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Well painted my first tank this week [Ts250] put on decals [ with soapy water.]

looking great, Aplied lacquer tonight, [Pro XL 1K] Dust coat ,then 2nd, as finishing 3rd coat and a wrinkle appeared in two places,[reaction,] dam it

do i wet sand now 1200 grit , then re-apply. or pollish it out with compound,?

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depends how deep the reaction is and where!

try compound first, and if that don't work, work your way through the rougher stuff

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Well " just wet sanded it. and it was only last coat of clear, its flatted out, will compound pollish on sunday,

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That is a right, royal Pain in the a***. Glad you could salvage it. I got the dreaded crinkle on the last piece of the TS. I had to strip it right back.

I must say that there is a distinct lack of pictures for this project John!!

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maybe its an Airfix kit? :icon_wink:

have you seen johns photography :biglaugha::biglaugha: :biglaugha:

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True Kev. I guess it's hard to focus after half a bottle of Glensomething!!

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Ahem " wheels are of to get new rims and spokes.engine rebuilt. Wil post up pics when finished.

by the way , no smilies and faded page again, Wtf is wrong with forum,

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dont rush it john, you should let it harden off a couple of weeks, yeah I'd sand it with a wet 1200 grit and soapy water, then T-Cut :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :) :) ;);)

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Ahem " wheels are of to get new rims and spokes.engine rebuilt. Wil post up pics when finished.

by the way , no smilies and faded page again, Wtf is wrong with forum,

flick the switch John, top left of the reply pane

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Ok paul " :yeah: Ha " smilies again, whats that button for, [ top left] I spoke to another freind [ car painter] he said i was too quick between coats, and to sand ,then reapply another coat of laquer, then pollish, its still look good now that i"v flatted the wrinkles , :princess: