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[b]bloverby wrote:[/b]
[quote][b]fordor wrote:[/b]
[quote]Ok, What is meant by a “wet bed”? I’m new so forgive me if I don’t understand some of the lingo. I’m trying to learn.[/quote]Laying down a clear basecoat to fill in sandscratches before applying color. Keeps metallics on the blend area oriented correctly.[/quote]
Exactly, the clear basecoat acts like a clear sealer
yes that’s why it’s also known as “Orientation Coat”
do you let it dry and scuff it or just flash off and spray your color over the clear base coat?
flash. no scuff. thats with sherwins awx water 500 blender. never really worked for me. they have a new one now but im hesitant to try it.
with solvent, a light coat of reduced clear binder before starting to apply color works to fill sand scratches and lets you get a better look at your paint as you blend it out, I just dont take it all the way to the end of the panel. Now with water, its pretty much the same (sikkens) 666binder with 10% water and it helps the metalic lay a little softer.I lower the presure and move farther back from the panel and arc my wrist w/ full trigger. The biggest factor for me is picking the right variant, something with a dark flip will always be seen on an angle, on a car that has a light flip to it, on those smaller panel blends.
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