im not saying to get a clear that wont have peel, im saying in a uneven area like a engine bay with so many radius and uneven surfaces you do not invite peel.



Im sure you have sprayed a piece of tubing? Did you have to wetsand that?

you dont need photoshop at all, the camera alone hides a lot. in fact photoshop is usually poorly done, and obvious.

Clear alone will not lie without orange peel. All new cars have orange peel. All staged clear acrylic paints will have orange peel. It is inevitable. You do not have to color sand anything if you do not want. Wet sanding and color sanding are different things it depends on the grade you are going too.

this discussion will go nowhere.



Did you ever have to spray tubing?

Did you need to color sand or wet sand it or whatever you want to call it?

Yup such as roll cages. And I sure did very minor as the finish goal was not of the same nature or desire nor possible due to fitment surroundings.



If you claim you can spray a car without orange peel then you are foolish. If this is not what you are saying my apology’s.

im NOT saying that, im saying that on such a uneven surface area, especially a FC engine compartment, that if you cant put your paint on wet enough without running it so that you dont have to polish it your not necessarily doing something wrong

Its just that you need to push the limit and ride that fine line of laying the paint on so that it gives it that awesome wet look without sagging it.

I fail to see where what you are saying has any relivance to what color sanding does.

never mind, obviously we are not on the same page.

Im not talking about sanding the WHOLE car, im talking JUST engine bays like that of a FC, not some big ole' engine bay like a old Cadillac or something, and how they wont need it because you can lay down a really wet coat of paint without the fear of running the paint.

The bay will run very easily because of the tight sections will be hard to cover and you will get to much paint on the lower portion of the fan and cause a run :-D



If you get close enough to the paint even sprayed really wet and thick without running use a high tack clear to do this it will still obtain orange peel. On a put together bay you will hardly see that peel because of all the parts bolted around not enough surface area to notice. IE how you said a big panel. What is easy about it is you do not have to be so even with your sprays because the waves will not show up.



What you have to know is that car you see EVRYTHING there is not a single object on the sides of the engine bay it is a striped bay and everything is fabricated into hidden locations. So you can clearly see everything.

Abbott: Well, Costello, I'm going to New York with you. Bucky Harris the Yankee's manager gave me a job as coach for as long as you're on the team.



Costello: Look Abbott, if you're the coach, you must know all the players.



Abbott: I certainly do.



Costello: Well you know I've never met the guys. So you'll have to tell me their names, and then I'll know who's playing on the team.



Abbott: Oh, I'll tell you their names, but you know it seems to me they give these ball players now-a-days very peculiar names.



Costello: You mean funny names?



Abbott: Strange names, pet names...like Dizzy Dean...



Costello: His brother Daffy



Abbott: Daffy Dean...



Costello: And their French cousin.



Abbott: French?



Costello: Goofe'





Abbott: Goofe' Dean. Well, let's see, we have on the bags, Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...



Costello: That's what I want to find out.



Abbott: I say Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.



Costello: Are you the manager?



Abbott: Yes.



Costello: You gonna be the coach too?



Abbott: Yes.



Costello: And you don't know the fellows' names.



Abbott: Well I should.



Costello: Well then who's on first?



Abbott: Yes.



Costello: I mean the fellow's name.



Abbott: Who.



Costello: The guy on first.



Abbott: Who.



Costello: The first baseman.



Abbott: Who.



Costello: The guy playing...



Abbott: Who is on first!



Costello: I'm asking you who's on first.



Abbott: That's the man's name.



Costello: That's who's name?



Abbott: Yes.



Costello: Well go ahead and tell me.



Abbott: That's it.



Costello: That's who?



Abbott: Yes. PAUSE



Costello: Look, you gotta first baseman?



Abbott: Certainly.



Costello: Who's playing first?



Abbott: That's right.



Costello: When you pay off the first baseman every month, who gets the money?



Abbott: Every dollar of it.



Costello: All I'm trying to find out is the fellow's name on first base.



Abbott: Who.