Eyelid Painting - EuroPassat18T

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So, when I bought my Kamei Long eyelids back in May '02 I used a very find sandpaper to start with. Here's all the items needed.

Parts & Paint
-Color Paint code for your car
-OEM Spray paint (includes base and clear coats-from dealer)
-600, 1000, 1500, and 2000 grit sandpaper
-Primer paint
-Towels or newspaper for covering area

Procedure:
-First, clean all of the painting surface with a 600 grit paper. Rough the surface up enough so the primer will cover well. Then, after about 2-3 coats of primer (lightly sanding in between with a 1500 grit) use a damp cloth to remove all small dust particles from the surface.

-Then, once you have a nicely covered surface, front and back, use the base coat paint that you got from your dealer. Use paint in a slow-swift movement across the surface of the eyelids. **The thinner, swift coats, the better the finish**

-Once you have covered the surface of the eyelid with one good coat, let it dry completly for roughly an hour. Once dry, use a 1000 grit paper with water (see B Dizzle Fizzle's tip below), finishing with a 1500 to remove any little particles between coats, still wet sanding, not dry sanding. Repeat until you have roughly 3 coats of base on the surface.

-When all base coats have dried, use the 2000 grit paper in a very slight manner with water. Remove particles with water and a light rag. Dry off completly and let sit for 10 minutes.

-Once dry, finish with with atleast 3-4 coats of clear coat, allowing 1-1.5 hours between coats (depending on temp). Use the 2000 grit paper between coats with water. Allow to dry.

-A month from completion date surface is complete for waxing. Attach and mount to car as per instructions, or 3M double sided tape.

B Dizzle Fizzle's Tip
My only tip would be to wet sand, not dry sand, between all coats. My trick was to hold the eyelids in the shower so that I had a good flow of water over the surface. Otherwise, the sand paper really dug in too hard. Also, be sure to just run the paper lightly over the surface as Scuba suggests. You're basically trying to knock down any irregularities or burrs in the paint. Anything more, and you'll be doing twice the number of coats to fix the gashes you put in the finish.

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