Spraying Advice and Orange Peel

[Kais]

Good Evening fellas I'm from the UK and am hoping for some spraying advice and some problems I have occured whilst spraying my panels.

I'm using 2k paint (base coat) and 2k clearcoat (lacquer) because we have different terminology over the shores :p

1) I have sprayed my wing or as you guys call fenders firstly i primered in 2k tetroysl paint left that to dry over night, then the following day i sprayed in basecoat and lacquered 10 mins after the final coat so that it would adhere to the paint (this is what I was advised)

Now the wing has lots of orange peel. How do I know that the orange peel is caused in the basecoat application or the clearcoat?

To remove orange peel I used 1500 wet and dry but this left the surface very dull as all the laquer would this mean I removed all the laquer

Therefore my question is would it be better just to basecoat and allow it to dry overnight and then to colour sand to remove the orange peel and then to laquer after this process?

Would the lacquer adhere to the panel, as the paint would have hardened?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated fellas.

By the way I used 3 generous coats of basecoat and 3 coats of laquer

[Kais]

Sorry im using metalic basecoat (honda pewter grey)

Also does anyone know if the painting video can be shipped internationally?

[68-chevyman]

are you useing name brand thinner. You should be. The thinner is very importent, the right speed, the right kind, and the right amount in the clear. If it any thing like the laquer we have in the states the dry time between coats is key. I would lightly sand between coats with 800 or so. Maybe 1000 as your sandpaper is more corse than ours in the states. This will help solvent get out befor recoating. Also keep the orange peel down.

[X711]

Hi there a couple of things. When you sprayed the base coat I assume it looked flat and dull. So chances are there is no peel at this point.

The clear that you sprayed over the base is similar to single stage paint in
that it can be very prone to orange peel if applied too thick, its a real art to get it down..

I suggest that you do the following. Wet sand the clear coat very lightly with a Mirka Abralon foam based sanding 6" disk. 500 grit to start if the peel is real heavy, 1000 grit if not. Doing the color sanding will flatten the clear but it will
also dull the finish. After the peel is removed compound the car to restore the shine. 3m make such products which should be available in the uk that you can purchase to do this.

Depending on the base you used there may be a certain window that the clear needs to be applied in so read the tech sheets.

Go easy color sanding as you do not want to cut into your base coat. If you
do you will have to re-coat. :)