Paint protection tips?

[Amoeba]

Question for you paint gurus: What do you use to protect your paint jobs from rubbing? I've been using shoe-goo to coat the underside of my race bodies which seems to work really well (strengthens the body too) but I've noticed that occasionally I'll get bubbles from the paint pulling free (though the shoe-goo keeps it from rubbing off/flaking away). Is it because I'm not putting on light coats (race lid=rattlecan) and getting good adhesion of paint? I know I'm putting it the paint down thick, but they *are* race lids.... I'd assume so but just in case, is there something else you guys would recommend using to protect the paint job?

Usually I don't care much since I expect a race lid to get beat up but I've got a really sweet lid being done for me and I want to keep it in as good as condition as possible. If I could encase it diamonds I would *grin*

I'm not the fastest racer on the track but damn I'll look good

 

[Lessen]

You are correct bro. The paint pulling away from the body is due to too heavy of a first coat. Those first coats need to be pretty thin so the paint bonds properly. I'm not a fan of rattle cans because they spray sooo heavy. You really have to move the can around quickly to get the thin coat. As far as a covercoat goes I always use the Pactra Racing Finish White Flourescent Covercoat in rattle can to finish off my bodies.

 

[Amoeba]

You are correct bro. The paint pulling away from the body is due to too heavy of a first coat. Those first coats need to be pretty thin so the paint bonds properly. I'm not a fan of rattle cans because they spray sooo heavy. You really have to move the can around quickly to get the thin coat. As far as a covercoat goes I always use the Pactra Racing Finish White Flourescent Covercoat in rattle can to finish off my bodies.

Thought so on the heavy coat. Glad to have verification.

That Pactra coat, how would it stand up to the heat, dirt, & overall abuse I get from racing? Does it dry flexible and how thick? I know with the shoe-goo cover I can take some really hard hits without affecting the underlying paint at all (plus it's a cheap).

 

[Lessen]

I sold a TMaxx body to Hipluther with a few good coats of that and he seemed pretty impressed with the durability of it. I don't recallhow many coats or how heavy I did it but I'd guess at least 3