Ok Guys,
Prodded on by
Art's success I decided to give Dupli-Color a shot. I bought the paint before
Art said that he used acrylic enamel. The paint I tried was called Dupli Color Perfect Match Premium Automotive Paint.
I started with a tail tip and added rivets to simulate what I would have to paint.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/0j4CTy07/P1020214.jpg)
I sanded with 220 grit and filled the rivet countersinks with fairing filler. Then sanded again with 220 grit.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/s2zJd87H/P1020215.jpg)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/zD2pbxY3/P1020216.jpg)
Applied three coats of Dupli-Color Scratch Filler Primer (10 min between coats per instructions).
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/x1MPZYJb/P1020217.jpg)
After an hour I sanded the primer with 800 grit, wiped with a dry cloth followed by a tack <sp> cloth and applied 5 coats of top coat
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/28qG4nCG/P1020219.jpg)
I allowed the top coat to harden over night. This morning I compounded, polished, and waxed.
The surface was a bit softer than the two part paint I used. Seemed it would burn through easier if I were careless, but plenty hard to take a shine.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/ydQhR852/P1020232.jpg)
I had to break for a few hours for ground keeper duties. Then I gave the part the thumb nail test.
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/3wZFKBZ8/P1020235.jpg)
So, everything went fine except the paint didn't bond to the scratch filler primer. As an aside, I sanded a spot on the other side of the tip, wiped it down with prepsol <sp> and sprayed some "top coat" on it and it passed the thumb nail test. So the paint bonded to gel-coat just fine. I don't know, maybe the primer didn't bond to the gel-coat. I'll investigate that tomorrow.
Thoughts? Advice? Trying to plot my next move.
Wes (still cain't paint nothin') Ragle