Painting Advice

[LD334]

Firstly, I know that there are threads on the forum about painting but none seem to answer my question.
I'm restoring a door, it was an eBay find, absolutely sound but a lot of surface rust. To get it cleaned up I blasted back to bare metal then coated in Bilt Hamber Electrox followed by Epoxy Mastic also from BH - I want the door to last. Over that is high build primer which has been flatted back and there is little of that left after sanding.
Over the weekend I sprayed the door with 3 coats of cellulose and got a reasonable finish for a first attempt. Question is how long to leave the paint before floating and finishing? None of the base coats are cellulose and should be immune from shrinkage which is different to the build up in other threads.
Once I've got the door done I'll spot repair some blemishes using a similar technique.
Any advice gratefully received.

Paul

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Paul

Jeff sprayed his car in cellulose,and got a really good finish,he should be able to answer any questions,what you have done so far sounds good,when you say floating and finishing,i take it you mean polishing,have you got any orange peel ?

Dave

[LD334]

For floating read flatting, my intention is to flat back with 1500 W&D then topcoat with 75/25 thinners/paint. Orange peel is minimal fortunately but there are a couple of areas where the texture is a bit dry.

[tractorjames]

Im not a painting expert. But ive tried cellulose and 2k on diferent occasions. I found it very time consuming and testing to get a good finish with cellulose, as well as reactions etc. 2k just blow it on and it dries like glass. I would be using 2k if you can get away with it.

James