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I thought I'd show an update of my setup. My current project has been practicing my clearcoat techniques on my remote control. The remote is ultimately going to have a molded rubber handle (think: the old Wico Ergostick) and a thumb-controlled "turbo" button for low throttle mode.
This thing has a full can of primer, 2 cans of deep metallic blue, 2 cans of mica blue, and 2 cans of clearcoat (That dark blemish is from a chip down to the primer; it's got some more touchup on it, so it'll be minimized during the final wet sand). There are some irregularities in the images, but they are due to image scaling and not reflective of the actual paint, which is veyr even in color. In a week, I'm wet sanding it down (8000 and then 12000 grit), polishing it, and then waxing it. My show car is getting a similar primary color (metallic green stripes), with my race model getting a mica red over metallic red w/ metallic black stripes, as the mica paint adds a really nice electric, candy-like gloss that the clearcoat only adds to.
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