i am painting the diagonal bars in the engine bay and have a simple quesions.
i sanded them some then did 2 coats of spray paint, i have a couple drip spots. before i do another coat can or do i sand them down some more to get rid of the drips? or do i have to live with it??????????
thanks alot

 

You can sand them down. Then put on another good coat, but go a little lighter on this one

 

yea yea thanks alot , wasn't positive but now i know.

 

Ya I ran into the same problem too... got too much in a hurry I guess. This spring I re-did mine stripped it down to bare metal, primed, painted and clear coated. came out good

 

TAD

 

Yeah you can sand the runs down. The trick is to take your time painting
then you wont get drips/runs..

 

I'm assuming you're doing this with cans of touch up spray paint, or similar? Just move the can a little further away from what you're spraying and make sure you're pushing the nozzle down all the way just before you actually put paint on the metal. Makes it look nicer - it won't look so heavy and thick in spots and light in the others, and you won't get drips.

Yes, sand down your rough spots and then lightly re-sand the whole bar before doing your next coat.