Clearcoat Orange Peel

[chunkypeanutbutter]

On my Beetle build, the paint came out nice, but the clearcoat is rather orange-peely. I only did one coat of clear, and it was ColorPlace clear. Should I wetsand this coat, or do another and wetsand that to make sure I don't wear through? What grit of sandpaper should I use? I have a set of Testor's sanding films that I use for sanding applications; smoothest grit?

Thanks in advance.

[bobthehobbyguy]

I'd suggest adding another coat clear. Then sanding with 1500. Then shoot one more coat and then polish.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Thanks! I'll try it. Should I wait for this coat to gas out, or would it be better to shoot the second coat now?

[bobthehobbyguy]

Not sure. Is there a recoat time on the colorplace paint? Is a lacquer or enamel?

[chunkypeanutbutter]

No repaint time, and it's an enamel.

[Snake45]

The Colorplace stuff says "enamel" on the label, but some of it comes right off with alcohol, which means lacquer to me.

I'd put at least two or three more coats of that on if you're going to color-sand it. Then polish. (I do this all the time.)

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Okay, that sounds good. Thanks, guys!

[jwrass]

Miles,

Not that you really need to worry about delamination problems as it won't see the elements like 1:1

I'd give it a light tooth with a grey scuff pad and some comet GO EASY then recoat with a few coats of clear and finish how you normally would.