Painting my girlfriend's fender

[TheCrimsonStar]

My girlfriend has a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally edition. Bought it with a damaged fender and now we have a new fender and paint from paintscratch.com. got 2 cans filler primer, 2 cans base OEM paint, and 2 cans clear. So far I've scuffed the primer that came on the fender, put 2 light coats of primer, sanded with 320, then primed again. Gonna sand again after primer dries then start on base coat. This is how it looks so far:

Will update as I progress :]

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[TheCrimsonStar]

Got all the base coat on. Gonna let dry a day or so then onto clear! Sorry for the green tint, that's my phone's flash lol

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[endo617]

Hope you wet sanding, and us 2k clear coat, with a hardner release, after that wet sand with 2000 to get the orange peel look if it happens then us meguiars scratch x to buff out

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

Haven't wet sanded yet, but I did sand the primer good. Gonna wet sand that after clear since this is a metallic paint...I have rubbing compound I'll use after the clear dries to get it to shine. The clear I'm using is Duplicolor rattle can clearcoat. I also have 1000 grit sandpaper and one 3000 grit sanding pad. Hopefully should be enough

 

[endo617]

the thing about the duplicolor clear is its a 1k clear coat. Not going to last long with sun/uv and weather conditions

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

It's not the kind that you get at autozone. I bought it from paintscratch and it's supposed to be better than the stuff from the auto store. It's called "Duplicolor Professional Lacquer Clearcoat." Supposedly better than storebought stuff.

 

[LoweredDC4]

Hope you wet sanding, and us 2k clear coat, with a hardner release, after that wet sand with 2000 to get the orange peel look if it happens then us meguiars scratch x to buff out

x2...use 2k clear coat..

 

[LoweredDC4]

if you bought a new fender, straight from factory, all you needed to do was scuff the factory primer that was on it. Then seal the part, then use base, then clear. Either way, it wont match with the car unless you blend onto the adjacent panels.

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

if you bought a new fender, straight from factory, all you needed to do was scuff the factory primer that was on it. Then seal the part, then use base, then clear. Either way, it wont match with the car unless you blend onto the adjacent panels.

It won't match anyway because the rest of the car is so faded lol. And it was an OEM style replacement from jcwhitney.com. It came with some sort of primer on it...but I sanded it down with 320 grit then layed the filler primer on.

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[LoweredDC4]

It won't match anyway because the rest of the car is so faded lol. And it was an OEM style replacement from jcwhitney.com. It came with some sort of primer on it...but I sanded it down with 320 grit then layed the filler primer on.

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was it like all black when you got it?

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

Yeah

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

This is after one night of drying. It looks pretty good honestly but I may need one more can of clear (used 2). This pic doesn't do it justice. Looks way better in person.

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[LoweredDC4]

Well i work as a painters assistant at a bodyshop and I could of gave you some pointers. You really didn't need to prime it or sand it. All you needed to do was scuff it, seal it, base it, and then clear it. It's pretty easy.

 

[TheIVJackal]

You used two cans and you think you need more? How many coats you putting on it?! It looks pretty good though, wish pic. quality was a little better.

 

[TheCrimsonStar]

Well i work as a painters assistant at a bodyshop and I could of gave you some pointers. You really didn't need to prime it or sand it. All you needed to do was scuff it, seal it, base it, and then clear it. It's pretty easy.

I appreciate that. :thumbs up

See I didn't buy any sealer lol. I thought I would just prime, base, clear. This is my first ever paintjob so from what I can see I did a decent job for a noob I do have a question for you though. I have rubbing compound. Should I use that once the surface is completely dry, or should I wetsand it then use the rubbing compound? The surface is still slightly rough and the clear coat bottle says rubbing compound is required to shine properly.

You used two cans and you think you need more? How many coats you putting on it?! It looks pretty good though, wish pic. quality was a little better.

Lots of really light coats lol. The last one I did heavier than the rest. I'll put up some more detailed pics, and thanks!