I also sanded and polished the doors. The Spraymax 2K satin clear changes from nearly matte to nearly full gloss after it's polished (the data sheet even warns against polishing because the satin finish will be lost). Makes me curious about the paint formula. After sanding the three doors there were some ugly spots remaining that didn't cure properly due to me spraying too heavy. I left the rear door as is and polished it since it's in the back and not noticeable, but re-sprayed with gloss clear on the two front doors, then sanded and polished them.
At the same time I also painted my two Blast City doors that I didn't paint last year. I thought I had convinced myself that it didn't matter if the three doors were a different shade of white but as the months went by it started to bother me.
I gave the light cover a Novus treatment. Like any polish, this product really doesn't remove any scratches unless a powered tool is used or you spend a very long time and a lot of energy rubbing by hand. I polished by hand and while none of the scratches were removed, the shine and gloss was restored.
The metal sides ("frame cover SD") seem to be aluminum with a clear coating. I sanded the surface to remove the light scratches in the clear part, then polished with metal polish. To remove all of the scratches I would need to sand off all of the clear and I don't think the metal will look the same without it. Plus that would be a lot of unnecessary work since most of the scratches were in the clear. I think I used 1000 grit only.
On the bottom pieces where the legs attach ("hoof") I only used polish to make them a little less ugly. These seem to have a silver paint or other type of colored coating so I didn't sand them. For fun, I mixed some paint to fill in the scratches on a few places on the side stickers.
At the same time I also painted my two Blast City doors that I didn't paint last year. I thought I had convinced myself that it didn't matter if the three doors were a different shade of white but as the months went by it started to bother me.
I gave the light cover a Novus treatment. Like any polish, this product really doesn't remove any scratches unless a powered tool is used or you spend a very long time and a lot of energy rubbing by hand. I polished by hand and while none of the scratches were removed, the shine and gloss was restored.
The metal sides ("frame cover SD") seem to be aluminum with a clear coating. I sanded the surface to remove the light scratches in the clear part, then polished with metal polish. To remove all of the scratches I would need to sand off all of the clear and I don't think the metal will look the same without it. Plus that would be a lot of unnecessary work since most of the scratches were in the clear. I think I used 1000 grit only.
On the bottom pieces where the legs attach ("hoof") I only used polish to make them a little less ugly. These seem to have a silver paint or other type of colored coating so I didn't sand them. For fun, I mixed some paint to fill in the scratches on a few places on the side stickers.