i've used spray guns alot.but never painted a car. but now i've been reading about clearcoat sanding and then buffering.the prob is that this paint is metallic .some of the sights say you can't use certian sandpaper among other things if the paint is metallic.so what do you guys know about this?what do i do?

 

A single stage metallic (CC) should not be wetsanded.

A clearcoated metallic (BC/CC) can be wetsanded and buffed out.

What are you trying to do?

 

well i'm gonna paint it with basecoat ,then clearcoat it.sounds messy.also the paint is omni and the guy mixed it up and wrote ready to spray on top the can does that mean just what it means or do i still have to add something to it?

 

When you're sanding and buffing a clear coat, you're doing nothing to the color coat or base coat. You're merely sanding and buffing out the top most layer which is the clear coat.

As for the paint, according to you, the guy wrote on the paintcan ready to spray right? So....it should be ready to sray...

 

well, thanks .but ihave one more question some of the old clearhas came off but most of it is stuck like chuck on the car.is there any way to feather edge the clear ,and not have to take it all off?

 

Is this "ready to spray" paint in a spray can,or pint/quart container?

If it is in a container it will need to be mixed 1:1 with an MR reducer.Then cleared.

 

he gave me a half pint of spot\panel activator does this go in the paint or clear?

 

The clear.

The only thing that you add to the paint is an MR reducer.