Car Body Work

Tail Light Clear Coat Polish

2007-04-09T10:53:00.000-07:00

So today as a learning project to fixing the crack lines on my spoiler clear coat in the future, I decided to fix up my Tail Light Clear Coat that took the abuse of a Canadian Winter and salt and looked dull and had the same crack lines.

Before picture of the tail light:

You see the lines and how dull it is. Hence why I took them off the car and put my all reds back.

My weapons of choice:
3m Swirl Remover (get it here!) and 600 grit Sandpaper:

Mothers Powerball (get it here!):

So wet sand the clear coat down to remove imperfections and for me I used 600 grit as anything higher would not remove the lines / cracks that were in my clear coat:

Remember! if you sand to far you may remove all the clear coat. Keep checking to make sure you don't completely remove the clear coat.

Once it is sanded and you see the cracks / lines gone and it looks smooth, its time to use the swirl mark remover:

Here it is on the sanded part of the tail light:

I used too much here I think, but oh well :)

Then use the Mothers Powerball to shine those tails up real nice.

Here's two pics of how clear they are:

Here's three pics showing the difference in Before and After:

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Body Work: Fix your dents!

2007-02-13T17:33:00.000-08:00

Here is a great body work video from Hot Rod TV. They take an old Mustang and throughout the 10 minute video you learn the exact process to pull out a dent, make it smooth and have it ready for paint.

The video highlights:

1) Sanding down the paint to the bare metal to begin pulling the dent
2) Using the dent puller to attach pins and pull out the dent
3) cutting and grinding off the dent puller pins
4) Mixing body filler using the hardener to properly set the body filler
5) Applying the body filler over the dented spot that was pulled
6) Sanding the excess body filler smooth
7) Hand cross-sanding of the body filler
8) Applying primer to the body work area to give an idea how it will be ready for painting later on

Enjoy and hope it can help you pull your own dents and make a car body work repair!

Regards, MK
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Custom Painted Taillights

2007-01-10T16:49:00.000-08:00

Custom body work on a car will make your car stand out from another car. Today's project shows a method to do some custom work to get custom painted taillights.

I bought an extra set of 94-97 Integra taillights (with the orange turn signal) for $25, in order to try and make something unique. Here is what it looks like:

First step I wanted to do in making it custom was removing the orange turn signal and making it look more like the 98+ integra taillights. Here is what the 98+ taillights look like:

The process to red out your taillights can be done either using paint or vinyl. My first attempt was using the Krylon Stained Glass red paint. I masked off everything so only the orange was exposed. I don't have a picture of this but the idea is to put masking tape and newspaper surrounding the orange so you only paint over the orange.

This was the final product of the tail light red out process:

Now, from this part I was going to proceed to painting a green trim on the taillights, but decided to try using vinyl on the taillight to see what difference that would make in the look of the red out taillight. I used acetone paint stripper to remove the krylon paint from my taillights to reexpose the orange blinker. I then got a transparent red vinyl sheet and cut out the vinyl to match the shape of the orange blinker. I have no pictures of this process, but u basically wet the taillight slightly where you will apply the vinyl to give you some leeway in putting it down and then put the vinyl on and squeegee the excess water out making sure you get it all out completely. I also used a hair dryer to make the vinyl stick better and form around the corner of the taillight.

At this point I was satisfied with the way the vinyl red out looked on the taillights and proceeded to set up to paint my taillights with a green trim.

I masked all the parts that were to light up with newspaper and masking tape. Once the taillight was masked, I sprayed three thin coats of green paint onto the taillight, leaving about 5 mins between coats. After my last coat, I left it to dry for about 20 minutes and then proceeded with the clear coat on the taillights. Here are some pictures with the taillight masked and the green painted on top of it:

In this picture I highlight the parts I masked:

Once I was done spraying the lights, I let them dry and then removed the masked newspaper and tape to reveal my newly complete Green Custom Painted Taillights. I then installed them onto the car and here are the results:

I was quite happy with the paint match and how it gave a unique look to the car. Hope my adventure into creating my custom painted taillights will make you think about how you can customize your ride and its taillights!

Regards, MK
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Painted Rims Installed on Car

2006-12-09T07:20:00.000-08:00

A follow up to my DIY Paint your car Rims article, I promised pics of the rims on my Integra to see how it will look.

Well I had installed them last week as winter has come and some snow has already been seen. Nothing to use my winter tires for yet, but that will come.

I was pretty impressed with how the gunmetal rim with polished style lip looked on my green Integra. I always was going back and forth if I should paint my rims gunmetal, but now I am quite happy with the end result.

Take a look:

Hope my DIY paint your rims article helped, and I hope this will help others picture what the stock SE rims will look like gunmetal with a polished lip and on a green integra like mine.

Regards, MK
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Classic Car Restoration: 1969 Ford Mustang

2006-12-06T20:13:00.000-08:00

Looking for some car body work videos and restoration projects I came across this video on YouTube.

a 1969 Ford Mustang was taken from a pretty beat up shape to a fantastic blue painted Mustang that is ready to rule the roads! Take a look at that automatic launch at the end of the video. The amazing part I found was the wiring by the steering wheel and how the interior looked before and after. You can see during the video how the body of the Mustang has been sanded and prepped for painting. The light colored grey primer was put on the outside of the car, and then the final top coat of blue makes it shine. Take a look at this beauty:

Paint Your Car Rims

2006-11-21T18:41:00.000-08:00

Paint your own Rims? Who would of thought something previously done by professionals could be done in your own home.

While, the concept of painting your own rims has been around a few years now, many questions pop up of how to do it and I thought I would share my own experiences with painting my Integra stock rims. I have read up many examples of how to do this, but my first time trying was this year when I chose to refinish my winter rims. I was quite please with the outcome.

First, what the hell do you need to paint your rims? Paint of course :) This is where Duplicolor comes in with their wheel paint. They offer paint colors to match your style coming in white, gunmetal, classic silver and bronze as well. I chose to do mine in gunmetal leaving my lip the stock polished style look. So here are your options:

So you chose your colour, bought your paint and are semi-ready. First, you need to sand down your rims. Why? This gives the surface a rough texture so the paint has something to adhere to. Reference the article to polish your rims on how sanding of the rims works. The only difference with this is how far you want to go. In my case, being winter rims painted I chose not to go through the process of stripping the paint on the rims completely. I simply sanded down the surface with 300 grit sandpaper ensuring to make everything sanded equally. This gives the rough surface required for the paint to adhere, and as long as your rims had no damage it should be good enough.

Your rims are sanded, you have your paint and now are ready. First, make sure you clean all sanding dust off the rims and ensure a totally clean surface so the paint will stick and not flake off after your first drive out with your newly painted rims!!! Here are my rims washed and ready to completely dry before painting:

Here is an upclose shot of my Sanded Rim ready to have a fresh coat of Gunmetal paint applied to it:

You will notice my rims are masked off with newspaper and masking tape. Of course you want to do this so you dont turn your tires into the color you are painting. I don't want gunmetal painted tires. Also if you look close enough, you will know that the lip has been masked off as well. So I carefully applied the masking tape on the lip to protect it from being painted as well. Also, you know the lil thing you pump your air into, mask that off as well unless you want that to have a color change as well :)

The rims are dry, you have masked off what you dont want painted and now you are ready. Put some newspaper on the ground and place the rim on top of the newspaper. You don't want to paint the concrete underneath the rim so keep it clean with the newspaper.

Now apply your first coat of paint (gunmetal on my rims). Here is my first coat on two of the rims (the two on the right have been painted):

Here are pics of the rims painted and masked:

A couple of good shot of the Rim Painted with the Clear Coat shining while drying:

Now put away your rims somewhere and let them dry so the paint has time to cure. I left mine for a couple days and then took off the masked newspaper and tape. And the results are in.

Three Rims lined up and painted:

Up Close view of Dried Clear Coat, Nice and shiny :)

Here is single shots of the rims without the center caps installed yet:

Here is single shots of the rims with center caps installed yet:

Hope you enjoyed my venture into painting my own rims and hope this may tempt you trying the same with your old rims that you were maybe thinking of throwing away, but now can refinish into a nice set of rims.

Regards, MK
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Mercedes SL600 Bling at Sema

2006-11-02T16:21:00.000-08:00

Here is a pic I found of a Mercedes sl600 at the Sema Show:

Its not showing doing any direct body work, but whoever spent the time to make the car look like that put in a lot of time and effort to make a truly blinged out Mercedes.

If you go to this website, you will see a flash animation showing off this exact car!

D.A.D web site with Blinged out Merecedes

This car is crazy and has some serious work done to it.

Regards, MK

How To Polish Your Car Rims: Guide

2006-10-24T17:09:00.000-07:00

How To Polish Your Car Rims: Guide

Polishing your car rims can be a DIY project to undertake that can reap the reward of a nicely polished rim. This process does take considerable time if you want the outcome to look right, but if you own the right set of rims that would look amazing afterwards, it is worth it. Here are the steps I took to polish my Stock Integra car rims:

Wheel Rim Repair: Decision to Polish My Rims

How to Polish Car Rims: Tools Needed

Steps to Polishing your car rims

Polished Integra SE Car Rims: Finished

Hope your polished rims come out nice and shiny!

Regards, MK
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Painting Your Rims

2006-10-17T15:44:00.000-07:00

I finished painting my stock integra rims last weekend. Yes, they are the same rims I polished the year before and have now been converted to gunmetal rims with a polished lip.

They are now being used as my winter rims, so I was just looking to fix up the rim to not oxidize as some of the clear coat had already come off from before.

I'll produce some pictures and steps to painting your rims shortly!

Regards,MK
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Polished Integra SE Car Rims: Finished

2006-10-10T20:51:00.000-07:00

As promised, here are my results of the polished Integra SE rims:

The front Integra rim has been polished, while the back rim is the stock silver color. Might I just add, this was when I had 4x4 style wheel gap, which has been since reduced.

A Closer view of the nice polished surface:

Even Closer view of the Polished rim (you can even see my reflection):

A look at the grass reflecting in my wheel. Very nice.

To see an even more amazing example of member lak8 who polished his Integra Blades Rims, check out this link on Team-Integra.net.

As with the steps discussed, you too can successfully polish your wheel and get the same results!

Regards, MK
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Steps to polishing your car rims

2006-09-25T15:38:00.000-07:00

Last post showed you the tools to polish your wheels, here are the steps taken to do the polishing job.

First strip the paint using an Automotive paint stripper. I found one at the local canadian tire, but many say walmart carries it as well.

With the paint stripper, read as directed, however general guidelines are to spray the wheel in a shaded area and let the product sit for 20 minutes or until bubbling occurs. Once it bubbles, you can pressure wash the paint off. Note: this can get quite dirty doing this part!

After you have stripped the paint to your satisfaction, or until it wont come off anymore, I went on to sanding the rims and my curb rash. Basically, how I sanded was I used something like this:

Then when I was content, I got to using a finer sandpaper. I sanded the rim by using a mixture of water and a liquid metal polisher purchased from canadian tire to be used on aluminum. With the water based mixture, I kept dipping and sanding by hand the wheel with each of the finer grits until the swirl marks were not visible. Once sanding was complete, let the rim dry and clean the rim to ensure no dust remains.

I started with the black emery compound, moved to the brown compound and finished with the white polishing compound.

The steps you take are basically rub the black compound into the wheel that looks like a rope with a rough shape (attached to your drill). Cover the wheel with the black compound, and go over the dry surface with the wheel covered in black compound. Cover the entire wheel and when complete wipe off excess residue with a clean rag. You don't want the compounds to stay on the rim and mix with the next compound.

I then went to the brown compound, using the same steps as the black compound but with the lighter wheel in the kit. Polish all areas of the wheel with this compound.

After complete, clean the rim and apply the white compound by hand or the provided tools. I did the face of the rim by the tools, and the hard to reach areas by hand.

Note, the higher RPM your drill can go, the better the polished rim will look.

Congratulations, you probably are cursing starting the project as it's taken so long, but you should have a nice shiny wheel in the end.

I will have pics up soon of the finished product of my newly polished wheel.

Regards, MK
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How to Polish Car Rims: Tools Needed

2006-09-18T16:24:00.000-07:00

The previous post showed my Acura Integra stock rim, and the condition it was in. Something needed to be done and I decided to Polish my rim as a way to make it better and a way to learn to polish car rims.

Before you start any body work type project, you must get the right tools.

For this project, I first ordered the proper polishing compounds. I got this from Caswell Plating, and I ordered the wheel aluminum polishing kit. The kit comes with the black and brown compounds, White Rouge Liquid Polish and the proper wheels for the job.

Here is a picture of the kit:

To use the polishing compounds and the wheel provided, you need a drill that has a higher RPM value so it can sustain the amount of quick rotation needed to properly polish your wheels.

Lastly, you will need tools to strip and sand your wheels before being able to polish them. While I was told sanding is not necessary as the compound should get through it if you strip the paint properly, I did sand them to ensure it was level and to remove my curb rash.

Ensure the sandpaper you get is able to be wetsanded for when you do final sanding steps prior to polishing.

These are the tools I have used, however I've seen others have success with sanding their rims down completely to a really high grade of sandpaper such as 1000 grit, and then use a product like Mothers Aluminum Polish to shine them up. This also works great, and may be the method I try next time If i decide to polish my rims again.

In my next post, I will take you through the exact steps I have taken in polishing my rims.

Regards, MK
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Wheel Rim Repair: Decision to Polish my Rims

2006-09-16T08:54:00.000-07:00

As part of perfecting my car and fixing any defects I was unhappy with, I came to my Acura Integra car rims. At the time, they were my main rims, however they have now been replaced with a nicer set currently and have been retired as winter rims. Before, I got my better rims I decided to try and polish my wheels to learn and to see how it would look.

My thoughts were to either paint my rims silver or a gunmetal colour, or try and polish my rims to a nice shine. I decided to try and polish them first, and if it did not turn out as I wanted I could always paint my rims. Here is the initial pictures of the Wheel that had curb rash and other blemishes.

Initial Wheel Pics of my stock Acura Integra Rims:

As you can see, something needed to be done if I wanted my wheel rims to look good to ride on. So I went ahead and ordered the products that I needed to continue with this body work type project.

Look forward to my next post detailing the tools I got to polish my rims!

Regards, MK
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Alloy Wheel Rim Repair

2006-08-17T17:40:00.000-07:00

Everyone has seen a Wheel Rim that needs to be repaired. You are driving along through the drive through and you hear a scraping sound and your beautiful rim has been made ugly! Can you fix this yourself or do you have to pay to get it fixed at a wheel rim repair shop.

Just as the repair shop can repair your alloy wheel, so can you in some cases. I found an awesome article that goes through the specific repair of fixing curb rash and it does a thorough job in explaining the repairing of your wheel.

Take a look at Repairing your Scuffed Wheel.

Hope this can save you some money by doing your own alloy wheel rim repair!

Regards, MK
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Windshield Wiper Arm Repair and Removal

2006-07-04T17:52:00.000-07:00

On My Acura Integra, my wiper arms were starting to have the Paint peel off revealing the shiny metal underneath in some parts, while other areas were regular OEM Black. I decided to paint them over with a new coat of Flat Black Paint.

Here is the Duplicolor Paint I used:

To take off the wipers on my Integra, there was simply two 14mm nuts holding on the Wiper Arms at the base of the Wiper Arms. Once I removed the two nuts, you simply pry off the wiper arm. They were a little tight, but they come off.

Here are a few pictures of the wipers off the car, and showing the condition they are in.

First steps are to give it a light sanding. Sanding the piece helps promote adhesion for painting so that your Paint job lasts. I used 320 grit sandpaper I had lying around.

Once you complete sanding, make sure to wash and wipe off all loose sanding dust from the wiper arms. Some soapy water works well, and is what I used. Here is a picture after this is done, and the wipers are ready to paint.

Here is a coat of paint on the Wiper Arms:

Here is the Final Coat (I waited 10 minutes between my coats, as was instructed on the can, and applied 3 coats of paint):

After letting it dry for 1 hour (the can said to wait 1 hour), I installed them back onto the car. Here are the results:

A great job indeed, and the Wiper Arms look like new with this paint job.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Painting your Body Kit

2006-06-26T20:19:00.000-07:00

Here are the Steps I had taken when painting my own Acura Integra Body Lip Kit:

1. Wet Sanding - Kit Preparation (How to Wet Sand)
2. Primer the Kit - helps promote adhesion of the paint to the surface being painted.
3. Painted Lip Kit - pictures after painted with spray can.
4. Rubbing Compound and Swirl Remover - level out the gritty clear coat and bring it to a professional shine.
5. Lip Kit Pictures after Swirl Remover - the results of making the clear coat shine.
6. Body Lip Kit Painted and Installed (Acura Integra OEM Lip Kit Installation Instructions)

Hope this inspires some to try and paint your own body lip kit!

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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2006-06-24T10:27:00.000-07:00

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Instructions to Install Body Kit

2006-06-19T10:46:00.000-07:00

Many people seek instructions or a guide to installing a body kit or body lip kit.

Here are the instructions I used to install my OEM Acura Integra Lip Kit.

Integra OEM Kit Install

Have any questions about the install? I would be glad to let you know the steps I took when I installed this kit.

Just leave a comment here and you will get your response.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Body Lip Kit Painted and Installed

2006-06-12T11:06:00.000-07:00

Body Lip Kit Painted and Installed

With the assistance of my father, I finally installed my OEM Lip Kit onto my car. The kit went on pretty easily, just took a little bit of time to complete. Here's the pics of the final results.

The day I installed it, without the car being washed:

Rear shot of the car with the kit:

I got to cleaning the car a few days later and look at her shine. The paint matches really well and looks great. Most people can't even tell I painted it myself, and said it looks like a great DIY job for a rattle can spraying.

Here are the pics:

This picture shows how truly great the paint match is for this DIY paint job.

I hope I have inspired some people to try such projects on themselves. With a little bit of time and patience, it will work out.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Lip Kit Pictures after Rubbing Compound

2006-06-07T18:00:00.000-07:00

Lip Kit Pictures: After Rubbing Compound

As promised, here are those pictures of my one rear valence after being treated with the Rubbing Compound and Swirl Remover I had mentioned in my earlier post.

The Rear Valence on the left is not compounded, while the Valence on the right is compounded and the swirl remover was put on afterwards. The results are quite amazing!

Different shot of the Treated and Untreated Valence:

Close up of the Untreated Rear Valence:

Close up of the Treated Rear Valence:

An amazing difference. Wow!

Leave any comments of what you think.

Regards,
Michael Kralj

Using Rubbing Compound and Swirl Remover

2006-06-06T12:10:00.000-07:00

Using Rubbing Compound and Swirl Remover

Rubbing compound is like a fine sandpaper, but comes in a liquidy paste form. The one I used was Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound, and it looks like this:

You rub the Rubbing Compound over the surface. I used a back and forth motion on it and you need to put some muscle into it to level the surface out nicely. You will notice the surface looks dull but you should be able to feel its more level and not gritty.

Once you think the surface is level, then I used 3M Swirl Remover. With this, I did it by hand and went in a back and forth motion really quickly. I didn't put too much pressure on it, but just enough and rubbed quickly. I rubbed back and forth about 30 times or so generating some heat on the cloth I was using.

You basically continue until the Swirl Remover liquid was hard to see, then wiped off the surface. I repeated the swirl remover 3 times per location. This made the surface really shine up. I will post up some pictures shortly of the before and after. You will be amazed as I was.

You can do the Swirl Remover by machine as well, but I won't give advice on that since i've never done it. With a machine, if you do it to long you can burn through the clear coat. By hand is safer, but takes longer as well.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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OEM Lip Kit Painted

2006-05-31T16:31:00.000-07:00

OEM Lip Kit Painted

Here is the update where my Lip Kit has finally been painted my Clover Green Pearl. As with all painting, hold the spray can about 6-12 inches from the parts and do not lay too thick coats. The thinner coats are better as it avoids drips, but put enough to cover all areas adequately and evenly.

Here is a picture of the rear valence with 2 coats of green applied:

A closer shot of rear valence painted:

When applying the clear coat, ensure to give about 20 minutes of drying time on the base coat. The time to wait also depends on the paint, and on my spray can it recommended 20 minutes. Follow directions on your can.

Here are the rear valences drying with clear coat on it:

Closer shot of rear valences clear coated:

The OEM Front Lip with clear drying on it and the side skirts with only basecoat applied:

Front lip clear coated:

Another shot of the front lip:

Picture of the sides with clear coat on it:

Here I was anxious to see how well the paint matched, so I put it on the car quickly to see. Color match looks good:

Another view of the lip on my car:

Side shot with some light hitting it:

And yet another pic of the front lip:

Here is a picture of all the parts painted a fresh coat of green:

Picture of me holding the side skirt in place to see the color match:

Rear valences held in place to see the color match:

Once this was done, I had let my Lip Kit pieces dry for about a week and a half. Some recommend more, while others say less. This is to let the paint cure and harden. At this stage, once it hardens I took out the rubbing compound and swirl remover to make it shine. Stay tuned to see how I did this in posts to come.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Primer the Kit

2006-05-29T15:28:00.000-07:00

Car Primer on the Kit

I got around to actually spraying Primer onto the OEM Lip kit. Here are the steps and some pictures from this stage of the automotive painting process.

First step, is to clean the pieces to be painted. I used dish soap on my rear valences as pictured:

My primer of choice for this project, Duplicolor sandable black primer:

Then spray the primer about 6 - 12 inches from the pieces being painted. Here are the rear valences after being sprayed with primer (coat number 2) :

A closer pic of the primed rear valences:

Here is a picture of the Front Lip Primered:

Different view of lip primed:

The Front Lip and Rear Valences primed together:

Here is a picture of the Side Skirts not primed yet:

And now the Side Skirts are primed:

Close up shots of the side skirts primed:

After this was completed, I waited one week for it to dry. You can simply go to painting, however i've read primer takes a bit of time to dry so it wont flex in the future. So I chose to wait one week (also due to not having time that day).

Then the next weekend I Wet Sanded the primed pieces with 600 grit wet / dry sandpaper very lightly. You will notice the primer has a rough gritty feel to it that you don't want your paint to be like. Sanding with 600 grit gets rid of this gritty feel and makes it smooth to the touch, but not too smooth for the base coat paint to stick to it.

Keep tuned to see the Lip Kit pieces painted.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Wet Sanding

2006-05-25T15:34:00.000-07:00

How To Wet Sand

I found a good link discussing how to wet sand. As the link will show you, wet sanding is basically sanding but using water, so not to trap the particles in the sandpaper. This way it does the sanding as intended.

http://www.hotworldcustoms.com/wet.htm

There you go.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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Wet Sanding Preparation

2006-05-24T18:38:00.000-07:00

Wet Sanding Preparation

So here I started the project of Wet sanding after work and between the days of rain. Here you will see the pieces prior to wet sanding, and afterwards to see how far you may want to go with the Wet Sanding process. Here the front lip and rear valences have been completed.

OEM Acura Front Lip in Burning Red Pearl before sanding:

My weapons of attack: Wet Sand with 320 grit and 400 grit wet / dry sandpaper

Here is an up close shot of the Front Lip paint Untouched:

Here is the Front Lip all sanded with white residue from the wet sanding (it is white because of wet sanding the clear coat, making it turn white.

Here you see a picture of the rear valences untouched:

And here I have completed sanding one Rear Valences and the other one is not:

Closer shot of one piece sanded and the other one not:

Here are both valences sanded:

The side skirts will be sanded as well, and then I will move on to priming the Kit with the Duplicolor Black Primer.

Also, look for an article here describing the process of Wet Sanding to come.

Regards,
Michael Kralj
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