HOW TO CUT AND BUFF A RUSTOLEUM PAINT JOB A BEGINNERS GUIDE 

Hey Whitley, I’m sure you get this all the time but why not just use automotive paint instead? I absolutely respect what you do on here and understand that not everyone has access to professional spray equipment. If someone absolutely must rattle can their paint job then good results can be achieved doing it this way but cutting and buffing a full vehicle is a back breaking job lol. A gallon of single stage can be purchased online for around the same $160 price. You can probably even find a basecoat/clearcoat kit for pretty cheap. Do you have any videos where you spray automotive paint? Keep up the good work teaching all the DIYers out there, much respect 🫡

@christrainor1129 Yes I completely understand and agree I'm just showing people different ways they can do things for different price points and just trying to keep interesting I have many videos doing automotive fixits and full paint jobs if you want to take a look at some of my other stuff but for some reason Rust-Oleum is something a lot of people are interested in so I kind of go with it lol Thanks for watching

That's a great question Orange peel typically is caused by the paint drying too quickly and not having enough time to lay out properly and in this case by too much heat and humidity in the air causing it to dry virtually as soon as you spray it so the way you prevent this is not paint on hot or humid days and be sure to use a slow activator to give the paint time to lay out before it dries Thanks for watching

@@WHITLEYAUTOWORKS Thank you very much.

Cool I'll look into it Thanks for watching

@@WHITLEYAUTOWORKS Kandy Man did a couple videos on using denim pads. He has even had his own pads for sale on his website. He does professional work on higher end vehicles.

Yeah it's a very long tedious process especially on a car that turned out to have extreme orange peel I only have so much time in the day so hopefully everybody understands plus we have other plans with the Camaro Thanks for watching

It was a medium cut pad they were both medium cut pads they were cheap they come apart so I switched over but really no difference Thanks for watching

I got most all of the orange peel out with 1000 grit leveled everything out and the rest of it came out with the 2000 and 3000 grit thanks for watching

@@WHITLEYAUTOWORKS You can still see the mottling in the paint in the video at the end. The is now less orange peel than before but it's still not flat.

@robertfontaine3650 Yes I know it's still not 100% correct another thing you have to remember is the hood is fiberglass so it's not going to be perfectly flat but we do have other plans for the car in the near future so this is only temporary for now

A gallon thanks for watching

Just being honest lol Thanks for watching

@bazilwreckerloughead how about a encouragement? Do you have a video of your work?

No not at all honestly this is probably one of the worst but it only did this because of the heat and humidity The day I sprayed it. This is just a good learning opportunity to show everyone how to fix it Thanks for watching

Heat and humidity was the cause of all the orange peel nothing to do with anything else really. Normally I would just wet sand it back down and flow coat it but we have other plans for the car so stay tuned Thanks for watching

It wasn't the base coat in this situation it was just painting with too much heat and humidity in the air but we have other plans for the Camaro so stay tuned Thanks for watching

Yeah I've seen people do it all different ways I mean honestly I just typically sand it down with at least 180 grit if not more aggressive Like 80 grit then just make sure everything is clean with a general wax and grease remover and lay on the filler then sand it smooth as normal I've seen other people do it over primer but I've always done it over metal and never had issues if you have any other questions feel free to ask anytime Thanks for watching

It would get a little shinier but the orange peel would still remain honestly best to go with a little more aggressive compound and polish than I used in this video Thanks for watching