painting bits

[Gunner]

hi guys can anyone give me some tips on painting parts, i found i can get car paint from halfords in my cars colour but i want to get the same sort of finish as my car so do i need laqure?? ive got a front lip spolier and fog light covers that i want to re do. any help much apprecated
jay

[C. J.]

To last you need laqure about 3 coats

[Spongebob2]

plastic primer, laqure(spellin?) and plenty of wet and dry paper

i tried some halfords paint, its only as good as the person mixin it, i had 2 cans mixed by same person at same time and they were completly different colours

[Gunner]

how weird!! where is a good place to get paint from?? so im guessing you paint the part then lacquer it, but wet and dry???? why do you use that???

[Spongebob2]

cause you wont get a smooth finish out of a can like you do with a spray gun, so it will look awfull like orange peel, so you use like a 1000 or 1200 wet and dry to smooth it to one level then polish it back up

[Gunner]

oh rite i see so you wet and dry until smooth the lacquer on top of that. how many coads of paint should i use???

[Spongebob2]

want a few cause your be sanding some away, same with the clear coat, or you could prob get away with just doing it with the clear coat and then polish it back up, trial and error is the way i learnt

[C. J.]

3 to 5 coats of each

[majorscooby]

If your not sure on what type of finish you'll get or how it will turn out find something of a similar grade plastic and practise first!