sportsma1539
New Member
Alright guys... I'm tired of looking at my ugly "milano red" da which hardly has a clear coat left on it so I'm going to paint it myself. I know, most people don't recommend it but anything will look better than what it does now. I work at sherwin williams and was looking through a bunch of our industrial products and found something called sher kem. Its basically a high gloss enamel urethane. I saw pictures of this stuff on various industrial items and to be honest it looks just as good as auto paint. I can get it for around $30 a gallon but the optional hardener that goes with it is $35 a quart with an 8 to 1 mix. They also recommend a product called kem 400 primer which they claim will have "better gloss retention" and its $25 a gallon. So Im going to give this a try and post pics of my progress as I go.
Now as far as prep work on this car. I know I'm going to have to sand all the clear off the car but Im not exactly sure what grit I should use. This is the idea I have, tell me if I'm wrong. Im going to use a da sander with 220 grit sandpaper and sand the clear off and being careful not to get into the paint. Also i was going to use a scuff pad on the areas that I cant get to with the da sander. Is this the right process to get the clear coat off and ready for primer?
Now as far as prep work on this car. I know I'm going to have to sand all the clear off the car but Im not exactly sure what grit I should use. This is the idea I have, tell me if I'm wrong. Im going to use a da sander with 220 grit sandpaper and sand the clear off and being careful not to get into the paint. Also i was going to use a scuff pad on the areas that I cant get to with the da sander. Is this the right process to get the clear coat off and ready for primer?