How to use Aerosol paint on a car

Apply aerosol Primer over clean sanded metal or plastic parts pre-coated with Grip Coat adhesion promoter.

Primer will fill 180-320 grit wet sandpaper scratches. Apply 3 or more coats waiting 5-10 minutes dry time in-between coats.

Sand the primer in 30 mins – 1 Hour using 600 grit wet or dry paper. Use a water dampened lint free cloth to clean off sanding dust and dry the area. Ensure there is no dust on the masking paper, replace if necessary.

Do not use prep solvent over the fresh primer. Use a tack rag to pick up lint and dust particles. Aerosol Base or All-in-one Colour application

Thoroughly shake the spray can before applying. Spray a test panel with to ensure suitable colour match and coverage. Apply as many medium coats necessary to cover the area waiting 5-10 minutes between each coat.

Each coat should appear uniform and dry between each coat. You may gently use a tack cloth between each dry coat of basecoat. Spray light dust coats if a metallic or pearl colour looks too dark.

Wait 30 mins – 1 Hour before using clear coat. Not necessary if using All-in-one. Tri- Coat Colours Tri-coat paints are different. You spray the ground coat colour first, one coat at a time until the area is covered.

Then you use the mid coat pearl colour. Apply one coat at a time until you achieve the pearl effect of the factory colour. 1K or 2K Clearcoat Spray Paint Shake aerosol clear coat well.

Allow 30 mins – 1 Hour after base coat colour has been applied to apply the clear coat. Apply 4-5 wet (but not dripping) coats waiting 10+ minutes in between coats. Each coat should be dry to the touch (not tacky) before moving on to the next.

Do not touch the freshly painted panel to test, you can touch the tapeline. Hot weather will shorten the dry time, cold weather and/or thicker film build will extend the dry time. Skipping the dry time may result in a colour mismatch, heavy orange peel texture, and/or a loss of gloss.

Fade Out Thinner Shake aerosol well. Apply the fade out to the joint of the new lacquer to old. Approximately 200mm to 300mm blend area. Polishing Wait one day to use rubbing compound.

You may use wet or dry to sand out orange peel and light texture, or dust embedded in the clear coat film with 1500-2000 wet or dry paper and then use rubbing compound to bring up to brilliant shine. Do not wax for 30 days.

WET OR DRY PAPER (Designed for wet or dry sanding)

180 Grit A relatively course grit used to final sanding and feather edging body filler.

320 Grit For final elimination of 180 scratches.

400 Grit Used for rough sanding primer. Also used for fine sanding spot putty. 600 Grit Used for final sanding primer before applying the base colour.

800 Grit Next grade up used for final sanding primer before applying the base colour.

1000 Grit Used to sand down existing paint to be repainted. 1200 Grit A fine cleaning grit to wet sand a panel before repainting it.

1500 Grit An extra fine grit used for wet sanding the clear coat to remove defects before | paint polishing. Can substitute for 1000 or 1200 grit for sanding before repainting.

2000 Grit Ultra-fine grit used wet that pre-polishes the surface before buffing and polishing with polishing compound.