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After a few coats of high-build primer it is time to give it a spray of guidecoat to make sure you can see the high & low spots.
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You can spend a chunk of change to buy a guidecoat paint but a good way to do it is pick up some Plasticoat Black Laccquer and have at it. If you try to use enamel it takes too long to dry and clogs the sandpaper.
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The trick to high-build primer is to sand it almost all off and just use what is left to smooth out the surface. It works very well for building up body lines and edges for that final tune before paint.
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Here I have smoothed out the fenders then applied one more coat of high build. You can see how smooth the fenders came out with nice crisp lines and an even surface.
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Be sure to get an even coat of primer on all the inside of the fender. Most of the inside will get hit with undercoating so it will grab onto the primer and stick well.
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There were some small pits on the inner metal and the braces so we filled them with the primer, sanded smooth then hit them with some primer in preperation for the undercoat.
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Look at the nice contour of the fron edge compared to what we started with. It follows the panel shape and it of an even thickness from top to bottom.
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From this angle you can see how we crisped out the body line in the fender restore the shape to new. Now it is off to the painters for the final fit and shaping
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