PAINTING QUESTION

[TD-0488]

I am trying a practice run before I work on something nice. I have a 1977 Don Post Stormtrooper helmet. I am going to keep the same bubble lenses. I dremeled out the eyes and cleaned up some areas. I marked where the frown marks were and cut them out. I removed the stickers, washed the whole helmet, used denaturalized alchol and allowed to dry. I put tqo coats of glose white Krylon fusion spray paint. It looks awesome. Now, I want to use 000 grit steele wool to sand down and put a light white coat on again and then clear coat and then stickers. Does this sound right? What do I use to clean the helmet off with after the sanding?

Thanks for the help.

 

[robstyle]

is steel wool the right thing to use?
I would rather wet sand with a fine grit paper.
Everytime I have used steel wool on a light colored surface I have gotten "metal tracking". You know, like tank treads in your white butt huggers after a friday night with the boys at Taco Bell.

 

[sector 7G]

sounds about right, depends on what look your going for, after sanding you can rinse it off with water and rub it down again with alchol.

 

[TD-0488]

OK, I'll use a light "wet sanding". What grit should I use?

 

[robstyle]

I guess it depends on the paint, I have never used that Krylon Fusion stuff before so no idea of its texture. I dont want to give you any bad info and make you start over again. Hopefully someone who has done this with that paint will chime in.

 

[MaddChinaMan]

depending how fine of a sand paper you want I would say 600+

how is the texture?