hello!
i recently got a filco tkl which is currently stock and was planning on painting it a glossy white using rustoleum ultra cover 2x gloss spray. as this will be my first time, i want to be very thorough with the process. ive read through your keyboard painting tips and have made a rough plan on what im going to do, so please correct me if im missing a step, one of them is needlessly redundant, or one of them are incorrect.
sand with 200 grit, then 800, then 100 to smooth out the case
lightly spray dupli-color adhesion promoter with 2 light coats 5 minutes apart
wait 5 minutes between last coat of adhesion promoter and first color coat
lightly spray rustoleum ultra cover 2x gloss spray with 5 light coats 5 minutes apart
wait 2 days for paint to cure
use clear coat rustoleum ultra cover 2x clear spray 3 light coats 5 minutes apart
wait a day for paint to dry
sand with 2000 grit paper lightly with water
questions about the process:
do i need water when i sand for the first step?
in one of your posts, you said that my paint has a primer already, so i dont need an adhesion promoter; however, as i want this to last a long time, will the adhesion promoter help the longevity of my paint or will it be redundant?
also, the reason i plan to use this one is because i saw in your past posts that you use it on mostly everything; however, there is a rustoleum ultra cover 2x primer spray from the ultra cover 2x line which comes in white (
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/painters-touch-ultra-cover-2x/primer). should i use that or stick with the dupli-color, if i use it at all?
are my intervals between coats good?
since the paint will add thickness to the case and potentially cause the case not to fit, do i have to cover the insides with painters tape? if not do i paint the insides as evenly/well as the outside?
thanks in advance