Oh nice, yeah I live east of Lancaster acutally
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I like it here, we have some of the best scenic/mountain/hill roads around!
Alright everyone, keep your drawers on
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here's the pics
First, since it was nice out yesterday, figured, why not do the lights! Earlier I quick did the wipers wrinkle black, looks so much nicer than surface rust lol and also did the emblem, really came out nicely, all wrinkly
I first just took all the side lights and tails out, I first started on the tails. I cleaned and degreased them first. Then I set up my paint area......back yard and newspaper on the ground..WORD! I did one at a time. First, layed down a mist coat of the rest of my Tamiya Smoke....which only lasted a mist coat haha. Waited 2-3 minutes then put down a nice but quick coat of the Night Shade being careful not to stay in one spot and risk getting too dark. After letting that dry about 5 min. I put on the last coat. Again, nice but quick swipes. Then let her sit for 10 minutes so I could eat my sandwich. After the paint cured enough, I did the same procedure for the clear coat, except I did a slower swipe and really thorough, (like I learned in auto body school and models) I repeated that step and layed down 3-4 coats of clear with about 5-10 minutes flash time for the clear in between coats, you want a decent amount of clear so you can wet sand later. Doing both lights took over an hour easily, I was paying attention really
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For the side lights, I didn't really go as heavy as I did with the lights, because it really isn't needed. I just threw down a couple tint coats and a few quick clear coats.
Now, the reason I didn't take any pictures was that I was letting it fully cure before wetsanding, important because do it to quick and the clear can still be soft! But you all are just impatient
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