run, but if it bothers me enough I can always wet sand it out. One of the benefits of clear coat.
The reasoning behind painting this is simple: I wanted to protect the backside with epoxy as soon as possible after blasting it, and if I’m going to epoxy it, I might as well go wet on wet and shoot the color on it all at the same time.
I used base/clear because A) it’s what I already had on hand, and B) because this color isn’t available in single stage.
Next up, filler work on the outside of this piece and the tail panel.
👍🏻