I just painted my 2006 acura tl engine compartment peices. Alot of them have little bubbles and sand in them, it was kind of a rush job, but it was primed painted and cleared. Any quick fixes for this for a not so much DIYer?

let me know

 

I say go back over them with a lower grit sandpaper, maybe 320 grit.. then go back with a higher grit to smooth it all out. Then repaint

 

what about wet sanding or using a compound?

 

what about a rubbing compound or wet sanding? how long should I wait to do anything as I just painted them yesterday?

 

Yes wet sanding is what I meant, sorry lol I'd say by tomorrow or later this evening would probably be okay, since there is so much heat under the hood it should've helped it cure.

 

Hmmm im not good at wet sanding, tell me how it works...

 

It's easy bro . Get a spray bottle or bowl of water, dip your paper in the water and start sanding. Or spray the surface you are sanding, you just don't want your sanding surface to get dry. It allows more of a finer finish as oppose to "dry sanding". I would focus on only the imperfections in the paint (bubbles etc).

 

Prior to the priming did you do any surface prep?

 

Yes we used acetone cleaned them up then primed paint and cleared

 

No pre sanding ot adhesion promotor? Where did the sand come from?

Are the bubbles fish eyes?

 

The sand and stuff came from my buddies garage. He just moved in so it was a mess in there. We kind of half assed it I guess. We primed scuff up the prime a bit the painted and cleared.

 

Those pieces are raw textured plastic. Not the easiest thing to paint correctly. You'll need some high build primer, among other things. Flat sand it after priming, then clean/prep for paint. Lay the clear on the heavy side. Basically going from a textured surface to a 100% smooth surface.

If you want the pieces to resemble the ext. body panels right after painting, better off taking it to a body shop.

 

If you didn't pre sand you can try a heat gun .. it could lift it all off.

 

Its fine the way it is...I will try and wet sand it this week.

 

 

thats how it looks!

 

Thought you said you painted it?

Here is how it looked before

 

ya its painted in the pic i posted which you can clearly tell that surrounding peices from the carbon engine cover are painted shiney black

 

Opps sorry .. missread it as engine cover.

If you wet sand make sure you have the facilities/ ability to polish out the sanding haze.