sanding between coats

[gman3000]

Hi I'm brush painting a model car body, and was wondering if I can sand between coats?

 

Thanks

[Mike Kucaba]

Sure you can,after they are dry...very dry.

[gman3000]

The coat has pick up some dust, that i want to remove. whats best sand paper to use?

 

Thanks

[Mike Kucaba]

Very hard to tell without seeing how smooth it is now.  Maybe start with 1000 wet or dry and see how that goes.?

[StevenGuthmiller]

Chances are pretty good that sanding will do little but benefit a brush paint job.

You may even want to consider sanding & polishing your final coat to help eliminate brush marks.

Just be careful not to sand through the paint to the plastic.

I don't think I'd start with anything coarser than 400 grit.

 

Steve

[gman3000]

thanks all, what to polish with? that will work on enamel. What about applying Klear?

[gman3000]

update. I've been using thinned down paint and have got brush marks down considerable.