1st coat of brightside - complete

Ok I got the first coat on and sanded. This time there was no adhesion issues at all, which is great. Here are the some pictures.

The car is DRY in these pictures


The car is WET in these pictures

oh HELL no!

DAMN! talk about a fuck up. Well I spoke with some of the guys over at the Moparts Forums and a number of things happened here. I never had adhesion problems. For the fact that when I first started on the hood (JAN archive), I sanded off, MOST of the clear coat. which led to a clean surface. Well, I got a bit hasty when I painted the whole car. The sun was almost over my head and I wanted to see the outcome, my fault. Anyways, what happened here was I didnt sand of the original paint. This car was made in 93, so all those years must of gathered up tons of contaminants. regardless of the numerous car washes its been through, There is always going to be contaminants that car washing soap and mineral spirits cannot remove. The paint came right off with the hose water pressure.



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IM BACK!

OK, those issues are resolved and now I'm ready to tackle this project again. I managed to paint the whole vehicle with the brightside paint. 2 Things I should of done prior to painting the whole vehicle.

1 - I should have painted the gaps between the panels by spray bombing it.
2 - I should paint at least 1 layer both on my hood and trunk.

I'm not to sure if I should even put a layer on my hood, because I used a different paint.

Im going to be out for a while.

I'm going through a bit of trouble here. I have to put this project on hold for a while.

Testing out on my trunk lid

I woke up this morning to find clouds out in the distance. but nice and clear in my area. After painting my trunk lid with the new brightside paint, I went inside for about 30 minutes to have breakfast with my girlfriends parents. this is what happened in 30 minutes..




Luckily, the intense Florida heat, hardened the outside layer before the water can do any damage. As for the paint, a little orange peel but great reflection.

NEW Paint, Interlux Brightside

Interlux Brightside paint is a marine paint. Its got Teflon and kind of goodies. With this paint supposably you can full coverage on 3 coats. sounds good to me! Thing is with this paint, it cost $25 a quart! I will be practicing on my trunk lid for this one.

Seventh and Eight coat - 3rd attempt

Damn, This is what im talking about. 8 coats in and this what you get. Now you have to understand something. This picture of my hood is SOAKING WET. When the hood is dry, its not as shiny. Thing with water is, its a tool to see how your hood would look like when you polish it up.

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