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    July 2020
WHITE ON WHITE
Posted by murbee on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 4:47 PM

Hi,

Looking for suggestions.  I have a race car that molded in a nice glossy white. And most of the car needs to be white. I have always had issues with achieving a great glossy white look with white paint and my airbrush.

So do I paint white on white? Leave it and just put a gloss coat on it? Or is something else better?  What would be your approach?   Thanks for your input.

 

  

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    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Saturday, July 11, 2020 11:18 AM
I would say it needs to be painted,I don't deal with car finishes,but when I did my Phantoms,I would paint the bottom with flat white, and overcoat it with clear gloss.Worked for my aircraft,not so sure about a high gloss car finish. There are specific sections of the forum,maybe post in the Cars section or Painting to get less of a General reply.

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    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Saturday, July 11, 2020 11:51 AM

If I know I'm going to have to have a real nice bright white, then I will always prime with a white primer. Follow that up with the white of your choosing. Then I will wet sand that white and respray any areas that may need it and wet sand again. Then when I'm happy it is super smooth, but now dull from sanding, I will clear coat it a few coats and then wet sand and polish that to a high gloss finish. If you want and nice gloss finish you will have to put in more work wet sanding and polishing than on any other aspect of the build, by far. But, the results of that work are well worth it.

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