Recommendations needed to make Wildman Black Saturday DarkStar 3 shinny

[robbdm]

Finished my DarkStar 3... But wanted recommendations on finishing the exterior to achieve a shinny appearance.

RW suggests with similar colored tubes to use Armor All, car wax, etc.

I tried Armor all wipes and glossy fades in a few hours as it dries off.

Other than spraying clear coat on the kit, please suggest what you had success with.

Thanks

 

[jpummil]

Progressive sanding to baby smooth, then clear coat is my big plan. Worked swimmingly with my Blackhawk 29 (carbon, I know...).

 

[jsargevt]

I didn't bother with the progressive sanding until smooth on my BH38 but I did do the following:

Light coat of clear, followed by green scotchbrite pad lightly. Repeated this 4 times.

Then I put on a final clear coat and let this harden for a week. Finally, I waxed it down with some Car Wax - pretty shiny and smooth!

I suppose you could skip the clear and just go with the car wax. A few coats of some good wax would probably work well.

 

[dixontj93060]

I used Future Finish on BH29 and two black Profusion rockets. Two coats 8 hours apart. Shine is great! No sanding needed. But, if you really want to make it stand out buff it with 3M Finesse-it II!!