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10-23-2008, 12:04 AM
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#1 | | Staging Lane
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|  Painted intaked need help
I just finished painting my intake, using duplicolor engine enamel, let it dry for 5 days and i sprayed the clear (4 coats) on it. After i sprayed the clear on it this afternoon the color looks duller. Is that normal or did i screw something up? What do i do to get it to have a rich shiny appearance.
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10-23-2008, 12:17 AM
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#2 | | On The Tree
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you use a real spray gun to get a rich shiny sppearance, spray bomb is no good..
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10-23-2008, 08:51 AM
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#3 | | Launching!
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was it really humid out when you did the clear? | |
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10-23-2008, 09:02 AM
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#4 | | Teching In
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Originally Posted by FiFdYnUtz  you use a real spray gun to get a rich shiny sppearance, spray bomb is no good.. | Ditto
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10-23-2008, 09:40 AM
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#5 | | Staging Lane
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no it was not humid when i sprayed the clear
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10-23-2008, 09:50 AM
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#6 | | TECH Fanatic
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Originally Posted by FiFdYnUtz you use a real spray gun to get a rich shiny sppearance, spray bomb is no good.. | youd be surprised what can be done if you do it right. i always paint my parts with a gun, but many people here have proved your statement wrong!
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10-23-2008, 01:08 PM
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#7 | | On The Tree
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Originally Posted by Joey316G Ditto | I have used a spray can for every thing, turns out great. Just do it like using a gun, prep good, paint even, and maby sand a little and buff!
That duplicolor clear takes some shine away when using. If you are in a hurry, you can take it and spray it on very heavy, and it have the shine back. That's what I allways do, than sand and buff. You can try just putting lots of light coats on, but I think putting it on heavy works fine.
In my opinion, I wouldn't use clear on the intake. I know you used high heat paint for the intake, is the clear coat high temp too?? If not, just forget about the clear and leave it, it should look fine.
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10-23-2008, 04:25 PM
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hmm...we sprayed mine off the car and put it back on the same day and did a primer/base/clear and hand painted it and it has a decent shine..i too used the autozone high temp engine paint. it sat for 15 mins or so between coats and i drove the car home that night (100 mi) after changing the intake manifold gasket. I don't know about LS1's though, do you have to do anything different to them? i know the LT1 intake is aluminum, but what is the LS1 intake made out of? and FWIW the clear i used was high temp just like the primer and black  
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