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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:13 AM
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No sanding or clear coat? They looked a little gritty.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 02:42 PM
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well i wanted the flat black look, thats y i didnt clear it, and i didnt sand it because it sticks fine without sanding
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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I meant after spraying. Maybe it's just the pic, but it looks rough.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:35 PM
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I would like a wet sanded finish a bit better but I don't know if that's ok to do on the nightshade paint. It does look really good but a little rough.
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 10:03 PM
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damn that looks really nice. it doesnt look so much gritty to me, but just matte.

im thinking of smoking my taillights but my friend says thatd look tacky. :\
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 11:58 PM
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yea its a bit rough dry.gif, not too bad though, its a little rough where the tint meets the white part of the light
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 10:42 AM
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I'm not real familiar with the nite shade. Can it be sanded or will that screw it up? It looks good either way. I could just notice the roughness on the closeup.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 11:12 AM
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yea im not sure if it can be sanded, i wanna find out before i do anything, my friend was saying something about wet sanding it so idk ill find out
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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I know it can be wet sanded if clearcoated (my friend does this for money on the side), but I'm not positive if it'll cloud it without clearcoat. A good flat clearcoat would look sick. All good flat black paintjobs (hell no I'm not talking about primer black) still use a clearcoat they just use a flat clearcoat without any gloss.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 11:11 PM
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yea if i get some time to ill try clearcoating
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