I painted my 72 dart yesterday. Base clear sublime green with a gold pearl. Well after looking at it this morning in the sun I see the usual dust nibs with somehow two tiny bugs (hopefully these will vanish with a little wet sanding and some cut and buff) but what concerned me the most was that I have two areas on the sail panel portion behind the 1/4 window that apparently didn't cover well with the color. You can see a couple of shadows showing through of the primer. It is on both sides (passenger and driver). When I bought the paint locally the guy told me mix the base 1 part color and 1 part reducer. I had noticed the label said 2 color to 1 reducer but he said it was not necessary. When I sprayed the color i noticed it was opaque but just put a couple of extra coats on it. I guess I didn't cover these areas well enough even though I went over it with 2 extra coats.
I left the vinyl top molding holes and I was going to put the molding on but no vinyl top. I know it is a pain to blend the pearl paints so I really don't want to get more paint mixed and re-do it.
Should I just live with it or put a vinyl top on? Any suggestions.
Also, this is not a true show car (if so I would have paid someone to paint it because I just a amateur with 4 kids and a wife that stays at home so money is always tight) but just something to play with and take the family out in. Maybe take to a few local car shows in and I know it will look better than some I have seen.
I left the vinyl top molding holes and I was going to put the molding on but no vinyl top. I know it is a pain to blend the pearl paints so I really don't want to get more paint mixed and re-do it.
Should I just live with it or put a vinyl top on? Any suggestions.
Also, this is not a true show car (if so I would have paid someone to paint it because I just a amateur with 4 kids and a wife that stays at home so money is always tight) but just something to play with and take the family out in. Maybe take to a few local car shows in and I know it will look better than some I have seen.