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    painting fuel rail covers

    i got a set of corvette fuel rail covers and i've plastic bonded in the corvette lettering, primed it and put two coats of gloss black on it already. its way rougher than i want at all, is it okay to just sand the black paint itself? or do i have to strip all the paint off with paint thinner, and then sand the plastic itself...

    oh and also i bought a can of clear gloss paint too, should i use that on top of the gloss black or should i just leave the black by itself? i want it to be as shiny as possible.
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    You can sand paint. You might want to get a nice sandable primer and layer than on until it is smooth, then apply a finish coat and clear it.
    Tracy
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      Yeah I would do what TZ mentioned. Lay down probably 5-7 coats of sandable primer. Lightly sand with something in the range of 1000-1200 grit. And then apply about 3-4 coats of the color, and then about 3-4 coats of clear. It really helps when you are spray painting to use the fan tips.

      BTW your Ram Air hood came out looking good!

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