i bought paint today for my car and sprayed it. i have a little orange peel how can i get rid of it? wet sand very fine? and also the guy at the paint shop said i didnt need clear.. why is this? will the paint still last without it?
Did you buy a spray can paint, or did you go to a paint shop and buy liquid paint, hardener etc and do it with a gun?
Either way, SOME of the fox body colours were not two stage paint (base / clear), but a single stage enamel which will not require a clear coat.
As far as orange peel goes, if it's not too bad, wet sand it with 1500-2000 grade sandpaper. Soak the sandpaper well, and keep a spray bottle near you to continually spray down the area to keep it very wet. Make sure you apply as little pressure as possible while sanding and take your time. Watch the amount of sanding and pressure you use around any creases or sharp corners as this is where paint tends to be thin. After wet sanding the orange peel down, polish the heck out of it with a polishing compound, wait a few weeks, and wax it.
Spray can type fix ups work best with single stage, light colour paint.
This has worked for me whenever I've had to do spray paint fix-ups on my other cars.
Hope this helps. I'm not a proffesional body guy, but I have received a lot of compliments from professional car painters on the work I've done.
That's some pretty much the same suggestion I was thinking.
The paint should last a while without clear (remember that 2 stage paint is a fairly recent invention). It may dull in a few years, but you can generally shine it back up with a little rubbing compound and some wax. The clear could give you some deeper gloss, but on some colors (USA spelling ) you won't notice much of a difference.