Thread: 2006 Mercedes C230 SPORT Restoration

After seemingly 1/2 the day water sanding I prep sanded about as far as I was willing to take it. I sanded in the air conditioned side of the shop because it's Hot outside here.



After sanding I washed the part super thoroughly using a soft bristle brush to get every bit of dirt out of the crevices. Back on the stand to air dry while I put the PPG Refinish Deltron Basecoat in the paint shaker. The paint is so loaded with Pearls no chance for the Pearls to remain settled was allowed. I left the can in the shaker for 45 minutes. While all the shaking was going on 2 wipe downs with PPG Refinish Acrylclean Wax & Grease Remover. Then Tacked the whole cover off lightly finishing with a clean blow down from the paint gun itself.



Anywhere plastic is showing thru after sanding you have to spray Adhesion Promoter over it right before applying the Basecoat. This is spray glue for paint.



With so much Pearl I put 3 coats of Basecoat on. The picture really doesn't show much. Basecoat is flat anyway.



Ok the first Clearcoat you really are not looking for Wet Shine. This is the glue coat. You want enough material on the substrate so after it flashes really well the remaining coats can be shot very "Wet". I allowed this coat to flash for a full 15 minutes before topcoating.



With the glue coat well solidified now I can pump on some material. Not too much material and air as that will load the bumper cover up with "Orange Peel". The Air pushes puddled material creating the peel effect.



You can see in the 3rd coat how much more material I have pumped on. Being the front bumper cover the more Clear the better. Of course a bug landed in the clear, walking around. This is the "Backyard Body Shop Blues" you get bugs in the jobs.

Looks awesome