"Goosebumps" in spray paint

DentalDart said
Wait, did you just say park the car outside for a couple of days? Thats crazy talk :poke: the garage does get pretty hot too, so I'm planning on leaving it out in the garage for a while. Im still trying to figure out which console insert I am going to get.

27 bucks for some clear, but like you said 7yrs of protection is a good amount of time. I don't have a respirator but I have N95 masks.

Now I have to figure out how I want to do the tail panel, light bezels and front grill. I guess if I got that clear I could use it on everything. If it wasn't so dang expensive to re-chrome and fix the trim that would be nice.

I wouldn't use the N95. The catalysts in the paint are no joke, they'll kill you if breathe enough of them. But the results are worth it. $20 for a 3m respirator isn't that bad and it's what I used and survived (I tried spraying stuff in the past w/o a respirator and I almost died). This 2k clear has outlived the GM factory clear on my car and is still going strong. I really can't say enough about it. Plus, it only takes ~12hrs to fully cure and then it's ready for use. It will also polish really well if you want that super high shine. They make a matte version as well which might look good on the black part of the console.

The hotter the parts get, the faster the paint will fully cure - won't matter much, it'll cure anyway but with metallics I've had best luck when using higher heat. Just don't burn/warp anything! LOL.

There's some decent chrome-like paints available in the modeling world, but you'd want an airbrush or small HVLP sprayer for it. Plus the super high shine stuff typically needs to be buffed, and I'm not sure how it would look after a clear coat job..