painting interior accents?

[michaelweston1@yahoo.com]

looking good... you going to clear it tomorrow

[blackjack325]

yeah, gonna let it sit over night. I was told to sand the paint, im just afraid of going down to the primer....
what # of sand paper should I use to sand the paint? This is the first time I do something like this by the way (if you hadnt noticed)

Gonna do the plastic arount the radio tomorrow. I sprayed the first 2 coats of primer after the adhesion promoter, then sanded it down smooth and re primed it. Ill continue to sand/prime tomorrow as well. I really wanna see how that first piece is gonna come out.

[michaelweston1@yahoo.com]

when i wet sanded my stuff i used 1000 grit just to be safe

[blackjack325]

ok, ill use 1000.... what if it hits the primer?
what am i looking for when I sand the paint itself? same amount of smoothness as when I sanded the primer?

[michaelweston1@yahoo.com]

Just smooth it out, like take out the orange peel look... im not a paint expert im just going off experience... i have painted the interior parts in 3 of my trucks so im just going by what i learned and have been told... and use alot of clear... i did

[blackjack325]

will continue tomorrow, looks like it should turn out pretty well..... for my first time lol

[Red03SilSS]

Do not sand the basecoat. That is very unnecessary. The orangepeel comes from the clear anyway, not the basecoat. I don't even know what the point of sanding the base coat is. Go ahead and apply about 3 coats of clear. Let that dry and wet sand with 2000 and buff it out, and it will have no orangle peel and look awesome. In my 10 years of paint the only time I have EVER sanded the base coat is when I did the rust effect. Which you arent doing here.