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So I'm refinishing this old wood Japanese racing wheel and I need your help, craftsman bros.
I've already stained it and I am waiting for it to cure. I have purchased oil-based urethane in a tin and I could use some tips on how to make the final coat look like a mirror finish. I purchased a fine-bristle brush and I was hoping I could just glob on the clear layer by layer and sand with 220 grit in between? Three layers fine?
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>>1136450
Five minimum since your hands will constantly be rubbing down the clear. The more the better, personally I'd do at least seven.
>Japanese
>Uwabaki
>pic related
>thanks fast and the furious
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>>1136450
Hope you have a completely dust free environment, it takes ages to dry so the chance of dust pick up is huge.
If you use a spray can of an acrylic paint like Rust-Oleum crystal clear enamel you can do coats 2 minutes apart, instead of 2 days apart.
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>>1136450
220 grit is gonna fuck your paintjob up.
Read this
http://www.wikihow.com/Paint-a-Car
Painting is 95% work and 5% paint.
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>>1136521
220 will work in between clear coats, the new coat fills the scratches and obviously has the same refractive index.
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>>1136538
This.
OP here; just globbed on the first layer of urethane. Maybe I should I have tinted the high gloss with a bit of amber because it didn't even out the look of the wood; it just made everything glossy.
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