Can someone who has used nightshades before tell me if you used lacquer or enamel clearcoat? Thank You

 

i would have to say enamel but i never used nightshad

 

it is enamel but a clear coat is not really needed. Mine turned out great and I didn't use any. I guess its personal opinion tho.

 

I just put clear coat on mine looks better imo

 

If you dont use the clear coat from what ive seen your lights will be shiny...I too didnt use a clear coat and they are shiny as all get out... but i guess its all dependant on how you decide to nightshade them... wheather you sand them or not,...

 

Yea if you wet sand them you need clear coat to make it look nice and shiny but i found it to be easier to just pray it on and make the last coat kind of heavy and it turns out nice and shiny without clear

 

^^^exactly... as long as you do thin coats at first youll be fine...

 

Yeah mine ended up being very dull. Then the clear coat I used ended up not being the right kind. Never done much painting before this. I eventually got the right stuff and ended up clear coating them nicely. Now they look very nice, soon as I get a power cord for my camera I will end up taking some shots of the car.

 

so thats how you make them shiny, mine came out dull and i cleared them and now its more of a satin look

 

I used VHT nightshades and only wanted a medium tint to my lights...so they turned out kinda dull but once i cleared them they look like the same shiny-ness as factory lights

 

i used that wal-mart krylon clearcoat...BIG mistake...they are chipped, completely scratched and dull, and now i need to find a way to safelt get the nightshades off so i can do it RIGHT next time.

 

I used 2-3 coats on mine and they blend in w/ my paint lol

 

if you want a really perfect gloss shine, nightshade them, then take them and have them professionally cleared.

 

You can use laquer thinner or even gas to take it off, the lights are made of ABS plastic and wont melt/fade/dull just make sure you dont leave it on there for a stupid amount of time

 

i used super thick coats too (didnt know what i was doing) and it has layers in the paint...real bad. looks like utter ****. do i wipe them with a towel covered in laquer thinner?

 

Here are my lights:



These are w/ just my running lights on:



I just pored it on there and then use a towel that you dont really need to take it off w/, it comes off and then looks like stock again lol

 

look







and just a random that i just felt like taking.



i just took those, you can tell i need to REDO them bad haha

 

WOW that **** looks really bad haha, I cant stand anything on my car looking like that, but just take some gas to it, it will be good, ive done it on mine twice before!

 

i dont have time! i hate thigs looking like that too! i should do that **** RIGHT now actually...ima go get some lacquer thinner. peace!

 

do you know if the thinner would take off the clear too? I have been debating doing mine darker.

 

The clear will come off too, you are talking about the clear you applied on the tails correct?

 

this lacquer thinner isnt stripping this...what am i doing wrong! im pouring it on and letting it sit.