Gents,
I painted my instrument panel the other day and it came out OK. I am using urethane enamel single stage paint. It was mixed without a flattener but was "blended" by the paint shop to have a lower gloss level. There is some minor orange peal (I call it texture and it appears on most of the parts I have painted) but otherwise it looks good.
I would like to reduce the gloss level and I was hoping for some input.
I have sanded some of my painted parts (to fix some other issues) using 1000 grit prior to repainting and it brought the gloss level down. So I wonder if wet sanding the instrument panel with 2000 grit would do the job of reducing the gloss level.
I have a few particles in the paint on the panel that I will need to sand down and polish to get rid of them anyway so I figure if I can find a good method of reducing the gloss level I won't have to polish the offending repairs.
I am new at this painting game so any input would be appreciated.
I painted my instrument panel the other day and it came out OK. I am using urethane enamel single stage paint. It was mixed without a flattener but was "blended" by the paint shop to have a lower gloss level. There is some minor orange peal (I call it texture and it appears on most of the parts I have painted) but otherwise it looks good.
I would like to reduce the gloss level and I was hoping for some input.
I have sanded some of my painted parts (to fix some other issues) using 1000 grit prior to repainting and it brought the gloss level down. So I wonder if wet sanding the instrument panel with 2000 grit would do the job of reducing the gloss level.
I have a few particles in the paint on the panel that I will need to sand down and polish to get rid of them anyway so I figure if I can find a good method of reducing the gloss level I won't have to polish the offending repairs.
I am new at this painting game so any input would be appreciated.