Originally Posted by jeimusu86

(disclaimer * im not responsible if u mess up your paint job its up to you to do it properly)

hey if ur going to paint them make sure ur painting them with very light coats and from about 1 ft distance, if u spray too close u might get globs of paint, and if u put heavy coats u get the risk of getting runs in the paint, also have a steady hand go only one way,

the first step is to spray primer on, make sure ur spraying from a 1 foot distance, and apply light coats, after the first coat, its okay if it looks like tiny spray marks, wait for 15 minutes, and spray a light coat again

second step is wait for another 15 minutes and see if you have any imperfections, now is a good time to wet sand (1000 grit paper or the least rigid sand paper ur autozone has) the imperfections, be very gentle, it'll crack easily if ur abusive with the sand paper, if u dont have any small imperfections skip to step 3

step 3 is apply the basecoat color of ur vehicle, again spray a light coat going in one direction, it'll look like mist on the eyelid dont worry about it, wait for another 15 minutes to dry the paint, and apply another coat of basecoat paint, but this time going the reverse direction that you had painted for the first coat, wait another 15 minutes and let it dry

step 4 apply the clear coat paint as i had described in step 3, but apply about 3-4 coats waiting for 15 minutes to dry for each coat

step 5 apply rubbing compound, to get ur shine on, use a fine wash cloth that is soft and not rough or rigid material, or you will mess up ur paint job