VHT Tails gone wrong - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

ckellykcco · 10-11-2016, 12:21 AM

I decided to smoke the stock tails cause I'm cheap but prefer self modding so anyways let's get right to it.

Materials used:
VHT Night Shade
Krylon Gloss Clear Coat
Meguiars Ultimate Compound
Turtle Wax Polish

In short I cleaned the tails then wet sanded with 1000 grit. Applied 4 coats of VHT 15 mins apart of each other then after 4th coat I wet sanded with 1500 grit. 5 coats of Clear Coat then wet sanded with 2000 grit till smooth. Meguiars compound then polished. Still ended up with matte look. It looked glossy before I sanded the clear coat. Should I just apply a couple more coats of clear and avoid wet sanding it this time?

humfrz · 10-11-2016, 01:29 AM

[QUOTE=ckellykcco;2772014]I decided to smoke the stock tails cause I'm cheap but prefer self modding so anyways let's get right to it.

Materials used:
VHT Night Shade
Krylon Gloss Clear Coat
Meguiars Ultimate Compound
Turtle Wax Polish

In short I cleaned the tails then wet sanded with 1000 grit. Applied 4 coats of VHT 15 mins apart of each other then after 4th coat I wet sanded with 1500 grit. 5 coats of Clear Coat then wet sanded with 2000 grit till smooth. Meguiars compound then polished. Still ended up with matte look. It looked glossy before I sanded the clear coat. Should I just apply a couple more coats of clear and avoid wet sanding it this time?[/QUOTE]

That should work .........

humfrz

swarb · 10-11-2016, 03:51 AM

Single part clear coat without an activator/hardener doesn't come out so great. It comes out as semi-gloss at best. Also 3k or 3500 sand paper would also help a little bit.

Spray 2k max is a good 2 part clear coat in a can.

10-11-2016, 12:21 AM	#1
ckellykcco Link Join Date: Nov 2014 Drives: 2015 Scion FR-S Location: Houston, TX Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	VHT Tails gone wrong I decided to smoke the stock tails cause I'm cheap but prefer self modding so anyways let's get right to it. Materials used: VHT Night Shade Krylon Gloss Clear Coat Meguiars Ultimate Compound Turtle Wax Polish In short I cleaned the tails then wet sanded with 1000 grit. Applied 4 coats of VHT 15 mins apart of each other then after 4th coat I wet sanded with 1500 grit. 5 coats of Clear Coat then wet sanded with 2000 grit till smooth. Meguiars compound then polished. Still ended up with matte look. It looked glossy before I sanded the clear coat. Should I just apply a couple more coats of clear and avoid wet sanding it this time?

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10-11-2016, 01:29 AM	#2
humfrz Senior Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S, white, MT Location: Puyallup, WA Posts: 30,409 Thanks: 29,794 Thanked 32,812 Times in 16,830 Posts Mentioned: 715 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	[QUOTE=ckellykcco;2772014]I decided to smoke the stock tails cause I'm cheap but prefer self modding so anyways let's get right to it. Materials used: VHT Night Shade Krylon Gloss Clear Coat Meguiars Ultimate Compound Turtle Wax Polish In short I cleaned the tails then wet sanded with 1000 grit. Applied 4 coats of VHT 15 mins apart of each other then after 4th coat I wet sanded with 1500 grit. 5 coats of Clear Coat then wet sanded with 2000 grit till smooth. Meguiars compound then polished. Still ended up with matte look. It looked glossy before I sanded the clear coat. Should I just apply a couple more coats of clear and avoid wet sanding it this time?[/QUOTE] That should work ......... humfrz

10-11-2016, 03:51 AM	#3
swarb Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: BRZ Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,052 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,451 Times in 1,271 Posts Mentioned: 79 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Single part clear coat without an activator/hardener doesn't come out so great. It comes out as semi-gloss at best. Also 3k or 3500 sand paper would also help a little bit. Spray 2k max is a good 2 part clear coat in a can.

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