What did i do wrong? a filler/paint question
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What did i do wrong? a filler/paint question
I have a set set of corvette fuel rail covers for my LT1. I spent sometime and filled in the Corvette letters with filler and primered them and painted them flat black. Now that they are painted you can see the outline of where the word CORVETTE was. When i was finished priming them you couldn't see the Corvette and it felt completely smooth but now that they are painted flat black you can see them. Is there something i did wrong? Even now you can't feel a difference where the Corvette was its completely smooth. I'm wanting to get these things looking nice so any suggestions? Thanks
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How well did you sand inside the letters and the covers themselves before hand? and did you use a glazing putty after filler?
only two things i can thing of.
also a urethane based primer works best imo. Esspecially on plastic parts that have been filled in some way.
only two things i can thing of.
also a urethane based primer works best imo. Esspecially on plastic parts that have been filled in some way.
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Originally Posted by FloridaZ
How well did you sand inside the letters and the covers themselves before hand? and did you use a glazing putty after filler?
only two things i can thing of.
also a urethane based primer works best imo. Esspecially on plastic parts that have been filled in some way.
only two things i can thing of.
also a urethane based primer works best imo. Esspecially on plastic parts that have been filled in some way.
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ya gotta have filler a little past the fill area like how ya bondo a ding in....also its best before filler to take a 40 grit disc on a air drill and knock the edges off the letters to kinda flatten that **** out..try try again you'll make them badass in no time
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You can probably bend the covers and the filled letters will pop right out. The first set I did, the same thing happend. I was in hurry and didn't sand inside the letters very well. I had too much confidence in the filler i used. So I knocked the letters out and did pretty much what sercastiK suggested. I grinded/sanded the crap out of them. I know its moving backwards, but if it bothers you enough, that should do the trick.