Well I painted the front flare and it turned out like sh&*, Ihave seen orange peels smoother than what this turned out??? Did I prep wrong? I gave them a light sanding with a 120 grit paper to smooth them out but it is pitting like crazy, used Krylon Fusion???

 

remember light coats! its better to do three light ones then one heavy one. and you sanded them, but how did you clean them afterwards? mild soap and water and let dry?? its all in the prep work. also, how cold is it where you are painting them??

 

Yep I cleaned after sanding, let dry, wiped down one more time and the first light coat pitted and bubbled up (looks awful). Its about 50 to 55 where I am, and in garage......

 

its too cold. and it also sounds like something is left on them. did you armour all them recently?

 

Ok too cold, No its been 6 months and 6 to 7 washes ago since any Armour All or anything has been on them, hmmmm

 

try warming up the garage, but be careful of flames and the spray paint fumes!! also try sanding everything down again, cleaning them, and getting a primer that will work with the paint you are using. lightly sand the primer after it dries, clean, then use the paint. its amazing what a coat of primer will do!! oh, and start your paint run before you get to the piece you are painting and don't stop til after you are past the piece, nice long even paint strokes...make sense?

 

Yep makes sense to me, should get up close to 60 today and i will prep again and give it go, lol...

thanks for the input

 

no problem. let us know how it turns out. i need to do something with mine as well, so if that stuff works, i'll use it too

 

Will do! thanks

 

Black shoe polish. It won't fix the rough surface but you can do all 4 flares in about 10 minutes without masking and worrying about the temperature, and holds up for years.