paint drying

1. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

   #1 7th August 2008, 17:03

   spraying my centre console, did my last coat of paint tues night, did laquer last night, and just noticed i had missed a bit, so just done more laquer now. do u think i can put it in tonight or shall i wait till tomorrow morning at about 10?
   
   thanks
2. Marshy Established Member Joined: Sep 2007 Plymouth Posts: 1951 Ibiza FR Tdi

   #2 7th August 2008, 17:10

   Personally mate i'd leave it til tomorrow to give the lacquer a chance to harden. You will be kicking yourself if you accidentally touch it and ruin it, then you will have to start over again
3. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

   #3 7th August 2008, 17:14

   yeh, spose its worth the wait
   cheers
4. Furio_Rob Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2008 Newcastle Posts: 2667 Furio FTW

   #4 7th August 2008, 17:37

   i did mine and was eager to do it so ony left the lacquer for about a day and now its covered in finger prints
   
   for something like that, which will be gettting alot of pressure applied when putting it on, you should let it haden for about a week
5. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

   #5 7th August 2008, 17:48

   a week!! people on here say like 1 or 2 days
6. tsd_wee_balls Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2008 N.ireland Posts: 166 99' saxo vts 89'' 300zx

   #6 7th August 2008, 18:38

   put it in ur hotpress 4 a nite and it sud be dry in the morning
   
   i paint things in work and dont bake them and some jobs are dry in 4 hours but then i am not using laqour out of a rattle tin
7. Furio_Rob Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2008 Newcastle Posts: 2667 Furio FTW

   #7 7th August 2008, 18:41

   i guess as its interior part maybe not so long
   
   i left my grill in an airing cupboard for a week and it was still tacky
   
   the longer you leave it the better tbh
8. tsd_wee_balls Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2008 N.ireland Posts: 166 99' saxo vts 89'' 300zx

   #8 7th August 2008, 18:44

   i cant understand y everything is taking so long 2 dry 4 u's guy are u's useing rattle tins or 2 pack laqour out of a gun
9. richie_boy88 Regular Poster Joined: Jun 2008 newcastle Posts: 408 mk1 saxo 1.1i SX

   #9 7th August 2008, 19:36

   i think its rattle cans m8, when i use rattle cans i dry it off with a heat gun (very carfully) lol its never took longer than a few hours for me
10. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

    #10 8th August 2008, 09:49

    if i touch it now its dry, and not tacky or anything. if its dry does that mean that i wont get fingerprint marks? also if i push it in holding the air vent which isnt sprayed it shud be ok right?
11. Predator_R32p Super Moderator Joined: Mar 2003 Durham (England) Posts: 37932 1. AX 2. Mk2 Saxo VTR 3. MK4 R32 DBP

    #11 8th August 2008, 19:21

    i would of painted it whilst it was a still a bit tacky mate
    
    and i always leave things a good week as when your fitting consoles then finger imprints can be left in the soft paint, it takes a good week to harden naturally, baking obviously speeds things up
12. DJ8 Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2008 nottingham Posts: 102 2000 1.1 Poseidon Blue Forte

    #12 8th August 2008, 19:35

    Id leave it til maybe Sunday if it was me tbh. Where did you buy your primer and stuff from? Also what colour primer did you use, im looking on halfords now and im not sure whether its best to go for a white since they havent really got my colour (im looking to do mine in blue btw)
13. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

    #13 9th August 2008, 01:06

    i fitted it earlier and was fine erm i went to halfords, i did mine white, so i got white primer, im sure white wud be good..1 tip, do as many layers as it takes, i did 7 to get the finish i wanted, i did like 4 of primer and like 7 of paint
    if u start doing layers to think then paint runs together and drops and then u have to sand that arear down and it sands down to black agen, then u have that area black and the rest coloured, so u do it think there to catch up and the same happens and you get into a cycle! be patient and do tonnes of thin layers
    u can wait just like 1-2hrs in between each coat as long as u dont sand.
14. NICK2506 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2008 Surrey Posts: 6424 Black '03 Mk2 VTS

    #14 9th August 2008, 01:08