lowriderphil's build topic

[lowriderphil]

been rubbing out the rivi, still on the first coat of wax yet

[lowriderphil]

as promised, some sunlit pics to show the true colors

phil

[RodneyBad]

God Darn Phil.

THose are some shcaaaaWeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

looking paints jobs.

Most Excellent Dude

[lowriderphil]

some recent pics

65 nearing completion, final stance determined

69 almost done, little more waxing and under hood work

63 sprayed folkart clear friday, not wetsanded yet, have to tweek on the suspension but I want it this low when done

phil

[crazyjim]

Can you help me out here? You keep mentioning rubbing out the paint and several coats of wax. How and what do you use to rub out the paint? What kind of wax? Do you put on several coats of clear before rubbing out? I've never done the rubbing out to my paint but do use Model Car Wax.

[lowriderphil]

Can you help me out here? You keep mentioning rubbing out the paint and several coats of wax. How and what do you use to rub out the paint? What kind of wax? Do you put on several coats of clear before rubbing out? I've never done the rubbing out to my paint but do use Model Car Wax.

to start out, all of my painting is done with duplicolor or plastikote automotive paint from the rattle can. once I paint and clear the car I wetsand the clear with 1000-2000 grit sandpaper to remove the orange peal. When you do this the finish will become dull resulting in the need for polishing. I start out with this

then from there I progress to this

and finish with this to remove any light marks left behind

thats all I did to achieve this shine. I'm still learning myself but I like it alot better than when I was younger and would just spray the color and leave it at that.

phil

[lowriderphil]

all rubbed out, ready for some foil work now

bought this from betoscustoms sometime last year. rubbed out the clear and ready for assembly