So I decided to get a HVPL paint gun. The first time I painted them I ajusted the gun without the trigger being pressed (big mistake). Then I painted them a second time and added to much black into the clear so they got dark to fast and barely and light went through the tail lights. Now I am on the third time and decided to do something different. On the Raider the lights are clear but in the center of the tailer is a red rectangle out line where the brake light show and the light rectangle where the reverse lights show. I i masked those areas and sprayed the reset of the light black (They are drying now) the piece that are masked are going to be smoked (medium smoke color). Then I am going to clear the lights and wet sand them smooth and reinstall on the truck.


OK now the pro and cons of using a paint gun.

Pros
Better quality paint and clears
Much Much faster then a rattle can
It uses alot less paint and covers more
If you are pretty good you can get only a little onrange peel so wet sanding is easy.

Cons
Big learning curve

 

 

The white part of the taillights will be smoked (mixing jet black into clear) Then once the tails are cured they will be wet sanded smooth and polished and waxed

 

Its the only way I wash vehicles plus grit guard

 

What are those???

 

Grit guards are huge plastic screens that sit in the bottom of the bucket that keeps dirt and grit at the bottom of the bucket.