Revell Chevy Chevelle 396SS

I would probably try T-cut and go straight through to the plastic, or make a hole

Polishing complete, now I can make a start on the BMF

Lovely work Geoff

Get a tube of Turtlewax Safe Cut Gary.

You need a good paint job first.

dublin boy wrote:Get a tube of Turtlewax Safe Cut Gary.

You need a good paint job first.

There's a very good reason i don't use Safecut or any other one product suits all product, it's the same with wet sanding, you don't just use a bit of well worn 1200 grade paper,you start off with a course grade (4000) and follow up with various grade flatting papers until you finish off with 8000 or 12000,it's the same with polishes, you start off with a slightly coarser polish and use different grades of polish to remove the find scratches left by the previous product.

dublin boy wrote:Get a tube of Turtlewax Safe Cut Gary.

You need a good paint job first.

Therein lies the problem Shay Maybe when Im set up Ill have a go at the 1/12 Bentley but don't expect to get a finish like Geoff achieves.

GeeBee wrote:

dublin boy wrote:Get a tube of Turtlewax Safe Cut Gary.

You need a good paint job first.

There's a very good reason i don't use Safecut or any other one product suits all product, it's the same with wet sanding, you don't just use a bit of well worn 1200 grade paper,you start off with a course grade (4000) and follow up with various grade flatting papers until you finish off with 8000 or 12000,it's the same with polishes, you start off with a slightly coarser polish and use different grades of polish to remove the find scratches left by the previous product.

I would be petrified that the scratches made by the sanding wouldn't come out, do you never use a flat finish and achieve the 'shine' with clear coats?

If you use acrylic paint like Halfords or Holts car paint, you don't need to wet sand, it's softer than the old celly Geoff likes to use Gaz boy.

A polishing compound and a bit of elbow grease is all I ever needed.

The general rule of thumb is that non metallics need to be polished, but you can clear if you want, but that will need polishing out.

Metallics come out flat and have to be clearcoated and polished out.

I won't even go into 2 pack here...lol

GaryDainton wrote:

GeeBee wrote:

dublin boy wrote:Get a tube of Turtlewax Safe Cut Gary.

You need a good paint job first.

There's a very good reason i don't use Safecut or any other one product suits all product, it's the same with wet sanding, you don't just use a bit of well worn 1200 grade paper,you start off with a course grade (4000) and follow up with various grade flatting papers until you finish off with 8000 or 12000,it's the same with polishes, you start off with a slightly coarser polish and use different grades of polish to remove the find scratches left by the previous product.

I would be petrified that the scratches made by the sanding wouldn't come out, do you never use a flat finish and achieve the 'shine' with clear coats?

On Metallic finishes i tend to use a single pack clearcoat, solid colour I never use a clearcoat, I prefer to wet sand and polish to get a factory finish, which is why I don't use Zero or Gravity paints unless it's a metallic finish,as all their paints are "Clear over Base".

dublin boy wrote:If you use acrylic paint like Halfords or Holts car paint, you don't need to wet sand, it's softer than the old celly Geoff likes to use Gaz boy.

A polishing compound and a bit of elbow grease is all I ever needed.

The general rule of thumb is that non metallics need to be polished, but you can clear if you want, but that will need polishing out.

Metallics come out flat and have to be clearcoated and polished out.

I won't even go into 2 pack here...lol

The Chevelle was airbrushed using PPG Acrylic lacquer (MCW Lacquer) and clear coated using 1k acrylic lacquer supplied by my local body repair shop, applied using a Paasche VL airbrush with a #3 needle and tip set up, it didn't need any wet sanding but I still used four different compounds to bring out the deep shine, applying the paint using an aerosol gives you a much thicker coat of paint, if you used that Safecut on a airbrushed finish,you'd be through the paint in five minutes.

Interesting, much more complex than one might imagine thanks guys

I get as good a mirror finish using my method.

Mind you, you may be right as all my paint is rattle can Geoff.

Geoff had a fry-up today at lunchtime. I was sitting beside him....lol

dublin boy wrote:I get as good a mirror finish using my method.

Mind you, you may be right as all my paint is rattle can Geoff.

Geoff had a fry-up today at lunchtime. I was sitting beside him....lol

Hope you had one too Shay

GaryDainton wrote:

dublin boy wrote:I get as good a mirror finish using my method.

Mind you, you may be right as all my paint is rattle can Geoff.

Geoff had a fry-up today at lunchtime. I was sitting beside him....lol

Hope you had one too Shay

Of course he did, exactly the same as what I had,apart from the San Miguel, but in my defence, I've walked just over 2 miles today and burnt off around 1610 calories, Shay walked from the car to the pub.....

Small fry up Gary. Very nice.

GeeBee wrote:

GaryDainton wrote:

dublin boy wrote:I get as good a mirror finish using my method.

Mind you, you may be right as all my paint is rattle can Geoff.

Geoff had a fry-up today at lunchtime. I was sitting beside him....lol

Hope you had one too Shay

Of course he did, exactly the same as what I had,apart from the San Miguel, but in my defence, I've walked just over 2 miles today and burnt off around 1610 calories, Shay walked from the car to the pub.....

Don't need to justify imbibing to me Geoff

dublin boy wrote:Small fry up Gary. Very nice.

Can beat it Shay

Doesn't make me any skinnier though Gary! lol

The body looks beautiful, can't wait to see the results of the polishing.

Back to the Chevelle, it's been on the backburner while I was working on something else, spent today doing the BMF on the lower chrome trim

That's looking good Geoff. Nice work on the rocker panel.

Lovely work, BMF, need I say more?

A little more BMF this afternoon, the centre part of the bonnet vents need to be painting satin black.