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Old 02-22-2016, 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by rule1110 View Post
I might go buy some of the Wurth Silver paint and give it ago. Ant tips for avoiding orange peel? I did notice some parts of the rim would get a gritty texture like sand paper, while other parts were smooth. The first time I painted it was terrible because the brake dust got onto the gritty surface and because it wasn't smooth it was impossible to clean as the cloth would just stick on the rim when you tried to wipe it over. I did have some success with lightly sanding the surface between coats with some 800 gritt sand paper before the clear coat but its still not as good as I would like it so might have to try it again.
It sounds like you might be holding the can too far fom the rim while spraying.

It's about finding that fine line where you're not too far to produce orange peel/rough texture and not too close where it starts to run.
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