Need help - niteshade

[insaini]

hey guys .. im in the middle of tinting my tails ...

i sanded the lights with 100 grit paper .. i thought that would be good .. im so dumb ...

anyways .. i did all the coats of niteshade .. n now its drying ..

PROBLEM - u can see every single sand mark ( scratches ) on the lens ...

have i ****ed up the lights or will these go away once i clear coat it???

:bang:flaming:complain

[blankets3]

100 is VERY rough ..

u should start with 400 grit sand paper, go to 800ish grit sand paper to remove all sanding marks from the prior grit. Once all deep scratches from the previous grit are smoothed out, change to 2000 grit sand paper and smooth the surface even further. till its smooth

than spray it again

just be very careful when sanding also b4 u spray them again make sure they are very clean and whiped down look for ANY rough spots because they will show up 10000000% when u spray them

[insaini]

omg so ur telling me i have to redo them? cant i just sand it with 2000 grit paper right now and then do clear coat?

[stevenma188]

2000 grit is soo fine that it won't take out the scratches unless you sand for like 6hrs. By starting with 400 grit and working your way up, it will actually take less time to smooth out the scratches.

[insaini]

so ur saying that just sand from 400 to 2000 .. and then clear coat .. and i should be fine? i dont want to redo the nite shade

[stevenma188]

Depending on how much the sanding takes off, you might need to reapply the nite shade.

[Thrizzl3]

Do you have a hatch or sedan?

[insaini]

hatch

[Hives]

use 400 and sand your life away. Then switch to 800 or 1000

[jjwhoa]

You'll have to redo the nightshade for sure. Good luck dude

[insaini]

ok i just did 250 lol ... n it made it sort of smooth .. n now i did clear coat ... no more scratches seen :) did about 6 coats of clear .. im in good shape .. will take pics when im done :)

[aris]

A few days ago you pmed me about my night shaded tail lights and i PMed you back with step by step on what to do..I never once said to sand down your tail lights...i told you to clean your tail lights with either windex or rubing achol...

why wouldn't you take my addivise..


all you did was waste my time by me taking my time to help you out:loco

[insaini]

u know what .. i actually did take ur steps n printed them out .. but every other "how to" i read ... said to sand them ... so i took ur advise plus i sanded them ..

big mistake .. my bad

thanks for the how to tho ... its my fault i messed up

[insaini]

ok ... need some more advice ... after clear coating them and letting them dry over night ... i was told i need to use some sort of polish to get it to look right ... whats all that about?

[insaini]

right now they look like a fat girls ass ( not smooth ).... if u know what i mean .. if not .. i can post a pic .. but i dun think im allowed ...

edit - ok its called the "ORANGE PEEL" EFFECT

[DumpInfo]

Fat girls ass?!? Yeah, post up a pic how bad could it be?

[Skwiggler]

Orange peel is caused by poor texture properties before a paint job. You can sand it out with very light sandpaper (2000grit) if your lucky.

Or you could have avoided this whole problem and done what every single other person has told you to do on here, and do it right.
Use 400 Grit to begin, then make your way up to 2000 to finish off with a nice smooth finish.

But I guess just scratching it with 250 is good too? :bang

[insaini]

lol u wanna know wahts funny ... i did my emblems and used 1500 sand paper .. n i got a orange peel effect on that aswell .. so i am pretty sure its not the sanding that caused it ....

[johnmx3ze]

lol dude 100 grit? wtf?

you should of bring your car to a tinting shop and they would of done it for like 50$ lol

u ****ed up ur lights bad! post some pics!

that could go in a failed thread lol

sry but what were u thinking: 100 grit?

[S.F.W.]

lol u wanna know wahts funny ... i did my emblems and used 1500 sand paper .. n i got a orange peel effect on that aswell .. so i am pretty sure its not the sanding that caused it ....

you want to know what's funny? You're attitude. You come on here and ask people's advice, choose not to follow it, and are not satisfied with the results. Then, you ask people for advice again, and you again choose not to follow, and even go further as to criticize.
If you are going to ask people for advice, follow their advice. If you are too lazy to do something right, don't do it in the first place!

[insaini]

wtf? where the hell do u see attitude in that post? i said u know whats funny .. how the hell is that showing attitude? .... i have read 4 - 5 threads on these forums about people sanding there lights .. just cause one person said not to .. and i didnt follow what they said that means im wrong? ... how bout u go look at some threads where ur tryin to "admin & control" before u come here and try to bash me

and ya i ask for help cause its on a topic of somethin diff then what i was originally asking .. so where the hell are u coming from sayin im not choosing to follow... how bout u go learn how to admin before u come here and tryin to ****in say that i have attitude ..

alright?

[Thrizzl3]

did you end up finishing them?

[insaini]

lol dude 100 grit? wtf?

you should of bring your car to a tinting shop and they would of done it for like 50$ lol

u ****ed up ur lights bad! post some pics!

that could go in a failed thread lol

sry but what were u thinking: 100 grit?

not really familiar with sanding and stuff ... so i didnt really know ... but luckly .. they turned out good ... just going to do some wet sanding tomm morning with 1500 grit paper and then going to polish .. will post pics

[insaini]

did you end up finishing them?

yup .. they turned out good ... will take some pics after i install them tomm

:winner

[Thrizzl3]

how dark are they i hope theyre legal lol

[insaini]

lol i did about 4 coats .. i think they are probbly as dark as yours or aristeidis ... i shined some light thru it ( flash light ) n the light shows thru well so it should be good .. hopefully i dont get pulled over lol ...

[Thrizzl3]

lol i did about 4 coats .. i think they are probbly as dark as yours or aristeidis ... i shined some light thru it ( flash light ) n the light shows thru well so it should be good .. hopefully i dont get pulled over lol ...

lol i dont have tinted tails..i have OEM LED

[aris]

lol i dont have tinted tails..i have OEM LED

you did have tinted tails..he is talking about your lights when they were tinted

[mazdilla]

A few days ago you pmed me about my night shaded tail lights and i PMed you back with step by step on what to do..I never once said to sand down your tail lights...i told you to clean your tail lights with either windex or rubing achol...

why wouldn't you take my addivise..


all you did was waste my time by me taking my time to help you out:loco

Ain't that the truth.


lol i did about 4 coats .. i think they are probbly as dark as yours or aristeidis ... i shined some light thru it ( flash light ) n the light shows thru well so it should be good .. hopefully i dont get pulled over lol ...

It's the head lamps that are not to be shaded or facked with. No laws on tinting the rear.

I hope that you taped off the back-up lights before you put your first couple of coats of tint on (a round sticker works great), then remove the sticker(s) and apply your finishing coat(s) over everything to blend the paint. This is done so you can see when you back up at night. I'll look for your car in the near future. It should be easy to find as it will be the one with the crumpled rear bumper.

BTW, 100 grit is for drywall mud... and from what I've read, a good bit of advice would be, "Don't mess with your house either!"

Step away from the tools!! :chuckle

[blankets3]

lol ^^^

ask questions b u try stuff, even if ur 100% sure..

I know i could have saved A LOT of money / time if i did.

waiting for pics im sure it wont be as flawless as it should be tho

[insaini]

alright so i just installed them ... i need to polish them still ... clear coat is very dull .. but other wise turned out pretty good ... will take better pics when i can find my camera... n will take pics with lights on aswell

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5731/img00058201001031153.jpg

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5561/img00059201001031154.jpg

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1168/img00060201001031155.jpg

[3GFX]

That doesn't look overly dark. Gotta get some clean pics from farther back!

[insaini]

That doesn't look overly dark. Gotta get some clean pics from farther back!

heres another pic of whole car with lights on ...

http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1545/img00061201001031456.jpg


hey do u guys think i should leave it as is ( flat ) or polish them and put a shine to it?

[-RJ3-]

you wont get pulled over, you can still see the inner lense.... id leave them as is....

[DumpInfo]

they don't look bad just clean the damn ride thats all :chuckle

[insaini]

you wont get pulled over, you can still see the inner lense.... id leave them as is....

will do! thanks!



they don't look bad just clean the damn ride thats all :chuckle

LOLl ... im thinkin about getting that season pass thing ... black car in winter ... :bang ....

[Manpreet]

looks good and just leave it the way it is, but u might get pulled over

[mazdaskit]

just started reading this one lol why didnt you use lamin-x or something other then nightshade?? just a question bc then you would have gotten a smooth stock look from it

[insaini]

just started reading this one lol why didnt you use lamin-x or something other then nightshade?? just a question bc then you would have gotten a smooth stock look from it

lol ... i know im gonna get flammed for this ...

but before i did the niteshade .. i had tinted film on there for a week ... i got it from ebay ... n i went to carwash ( touchless ) ... came out and the film was missing on 3 out of 4 peices LOL .. i dunno if it was cause i didnt put it on right or what .. but then i just decided to use niteshade cause i loved how it looked ...

but i dunno im pretty sure i put the film on properly ... it seemed it .. not sure :whoa

[blankets3]

just started reading this one lol why didnt you use lamin-x or something other then nightshade?? just a question bc then you would have gotten a smooth stock look from it

niteshade its much better imo i used it on everything i wanted to black out

[mazdilla]

Looks great!................... Honest!

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