Redhot's Valiant/progress pic's

sure,take an old fender or something and sand it down and primer it grey,then dust a coat of black over it to make a guide coat,then in diffrent sections try diffrent techniqes such as by hand,with a rubber block,with a paint paddle,the paint paddle is my choice for flat areas where curved areas are best done by hand.on a car like a early valiant there are some big areas that are flat enough for a paint paddle but many curves also( a paint paddle would cut into the paint and leave grooves so you have to just do the flat areas with the paddle and switch over to the soft rubber block or learn to keep your hand as flat as you can and still follow the curves without gouging,as memike stated you can use a putty spreader as a squeegee to check your work,I use the soft rubber block as my squeegee.today all I got done was to block out the entire car with 2000 grit hand paper,I used 1500 grit to take down the nubs from small dirt particles then finished up with the 2000 grit,I was able to buff the hood out before calling it quits but I could almost read the sticker on the light fixture on the ceiling in the reflection,I need glasses to see that far!!!I'll post some more pic's when I can get further along,and by the way wetsanding and buffing is hard work....you will have a pair of arms on ya when your done

Wylde1 said

That looks awesome! Love the colour.

I've always wanted to get into wetsanding and buffing paint jobs but I've got nothing to practice on and I'm too chicken to try it on the Demon. Maybe I'll have to buy an old fender or door and try it. Any recommendations for learning this black art?


Wylde1.

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