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Just got mine in the mail, VR color.

I bought it because i wanted to spray the bottom of the car, the area below the driver side door because its chipped pretty good. It was like that when i first got the car but now its bothering me.

My question is, how many coats should i use on it?

The chips are all at random spots and more towards going to the rear driver wheel.

Also, they shipped me 2 bottles.

A basecoat can, and a mid-coat can. That equals a tri-coat correct?

Second question is do i still need to apply a clearcoat over this, and will any brand be suffice??

I know i have to be extra careful because if i make a mistake, im f'ed. Not like im painting wheels and i can start over. Starting over means i have to take it to a body shop lol.

Ill try to get pics of the area i wanna paint but i would appreciate all feedback. Thanks

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Ok snapped a pic today.



Should i just do 2 light coats, both base and mid. Then some krylon clear over it??

viviorunitia88

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well first ur gonna have to scuff the area if u want to spray the area base and mid coat wont stick to clear coat. Get a gray sotch bright pad and some scuff gel and go untill its not shiny then i would do 2 coats and 2 coats. I would get some 2k clear if u can spray from a gun the 1k clear kinda sucks a lot.

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iTrader: (33)

What do you mean scuff the area?

I cant just paint over the surface after i thoroughly clean it??

Im not going for the professional look, i just wanna cover up the paint chipping. Ill be doing body/paint work sometime in the future.

And on the back of the can, it said "be sure to apply clearcoat once paint coat dries".

viviorunitia88

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no the paint wont adhear to clear coat well it will peel very shortly after

viviorunitia88

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heres the page of my wide body build

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iTrader: (33)

Ah i see what you're saying now.

Ok lets say i do scuff it up and prep it properly. Then i do the base, then mid-coat, i "CANT" apply clearcoat afterwards??

turboIIrotary

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VR is a tricoat? The last pair of VR fenders I had were single stage usually tricoat paint looks very unique and very hard to touch up, are you sure the "midcoat" isn't the clearcoat?

edit: I guess it is a tri coat interesting.

viviorunitia88

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no you scuff it and find someone to shoot a 2k clear coat over it and you will ok

evot23

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Never used this to paint an area like that...but you will def have to prep the area per posts already mentioned. mainly used this stuff to touch up/get rid of rust spots (cleaned off the rut to bare metal of course) in the engine bay only...where the look doesn't matter all too much.

I say get side skirts lol.

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iTrader: (33)

Ok ill try to attempt this myself.

Kinda scared to put any type of scuffing pad to my paint, because i dont want the end result to be worse than what i started with but if you say it has to be done for the new paint to stick, ill try it.

Or you think i should try this on my mud guards first to see how it comes out? Because they need a good refinish too.

So after i do all this, prepping and spraying the new paint. I cant just get those duplicolor clear coat cans and going over it??

I dont understand what you mean when you say 2k or 1k clear.

Thanks for all the info though man.

viviorunitia88

iTrader: (9)

1k means its premixed 2k means u need a harder its a two part. go to like a nappa and get some finish one clear and hardner and get a spray gun and coat it after. yes ull need to scuff it with a gray sotch bright pad and some scuff gel find a local paint supply store and they will have it