basecoat

I am a novelist and have been reading the forums quite a bit and am leaning towards motobase for my project as it seems to be a well respected product, my only issue is they don't offer the original color for my project, its a 1970 international harvester copper poly 2282 code. Tcp global says...

Well before I joined, I have been searching final grits before I go on to the next step. Not being a professional or very experienced I would like to work up a cheat sheet because I tend to forget things overtime. I ask what the coarsest grits would be acceptable for a quality restoration? I...

hi guys, if you get mottling then say you clear the car....how can you determine what actually caused the mottling? striping seems straight forward, but how do you determine if you applied the base too dry, too wet, maybe the air pressure wasn't right, etc? When I first started out I'd spray...

hi guys, I sprayed a car the other day, checked it with my light and it looked fine..but when I cleared the car i stumbled too close to the quarter about 4 inches from the door and put a nice run in it that drug the basecoat a little so it needs a re-do. I'm no pro, but usually what I'd do is...

I sprayed a friends car a solid color called hyper blue (subaru) and in the sun I'm seeing slight dark spots almost like mottling. Not exactly sure what caused it, but could wrong temp reducer play a part? I don't think I sprayed the base too dry or anything like that, but I'm stumped on this...