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Old 03-11-2009, 07:30 PM
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well i vht'ed my tails today. i got them as dark as i want but when i was done clearcoating them they still looked dull. . i used the duplicolor truck and suv like the sticky told me to. what do i need to do???
Old 03-11-2009, 07:33 PM
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Wetsand and Polish polish polish.
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wetsand with what grit 1500 or 2000? i tried 1500 and polished with the only stuff i had (turtle wax polishing compound) but had to reclear it b/c it did nothing
Old 03-11-2009, 07:57 PM
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How many layers of clear did you spray?
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about 6 or 7.
almost the whole can
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Wow. Thats a lot.

You could of messed up one of the first layers and thats why is hazy. It could also be because you sprayed them in too humid of weather or maybe the clear isnt working with the VHT and did it.
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ok they arent bad right now. not really hazy just not shiny. i will put pics up tomorrow when it is sunny out
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Well if they arent shiny all you need to do is get 2000 grit, seeing how you did 1500 already, and then polish them again.
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ok and when i wet sand i alternate up and down and left and right?
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THis is what you need to do.....sand the crap off your tail lights bro.....go to the nearest bodyshop and tell them you want the to base coat tint them then clear over it with a real gun.......vht tends to fade and look like crap after time......if you base coat clear coat it it will stay there prolly longer than your cars paint will. The body shop wont charge hardly anything and it will look a million times better....see look....

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i did my tails a while back on both my old v6 firebird, and my z28.

i hit them with vht till i got the darkness i wanted, i then sanded the vht orange peel look down with 800 grit wet, once they were nice a smooth i cleaned them.
i then hit them with a light coat of truck,van and suv clear from dupli-color, followed by a slightly thicker coat and them finally with a full thick coat for the finish.
then once they were dry i followed by wet sanding with 800 again untill they were smooth, then dry sanded with 1500, then wet sanded with 1500, then wet sanded with 2000 for a perfectly smooth finish.
once all sanding was done and they were cleaned off again for any dust particles from the sanding i followed up with some rubbing compound by hand.
i used 3m rubbing compound but i've used other kinds before and they all worked good.
then after throughly rubbing them down with compound, i whiped excess off with a towel.
once that was done i applied some zaino polish to them, and some wax and sealer to top it off.
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pm me if your interested i can do them for you or just professionally clear them so they look nice..
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^^^ Id take this guy up on it ^^^^

If you were closer to me id spray it for you. Nothing looks better than paint and clear out of a gun
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it really doesnt need to be "professional" b/c the paint on my car sucks. im in the process of fixing that as of now. i just wanted them to shine but im kinda getting use to the satin look. its just orange peeled so i have to clean that up



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