Posted by R.R. your best bet would be to get white wrap for your shells and wet-sand that down to a dull finish with a 600 grit sand paper. apply a plastic primer. wet sand that with 800 grit sandpaper. apply your base coat and clear coat and then wet sand with 2000 grit paper. you would have to hand buff with compound and then scratch remover. which will take a long long time since you can't use a buffer because it will creat too much heat and ruin the plastic wrap. you would also have to use a lot of flex agent in your paints and clear coats. it would take a lot of careful work, if not be impossible. i just did paint on two cars and the wet sanding alone took about 8 full days to finish per car.
on 7/22/2006, 12:40 pm, in reply to "Re: finish"
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I work in the automotive industry and I highly doubt you would be able to make a auto paint stick to a wooden surface to a degree that would allow the clear coating and wet sanding and buffing needed for a high gloss finish. The paints would absorb into the wood too easily and it would take a whole lot of sanding and more coats then you can problaby afford in order to get a surface somewhat thick and sturdy enough to work with.
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