Originally Posted by
Jeff Wills
Your paints are fundamentally incompatible. You need to start over from bare metal and use compatible paints from bottom to top. The second easiest way to do this is buy paints from the same manufacturer, and then verify that they're compatible before spraying the frame. The easiest way to get where you're going is to take the frame and fork to a powder-coater:
http://bikeportland.org/2009/02/04/b...ur-bike-video/
Well my primer and body colour are definitely compatible, it is just the gloss coat. What I was trying to ask is whether I can sand off the gloss coat without having to go as far as paint stripper etcetera for the layers underneath. After that I hope to reapply a green and a gloss coat which is compatible with the green. This is the first bike I've painted and is kind of a practice - I am not too concerned about getting pristine results, just a smooth[ish] finish...