paint runs

[Young Ed]

Well I painted my dash. Used rustoleuam gloss sand with some hardner in it. First it was a little too thick so I thinned it more. Ended up with a few runs then. I know it has to be left until completely dry but is it possible to sand these out? Some will be covered by the steering column bracket but there are some next to it that wont and then one down the curved piece next to the glove box.

[Plymouthy Adams]

After the paint has cured you should be able to color sand these out using some very fine grit..say 1200 to 1500 .. this will remove the runs..however I think after doing that to degloss the entire panel and shoot two light coats within about 15 minutes of each other will bring you back to what you want the panel to look like. I just mixed some Rustoleum high gloss black to shoot the inner panels of my 54...I mixed mine by using 4 ounces of paint, 1 ounce of reducer and 1/2 ounce of hardner and a few drops of fisheye eliminator..it tacked up ready for the second coat in about 15 minutes..excellent shine..

Ed..wait a few days before tring to sand this...though it is surfce dry it is not dry all the way through...some paints take up to 30 days to cure..Centari is one of them...am not just certain how long the Rustoleum may take..next time I shoot a piece (this coming week I hope) will shoot a test peice for checking this out..

You can use Maguires 5 and 7 to polish after the sanding..it this does not come out to your taste, Maguires contains no silicone and thus can be painted without fear of fisheye...

[250440ND]

You will first have to take a new razor blade and stand it up and shave off your run before you hit it w/sanding paper. They do make little files on wooden blocks about one inch square that you can use to file down your runs also. If you are brave take a little 600grit on a small block and just try to grind down the run before switching to 1200 or 2000 grit.

[Plymouthy Adams]

I have seen the paint shavers..very precise and rather costly little device..am sure it is like most things and will require patience and a tad of experience to use with good results. I have used the 600 and a very small block to whittle a run in the past..time consumin..do not get in a hurry..will work though...

[Young Ed]

Well here's what it looks like so far. Probably looks better in the picture then in real life since the runs are less noticeable

[Young Ed]

Tim I mixed the paint 8:1 with the hardner. Then I added some reducer and sprayed it. I think what happened is when I added extra reducer in the paint gun I didn't spray it long enough for it to come out the tip. So I added more reducer. Luckily most of the runs are in less visible places. There are a ton on the curve below the instruments some that curve down to the flat area where the glove box latch goes and then 1 way over on the right. The top seems pretty good. Hopefully I can sand and buff this back because I don't think I will have another opportunity to paint until spring.

[Plymouthy Adams]

The 8-1 on the hardner is textbook...the reducer is the clinker...dependent on the paint itself..I have found that 8-2-1 is the best starting point with Rustoleum..the 2 parts reducer gives it a good spray viscosity..however..for test purposes..do a test spray...I shot my high gloss black last weekend and was smooth and easy..used a HVLP gravity feed gun and the recoat flash time was about 15 minutes...followed with good wet coat for second spray and no runs....

if you choose to sand now and do a a quick recoat of the entire panel before winter really gets set in..you may be a bit ahead in the long run...I remebered what you wrote and Saturday I had an area where I had sprayed black oand had some overspray...I did a test sand and found it workable..that be in 7 days...

[Young Ed]

It will depend on how the weather turns. Its high in the 30s today-too cold to paint. Only heat in the garage is a wood burner so no using that when painting! I only painted it saturday so it may be a while before those things are ready to be sanded.

[Plymouthy Adams]

Wow...30 already...don't like the sounds of that...I rode the motorcycle yesterday..leather is not good for keeping you warm..was a nice short sleeve temp day..but that late ride home from Louman's place..some 55 miles at 75 MPH..chilled my bones a bit...hat eto admit this but lit my little space heater and sat in front of it while eating supper...then I was ok again...

PS...Louman..the swordfish steaks were excellent....and fresh baked bread...

[Young Ed]

Tim it is Nov in MN after all. I did drive the coupe all weekend. Trying to see if my new rebuilt carb is going to work out. We had highs in the 50s this weekend. I raked many many leaves both days. ICK If it doesn't warm up soon the dash will probably end up waiting until spring. I can't install it until then anyways but I was hoping to spend some winter down time shining the chrome and installing that stuff on the dash.