dye metal with SEM color coat
Oct 6, 2011 16:46:40 GMT -5
Post by sigmfsk on Oct 6, 2011 16:46:40 GMT -5
The SEM manual doesn't say anything about painting metal, but the can of 38363 SAND FREE does:
> 1B: For painted metal surfaces, clean surface thoroughly with 38338 SCUFF & CLEAN,
> followed by 3837() SEM SOLVE.
I'm getting quite the collection of SEM products. Here are the steps I followed for the metal pieces:
1. Apply 38338 SCUFF & CLEAN with a clean gray scuff pad. Scrub panel thoroughly until surface is clean and finish is dull. Rinse with water.
There were a few pieces that had windshield sealer black goo on them, and I used a red scuff pad to cut through them, before finishing with a gray scuff pad. The SEM SOAP is just like liquid soap. The SCUFF & CLEAN is like a finishing compound with suspended gritty particles.
2. Allow to dry.
3. Apply 38373 SEM SOLVE liberally.
[Note: The instructions say:
> liberally to a clean, soft, lint free cloth
but I did
> liberally by spraying from can directly all over part.
]
4. Wipe surface to be cleaned. Follow with a clean, dry cloth, changing cloths frequently.
[Note: I used lint-free "blue wiping cloths". I wish I had known about these when I did the hard plastic. For the hard plastic, I used "low-lint rags".]
followed by the same steps as done for rigid plastic:
5) placeholder so that numbers line up same as for rigid plastic.
6a) RIGID PLASTIC
Apply a medium wet coat of 38363 SAND FREE. While still wet, apply a light coat of COLOR COAT. Avoid applying the first coat of COLOR COAT too heavily as sagging may occur.
7) Apply top coat (COLOR COAT)
I waited about 7 minutes between coats. I used a "bandit" respirator.
The metal parts seem to have turned out well:
My only tip is to ensure that you have enough cans of color coat handy. I don't know what I would have done if I had run out of color coat during the middle of painting. I've used 10 cans so far. And I still have all the flexible plastic, and the rear deck to do. I'm thinking I'll prep the rear deck like flexible plastic - its certainly not hard plastic, metal, or vinyl.
Info mainly from archived info here:
www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/8327-theres-a-new-marin-county-sheriff-in-town/page__view__findpost__p__112288
> 1B: For painted metal surfaces, clean surface thoroughly with 38338 SCUFF & CLEAN,
> followed by 3837() SEM SOLVE.
I'm getting quite the collection of SEM products. Here are the steps I followed for the metal pieces:
1. Apply 38338 SCUFF & CLEAN with a clean gray scuff pad. Scrub panel thoroughly until surface is clean and finish is dull. Rinse with water.
There were a few pieces that had windshield sealer black goo on them, and I used a red scuff pad to cut through them, before finishing with a gray scuff pad. The SEM SOAP is just like liquid soap. The SCUFF & CLEAN is like a finishing compound with suspended gritty particles.
2. Allow to dry.
3. Apply 38373 SEM SOLVE liberally.
[Note: The instructions say:
> liberally to a clean, soft, lint free cloth
but I did
> liberally by spraying from can directly all over part.
]
4. Wipe surface to be cleaned. Follow with a clean, dry cloth, changing cloths frequently.
[Note: I used lint-free "blue wiping cloths". I wish I had known about these when I did the hard plastic. For the hard plastic, I used "low-lint rags".]
followed by the same steps as done for rigid plastic:
5) placeholder so that numbers line up same as for rigid plastic.
6a) RIGID PLASTIC
Apply a medium wet coat of 38363 SAND FREE. While still wet, apply a light coat of COLOR COAT. Avoid applying the first coat of COLOR COAT too heavily as sagging may occur.
7) Apply top coat (COLOR COAT)
I waited about 7 minutes between coats. I used a "bandit" respirator.
The metal parts seem to have turned out well:
My only tip is to ensure that you have enough cans of color coat handy. I don't know what I would have done if I had run out of color coat during the middle of painting. I've used 10 cans so far. And I still have all the flexible plastic, and the rear deck to do. I'm thinking I'll prep the rear deck like flexible plastic - its certainly not hard plastic, metal, or vinyl.
Info mainly from archived info here:
www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum/topic/8327-theres-a-new-marin-county-sheriff-in-town/page__view__findpost__p__112288