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Old 04-05-2004, 06:29 PM
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I had even quickly sanded and painted that rail under the abs... It was really nasty before there..
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Disgusting!
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Used an can of gloss black engine enamel..
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I wasn't going to blow another $700 painting under the hood of an 7 by a shop. It looks MUCH better, but I want it shiny. Is this possible with spray can paint? Is there some compound that I could rub/buff/polishing etc to make it feel smoooth and be shiny?
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since you are doing a small area, I will suggest this. Get a quart of paint from a body shop supply place, and get a preval paint sprayer. for like $10 you can get a decent glossy paint job.





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I have used it before for smaller projects, it works pretty damn good. much better than rattle can crap.
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Old 04-07-2004, 06:36 PM
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you could probably buy a can of high temperature clearcoat to spray over the black...



that should make it shiny.
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Old 04-07-2004, 06:37 PM
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by the way, it looks really nice.
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I spray painted a motorcycle gas tank with black, then multiple coats of spray clear coat. I wet sanded between each coat, and it came out great.
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the glossy looks nice too
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I decided to just leave it. Its not a show car anyhow. Its just a daily driver...
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