Finishes, drying and curing

[IngridM]

No, the long wait is only at the end after you've put your clear lacquer coats on.

Then once flat (you need to look at it with a light shining on it at a low angle to see any small hollows in the paint that still need removing), you can start to spray your top coats on.

Simon, when spraying top coats what's the procedure and timeline of sanding/respraying?

My stepson has made a Van Halen paint job and is up to the top coats.



I'm presuming it would be good to use the top coats to level out the surface by sanding back between top coats? (Or is this not how top coat works? Total newbie here...!)

The white parts has only 5 total layers, the red 7, the black {not pictured} has 9).

Thanks in advance!

Getting the 14 yo to wait out a 30 day curing time is going to be interesting...