# YOUR Rims Painted / Lips Polished **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [April 18, 2007, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-rims-painted-lips-polished/133345 "2007-04-18T11:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![kazzxtrismus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@kazzxtrismus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kazzxtrismus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-rims-painted-lips-polished/133345/7 "2007-04-19T16:06:05Z")
> [@Awesome foot chase video](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/awesome-foot-chase-video/1425/26): > > i need help spray painting a rear spoiler to match the body color. when i spray paint it doesnt apply evenly. what do i need to do to prep and how do i paint it. spoiler is made of fiberglass. also how do i get the clear coat to apply smoothly. sometimes the surface is rough due to the clear coat. use the motomaster plastics (read flexible) primer…it goes on clear. don’t let it fully harden watch it tack dry (you can actually see it dry by eye) then dust coat (all overspray)with colour, then give a light coat. allways move to match the contour of the piece. spray in spurts…not like an 80’s hairspray or raid commercial. wait at least 1.5 smokes (20 minutes) after all of that. then clear…it’ll never look right until after buffing. same technique as the colour coat, dust, thin, regular = 2 coats. if you want to have more so you can wet sand just wait till its sticky - glue-y in an invisible spot…then do a regular coat. 1 swipe of the spray can over a 4 ft line should take about 4 seconds. too much paint will give whitish pearly spots (fish eye). wait for it to dry completely then do the whole thing over but be cheaper with the paint. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-rims-painted-lips-polished/133345)._