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Paint Jobs

Paint jobs are decorative application of paint to a surface. Some of the popular paint jobs are flames and custom colors on cars and motorcycles, using various techniques such as pearl painting and candy painting.

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What is a lightning activator?

Lightning Activator 6854 is designed for use in Transtar's Finish-Tec Clearcoats to provide a long lasting high gloss finish. Ideal for spot & panel repairs and for use in cool/cold temperatures. It significantly accelerates flash and cure times. This product provides low overspray.

How do you cover bright pink bright orange bright blue and bright green paint with chocolate brown paint?

I would probably put a primer coat on first. A good primer is Kilz, which will also cover stains. It is worth the money to buy a good brand of primer since it will save you work and make your new paint look its best.

What is tie coat in painting?

Tie Coat - A paint specifically formulated for specific situations and conditions to provide a transition from a primer or undercoat to a finish coat. Tie coats are used to seal the surface of a zinc-rich primer, to bond generically different types of coatings, or to improve the adhesion of a succeeding coating.

Neil R Brown (Senior paint and coatings inspector)

What can you use to remove adhesive from car paint?

A good bug and tar remover should work fine

Vegetable oil or WD40 work just fine for removing adhesives.

What is the automotive paint defect known as leaching?

Leaching typically only occurs when using latex paints, when the paint dries too slowly, chemicals known as surfactants can separate from the paint, and will show up as brown spotting, which is generally easy to remove, with either water, or water and a mild detergent.

Since automotive paint is almost always laquer-based, and not latex, this effect does not occur.

How do you remove a small dent in the fender?

Some companies offer a paintless dent removal srvice which is priced by size of dent and location. other than that get behind the dent with a small flat object wood or metal and hammer the block to get rid of the dent. If dent is small use a picking hammer and with the point work around the circle of the dent with the point trying to keep it even with the outside surface. Sand the surface when you get close and go to the flat side of a body hammer and smooth the outside where it got picked out, Apply a small amount fo body filler and sand to even the suface prime sand prime sand with different grits and repaint the surface

How long do you have to wait before you can wet sand and buff Imron 3.5 HG clear coat?

few says at least depending on the temperature. Warmer temps would take about this much time to be safe. Colder temps par the ability of the clear to dry. Usually in colder temperatures you want to use more hardener when spraying to speed this process up.

How much is it for car paint job?

it all depends on where you live, who you go through and if its a basic paint or a custom paint. it can range from 150m to 50,000$, normally it'll go up to 400$.

How do you paint multiple colors on a car?

You paint it yourself if you want to go to the troble and have more then one color on your car dont do it

How do you get sap off of car siding?

There are "bug and tar" removers in the car cleaning isle of the department stores. This will work to remove sap also. These will strip the wax off your car also, so it is a good idea to wax afterwards.

What type of paint do you use on a glass surface?

Depending on what you want to accomplish, either faux stained glass paint, or any commercial paint formulated for glass. Craft stores sell many brands of both

How do you remove rust off a car without stripping the paint?

stripping the paint? i do say this is a profanity! B: Ospho